You know what, I have a question about the anti-access ability provided by systems like the S-300 that’s been bothering me. I am fully aware of the incredible stated capabilities of this SAM system- it really is a serious threat to anything in the air, at nearly any altitude and speed over a huge radius. And the S-400…

When the letter says that the dealer “needs to buy 6 2012 Nissan GT-R’s”... it’s pretty easy to tell it’s bullshit.

This is my favorite photo- pipper in A2A cannon mode, with VVI visible bottom right

It’s a formula representing all the recent complimentary design and production philosophies Mazda has developed. Not just the engine tech, which is very impressive, but also the chassis (dramatically lighter through usage of high-strength steels and “gram strategy”) and the transmissions (more efficient and much…

Not saying they aren’t cheating but... Tanner’s explanation is legit. In fact, I’m more surprised when I see AWD launches with all four wheels spinning perfectly together.

We do the exact same thing- basically every Wednesday night we set up a kart track in our parking lot/field and have races after we’re done working.

This is how Black Box Rally Team got started back in the day- Finger Lakes Region (FLR) Winter Rally Series TSD’s. Alvin and I drove his 2005 Evo VIII MR there from 2006 through 2009, with me codriving. We ran stock class, A-speeds (45 mph), and by the last event we did (Herbie’s Revenge 2009), we were not just 1st in…

True Jumble Story time!

I can certainly appreciate the value of a cold open, HOWEVER, I’m glad you brought this up because there’s an opinion I’ve had on this for a long time:

I asked my friend the Tesla engineer about this, and he explained that since everything runs on a CAN bus, it is possible for someone to make an aftermarket "physical buttons" mod to replace the "car functions" controlled by the touchscreen.

6.) Auto Rev Match

I agree with you here wholeheartedly- but the second problem is that these midfield battles -at least in rally- are rarely televised! Last year, after NBC revealed that they would be televising Rally America events, we jokingly said we should change our goal from winning the Eastern Regional Championship that we were…

Honestly, I have a hard time caring about spoilers. I'd rather see how a race plays out than hang everything on who won in the end. Who wins is nice to know, but what happened in the 620 miles in between? Isn't that the whole point of watching motorsports in the first place: to see how the trophies get won?

No question. Nice as they come most of the time, but still.

Trust me, your thoughts and mine about noise are more similar than different. I've been aiming to keep my cars quiet for years. I turbo'd my miata _partly_ because the turbine would help to further quiet the STOCK exhaust, and the added power would allow me to run lower revs to get the same output.

Well... I've done that too. No one has complained about noise. I've been privy to this "noise complaint" groupthink since about 2009, and the one thing that's been true all along is that people have no idea what noise is or how it will affect them compared to how they think it will affect them.

I have two comments for this thread. First, The Transporter is absolutely right about how the housing developer insidiously destroys the town he works in- it's happening right now in mine.

Something people don't realize on their own is that being a good passenger is a skill, just as being a good driver is one. Rally co-drivers aren't just born, you know. It takes a lot of time and commitment in order to get to the point where you're not only comfortable being driven at speed -often by someone you've…

In any case, it makes me wonder if the old 850 is really that complicated by today's standards? Does your car have more computers, or are car companies better at organizing electronic brains than they were a couple decades ago?

Just a clarification: