Star for “curve is not a single number”. Grasp that simple concept, and all the other stupid analogies people make are ear elephant.

Nobody buys HP or torque. They buy CUVs.

I’m a mech eng with a rather profound knowledge of engineering dynamics.

... and your analogy is wrong.

Now you just need to tune those pipes so that it SOUNDS like a church organ.

twin-turbo 2.0-liter diesel inline four

He’s the founder and head of the companies, they work at his orders.

As much as he screws around with dumb shit like the flame thrower, Falcon 9 still improves and breaks launch cadence records, Heavy creeps ever closer to a successful flight, Tesla has converted millions to loving electric cars, Tesla powerpacks are improving grid reliability around the world...

I’ve been sitting here, reading replies, and trying to understand this. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:

On slick surfaces, standard brake bias is actually BAD brake bias. By default, most vehicles are heavily biased towards the front. On slick surfaces, the fronts can’t do anywhere close to as much braking as…

Now repeat on dry pavement, wet pavement, deep snow and ice with no snow.

Engineer here:

You’ve never seen ‘wheel travel’ until you’ve see the CRUSHER!

Well, imagine a being from Mars - one of those jokers you hang out with, Torchinsky - comes up to me and points a ray gun straight at me and says, in that sort of synthetic metallic accent,

Either kilo of coke under the seat, or body in the trunk.

Yeah, and I’m sure in 2005 50% of people didn’t want internet on their phones. People are almost always resistant to technological change. News at 11.

The effect of the friction brakes is only significant when taxing. Any real stopping power comes from thrust reversers and drag chutes

There are some applications, like jet engine parts, where 3-D printing reduces expenses. Cost savings can be in the form of design time, design complexity, fuel savings due to reduced component weight, extended component life, etc.

There’s a chance it’s actually cheaper for Bugatti to do additive brake calipers, if they were starting from scratch. Means you don’t have to do a bunch of tooling and other development work for a small run of parts, and it also means there isn’t a big push to do the entire run at once.

Chevy should just give us what we really want and that’s a double cab-over with functional 6x6, eat your heart out mercedes

I love the idea of these compartments. However, as someone who does 100+ miles per day in a work pickup, I just see a Chevy finding brave new ways to squeak, rattle and break.