In the case of electronics I mentioned; I bought on word of mouth and product reviews with the protection of a return policy, I’ve never had a failure that needed return; If so, I’d ship it back to the manufacturer. If I had bought it at a big box store (a terrible place to judge A/V equipment BTW, home eval is much…

Much of my home theater equipment (Oppo Digital BluRay, Outlaw Audio Power Amp, Hsu Research Subwoofer) has been bought directly from the manufacturer and these products offer far more performance and value for the money than store bought, because the middle man has been eliminated.

“Since every single car on the road (with the exception of any survivor Model T’s, and cars that are too broken to be on the road) has more stopping power in its brakes than go-power in its engine, as long as the brakes stay locked you’ll never actually move.”

Uh yes; that entire mindset you have is a result of the current dealership model! Wouldn’t it be much easier to cross shop other makes if you know exactly what the price of each would be? If you decide you want a Telsa, as an example, you’ve already ruled out other car companies because you’ve decided the Tesla, at…

Yes, to cooling; it’s Tesla’s Achilles heel. But since the battery is what’s overheating, using active A/C cooling to try cool it, you’re putting even more load on the battery (the source of all energy on the vehicle), resulting in a viscous thermodynamic cycle. Given that this is a track car, there should always be…

“The US has had a clutch switch requirement since the 1970s.”

The light eventually changed right? I see people do this, and when the inductive sensor detects their vehicle, the light changes. In their mind, the flashing is responsible. Hence how this myth is perpetuated.

It’s not that far off from F1:

Custom, by definition, is a unique one-off, not an elevated trim level.

Although it has the specialized facilities, LP is much too small a community to host a modern Winter Games.

Every other show? You obviously forgot about Pat! CCC, WD and MW are the only shows I watch on Velocity; I agree with you on most of the others.

Have you ever had a high speed get-off? Yes, gear works well, assuming you have an adequate run out zones to slide through and dissipate all that energy. I low-sided on the street (in full gear) had a burn on my shoulder, but the gear held up and not a scratch on me. I would have been fine with more road, but when I…

I use Amazon Prime a lot, and they have been rolling out their own fleet of delivery vans (at least in my area) to support same/next/second day delivery. I don’t remember when the last time I got an Amazon delivery by USPS, and rarely by FedEx or UPS either.

“Taiwan” is technically just an island. The country’s official name is the “Republic of China”. It’s commonly referred to as Taiwan to avoid confusion with the mainland Communist “People’s Republic of China” and assert independence.

No, that’s not possible; a dual clutch has odd gears on one shaft and even on another, so it can have either the next higher or the lower gear ready. The computer has the next gear chosen and ready based on whether the vehicle is accelerating or decelerating. There is no torque gap if the computer has anticipated the…

Yes, current road race bikes are technologically advanced compared to 100 years ago, but that’s not my point at all! Every rider in the TdF, for example, is pretty much on the same playing field. They all have light, stiff bikes and it has practically no impact to the winner. Compare that to F1, where in any year, the…

Synchronized gears alleviate the need for double clutching, true... but failing to rev match downshifts results in additional clutch wear and driveline shock by having to absorb for the mismatched speed differential. Heel& toe is the proper way to rev match a downshift while braking and can be a quite useful technique…

But then the race is basically F1... whoever has the funds to develop the most technologically advanced vehicle wins... as opposed to the current system, based on human performance (whoever can get away with the most advanced doping without getting caught;) )

Bicycles improve the efficiency of motion, but at the end of the day (race) ALL the energy has come from the rider. Motors provide external power. If you add motors, it’s a motorcycle race.

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