And it shared the same drivetrain. The cops liked the Diplomat and Gran Fury’s drivetrain, especially once they got it to the department mechanics to strip the cars of their emissions equipment. There are tons of interviews and anecdotes about them praising having a “real engine” during the Malaise Era. But they hated…

I will defend the 2CV. It was a mechanically simple but high quality car that debuted in 1948. And somehow defying expectations, the quality got higher the longer it stayed in production. The body got stiffer, the engine got more efficient and quieter, and the fun floppy but extremely stable handling stayed the same.…

The 1982 Dodge Diplomat. Remember that in 1981 Dodge and Plymouth released the Aries and Reliant. The first K-cars. In 1982, they both had the M-body Diplomat and Gran Fury. Chrysler was in such trouble precisely because of cars like the Diplomat and Gran Fury. Chrysler had basically had a monopoly on police cars from…

He hasn’t been in the public eye for years now. The Black Eyed Peas are irrelevant and him even moreso. So he had to do something stupid to get attention.

It goes even further back than that. His constitutional fundamentalist reasoning for why abortions are against the constitution goes back to the Old Testament where a fetus was considered a person at conception. The moment the sperm touches the egg. Reading the entire draft is nuts. It sounds like a villain from a bad…

Funny how a Christian men’s conference opens with a Motley Crue song about getting people addicted to hard drugs during a time of harsh poverty in Los Angeles.

The Motley Crue tribute band would’ve been enough on it’s own. The Monster Jam truck is the confusing part. Combining the two is even more confusing. Combining…

As cool as this system was (and reading years ago how it almost made it into the Park Lane and Ford’s Big Red turbine truck) I’m really glad it didn’t get a public release.

The bigger margin for error you have when it comes to steering input the better — to a certain degree, anyways. Small inputs causing massive…

I really should. Modern life makes it hard.

I kind of feel like I’d like it more if they chose the most slapdash fuck you approach possible and just shoved one of the five speeds from a Hino truck in there.

Saying they’ve put so much effort into engineering specifically a part that the car should’ve launched with reeks of desperation and trying too hard. Who the…

The thing is comparing relatives causes worse and worse problems the longer down the line it goes. Interior room’s gotten smaller while exterior dimensions have grown larger because class sizing in the U.S. is relative to other class sizes. A Chevrolet 210 in 1955 was 195“ long, an impala in 1975 was 223" long, and an…

Goddamnit... Again we get screwed. That’s not a small car at all!

But the question is why not just buy something like a Honda Foreman? Uses less gas, gets into tighter spaces (and more easily), and if you need to haul things that won’t fit on either the front or rear racks they have a hitch receiver built right in so you can tow full size car trailers.

A roof and a steering wheel…

They used to be cheap. Like six grand for the top tier one. Then Polaris realized they could make a shitton of money off of insecure people who wanted to play redneck and actual rednecks who had gotten too old and frail to ride ATVs anymore. Yamaha kicked in with theirs, and then that started a war about horsepower,…

Remembered this movie? Dude I’ve been waiting for them to finish this trilogy since 2006.

I really would’ve liked to see what was up with Dr. Tezla and Vert’s dad, Major Wheeler.

They already made the perfect film. And it involved this guy, Smash Mouth, and the best Hot Wheels car ever made, the Deora II.

I await with amusement to see what child they present to face the king for the throne.

A few sources for reading. This is less so for you and more for the other people in this comment chain.

Ford is so embarrassed at the backlash at this point that if you go on their website they try and hide the “Mustang” name and often just call it the Mach-E.

When I used to do pizza deliveries we were provided with company cars. Ten year old (at the time) Ford Rangers with the 2.2L engine and a five speed that were due to be replaced soon with Chevrolet HHRs. Me, being seventeen, thought I’d try out my 51cK 5K1LLZ and see if I could clutchless shift.

I did. A lot. Actually…

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No, wouldn’t be possible. A solar cell the size of 2400² inches, or 60x40", produces around 300Wh of power at optimum light levels. A Tesla Model 3 uses 27kWh of power per hundred miles. The scientests have much less surface area to work with per panel and have way less than the 18% solar efficiency regular panels…