Actually, an interesting thing to note is that hitting a comparable car with both of you traveling at 60mph is equivalent to hitting a solid wall at 60mph, not 120mph. That’s because both cars have their own crumple zones. I’m not saying you’re wrong, because obviously two cars traveling at 30mph at each other is…

SUVs are probably generally the safest vehicles to be in since they are full unibody and trucks have most of their strength concentrated in the frame. So truck bodies usually aren’t as strong as unibody SUVs although recently they’ve been “catching up” to get better crash test ratings. Trucks from the 90s and early…

I think you’d be surprised by looking at crash tests of trucks from the early 2000s vs modern sedans. The trucks often (usually?) do worse as they’re body on frame so there is a lot of intrusion into the cabin. This is because they don’t have to make the body of the car as strong as the frame of the truck handles most…

Never said they were. People buy cars to keep themselves and their family safe, not the other people they hit.

Are you seriously trying to tell me that these auto manufacturers, the IIHS, the Euro NCAP, and the NHTSA just ASSUME that the cars will be safe at 10mph and not at 30mph? Well I hope you email all of them and notify them how wrong they are. Your astute observations will surely make cars safer at 10mph. Thanks bud,…

This is what it looked like in 2012:

Ohio, like Michigan and Wisconsin, vote for change. I live in Orange County, CA where manufacturing is basically the last item on anyone’s agenda. However, in other parts of the country, automation and offshoring of jobs has seriously hit them hard. They voted for Obama TWICE because he was a beacon of hope and…

I refill propane cylinders because the refills only refill about 75% of capacity and you end up paying more. I also like clean cylinders and half the cylinders at those places are full of rust.

To be as polite as possible, this idea lacks a lot of foresight. First off, this would require engineering the bottom of the car to be standardized and could possibly increase design limitations for EVs. It could also be potentially hazardous if some of the wiring is not connected properly or if insulation is broken.

You have to consider that millions of dollars that car manufacturers put into crash testing and achieving those safety ratings. Without being a dick, I don’t think your observations or your “bet” is really worth anything in this case.

Anecdotal evidence? Really? If 90% of people who do activity A die early, that doesn’t mean we should use the 10% that don’t as an example that it’s OK to do activity A. That’s just ridiculous and anti-science.

You’re getting old, sir. It’s a very common sentiment for people to dislike newer designs as they get older. This exact same thing happens to all generations of car enthusiasts. Don’t worry, though, you can just keep buying the used classics.

Like Porsche, BMW has to make money to continue making cars like the M2 and M3. Why do you care what OTHER cars BMW makes as long as they make the ones you like? Seriously? What does it matter? Why do you care what BMW’s other lineup is? Is it because you’re a badge whore and you don’t want to be associated with non…

I’m not a fan of chrome. I think it makes an otherwise beautiful interior look cheap and chintzy. I’d go with the X7 all day.

I love the GS-R and GTI. I’ve spent lots of time behind the wheel of both and think they’re great cars. But your assertion is incorrect. FWD is inherently bad for driving dynamics. Some great FWD cars have overcome that and are better than a lot of regular RWD cars, but the best driving cars are RWD or longitudinal…

I think this might be more an implication that the cars weren’t actually lost but were stolen. Not that Porsche lies about production numbers for exclusivity.

How old are you? If you’re a functioning adult with a job, I’m shocked that you think a country can do that.

I know you’re being sarcastic, but there is a much bigger difference. Racing is much more reckless and dangerous. You’re weaving in and out of traffic and passing on the left and right (or right and left in Japan). Doing a careful high speed run on a sparse highway with excellent visibility where everyone seems to…

The fact that he responded to a lack of motion with more gas pedal is frightening. These are the people that share the roads and crosswalks with us and our kids.

Yeah I can totally understand your viewpoint. I guess I’m kind of a geeky engineer type so it’s fun seeing what other engineers have made with the limited space and aesthetic standards they’re given.