It's clearly inspired by previous cabover vans like the VW Microbus and maybe the never-quite made Jeep FC minivan, but it has its own, slightly retrofuturistic look, mostly thanks to the chubby, slightly teardrop general shape.

I know! The only way to end this madness is to start making them less desirable each time.

Sometimes thinking is such a buzz kill.

Those seat controls are classic.

If the investor collector bubble is popping, my favorite explanation is that classic car ownership is being democratized. With advances in 3D printing and cheap rapid machining/production of parts, soon almost anyone will be able to own (for example) an exact replica Ferrari 250 GTO, which, while it won't be the…

I love low-end cars. I love what low-end cars used to be. There was once an honest dignity about a cheap car that made it useful, easy to maintain, and classless. I love exposed screw heads and easily visible seams on things because that means if something needs tweaking or fixing, you can actually figure out what…

Abandon website. Return with guest article that smokes the regulars.

There is a regime of applicability for treating the coefficient of friction as constant, and the whole NDT NASCAR flub can be handled without adding that particular complication.

I'd ask for a citation, but lets start with fundamentals: what units?

You win this thread.

Mass is important for establishing normal force, and it is important for establishing the requisite centripetal force. Wow, doubly important because it appears twice, right? But—here's where you lost it—one appears in the numerator and one in the denominator, so they cancel out and the rest of the calculation is…

I'll bet you can find a market somewhere for your brand of vitriolic yet incorrect physics.

I hadn't thought of this before, and it's interesting to me that after 5 minutes of googling, even the sign of the net lift in NASCAR is still indeterminate (to me). I can't find a source stating quantitatively what the downforce on a Sprint Cup car is at speed.

I hadn't thought of this before, and it's interesting to me that after 5 minutes of googling, even the sign of the net lift in NASCAR is still indeterminate (to me). I can't find a source stating quantitatively what the downforce on a Sprint Cup car is at speed.

I hadn't thought of this before, and it's interesting to me that after 5 minutes of googling, even the sign of the net lift in NASCAR is still indeterminate (to me). I can't find a source stating quantitatively what the downforce on a Sprint Cup car is at speed.

I hadn't thought of this before, and it's interesting to me that after 5 minutes of googling, even the sign of the net lift in NASCAR is still indeterminate (to me). I can't find a source stating quantitatively what the downforce on a Sprint Cup car is at speed.

I hadn't thought of this before, and it's interesting to me that after 5 minutes of googling, even the sign of the net lift in NASCAR is still indeterminate (to me). I can't find a source stating quantitatively what the downforce on a Sprint Cup car is at speed.

I hadn't thought of this before, and it's interesting to me that after 5 minutes of googling, even the sign of the net lift in NASCAR is still indeterminate (to me). I can't find a source stating quantitatively what the downforce on a Sprint Cup car is at speed.

I hadn't thought of this before, and it's interesting to me that after 5 minutes of googling, the sign of the net lift in NASCAR is still indeterminate (to me). I can't find a source stating quantitatively what the downforce on a Sprint Cup car is at speed.

i dont even