Only if they use cars actually set up for dirt, so basically Prelude to the Dream.

The funny thing is now that Bernie isn’t in charge, he’s saying the races were paying too much for races: https://wtf1.com/post/ecclestone-now-says-race-promoters-are-paying-too-much-money-for-f1/

It’s Nissan’s decision not to market the car here and thereby not follow NHTSA regulations, anyone complaining about the car being illegal because of that should blame Nissan, not the NHTSA’s 25-year import ban.

Once again the 25-year rule isn’t the problem, if Nissan had followed the NHTSA rules in the first place none of this would have happened. But no, it’s not Nissan’s fault for not following rules, it’s the NHTSA’s fault for instituting rules on car safety, right guys?

I was going to say, 10 out of 17 (59%) of the tracks they race on this year are road courses and street circuits, they definitely know a thing or two about turning right.

Let our old friend Hans B. Pacejka show us how lateral grip does not increase as more slip angle (i.e. more steering) is added. This chart shows a peak lateral force around 3-degrees slip angle, I’d say the driver in this article put in much, much more than that in his panic steering.

You’re correct, though that’s not the point I’m making. The average person won’t notice 1/4 horsepower being lost on public roads.

You’re forgetting the 1/5th of a horsepower the lights consume in electrical energy, which due to efficiency losses from the alternator is probably closer to 1/4 horsepower. That said, your engine is producing more horsepower than needed on public roads anyways, so it really doesn’t matter.

Their international flights have free beer and wine, so kinda the same thing.

This may be the first or second time I’ve seen something from Hackaday make its way over here.

Not sure what caused him to slide off-track sideways, but looks like the grass goes downhill from that corner and giving the car room to slowly roll, and when it touched ground the wheels dug into the dirt and flipped it.

Easy answer: Stop pretending public roads are for “spirited” driving and relax your grip.

You want to emulate shifting? There’s another saying about emulation from Ben Heckendorn years ago:

I can’t think of a word, but if you’re too afraid to drive your car for fear of it having wear-and-tear, sell the thing and give up on car ownership forever.

The current Model S has a range over 200 miles, even the Leaf has a range a touch over 100 miles. It’s not unfeasable to see someone drive 20.5 miles each way to work in an electric car, especially for those living in suburbs and work in big cities.

My dad drives 50 miles each way to work. Thousands of people in my general area drive at least 60 miles round trip to their jobs.

Georgia now fines you $250 a year to drive an electric

Well, he did drive in front of another car and almost cause a collision after the burnouts, that’s definitely frowned upon.