Man, my imagination apparently sucks.
That was a great watch. Did he actually lap the Ferrari or is that a second red one on the track? Also, I'm no professional racer, but it looks like the Caterham driver kind of lost focus and got a bit sloppy after finally making that first pass by the 430--well, sloppy compared to the laser-focus and control exhibited up to that point.
Also, I know the R500 has the better power:weight, but it looks like the F430 is able to pull away on the straights. Either the F430 is finding a better gear and finding it faster (paddle shift?) or the aerodynamics are really penalizing the R500, even sans windscreen.
The R500 is awesome, but I'd settle for just about any new Caterham, complete with weather kit because by god I would daily-commute with that thing.
It seems like the higher tech solution, but I think touchscreens and virtual gauges have got to be a godsend to small carmakers like Tesla. It's got to be more cost-effective to buy a standard off the shelf LCD touchscreen and develop a GUI and integrate it with the car than to worry about designing, molding, building a huge array of buttons, knobs, bezels, backlighting and all the other stuff that makes up a normal center console and gauge display.
Funny picture, by the way.
Dang on all counts.
Ah, so these are drivable badges of courage?
Great review, I am lusting the car ever more. However, Chris reinforced a minor gripe that has me concerned: the engine noised. Others have said it's nothing special and Chris seems to agree. Recorded audio doesn't always tell the whole story, but it doesn't sound all that aural to me either. What I'm getting at is, what exhaust modifications will be needed to make the engine sing/growl like a proper boxer engine should? Is this a case of equal v. unequal length headers? Does this car have a significantly different setup than the Impreza?
"Earth geologists use a penny to know the scale in their photographs."
A rock hammer is more common and traditional, in my experience, but hey that would weigh a lot more than 2.5g. Pretty neat, regardless.
Excellent spin, but too creative to come from Fox News. My guess is that the headline will be "Obama approves of 8th graders making weapons and bringing them into classrooms."
I'll be smiling the rest of the day now because of watching this.
Or, does it have built-in bomb detection such as explosive sniffing tech...nah, I guess that's the least likely.
My guess, and what I would do, is heavily reinforce the bottom and sides of the can (multi-ply steel, perhaps with sand or concrete in between layers) and design the top/lid to detach easily, so in the event of an explosion there in, the blast would be vented directly up and out of the can (basically making it into a cannon). The concussion from the blast could still break windows nearby, but otherwise wouldn't cause much damage.
Fascinating. I bet you have a great list of dirty, idiot, or otherwise awful questions you've had to deal with. Unfortunately, that probably also means you've had to sign a confidentiality agreement. Still, I'd be interested to learn more--this could make for an interesting article.
Very intriguing. I never imagined actual people were directly involved in the process in real time.
Photography skills haven't changed, as you demonstrate with this beautiful shot, but I do see noise and I bet color representation could be better with current technology as well.
I've got a Rebel XT and have been thinking the same thing of late: what will be better money spent: finally springing for a thousand-dollar L lens or getting a new body with better ISO performance.
Shots at ISO 800 or 1600 (the highest available ISO on the XT) are practically unprintable and only used as a last resort, which happens too often since I don't have any L glass or image stabilized lenses.
If that interior is as comfortable and inviting as it looks, and smells of leather and not cigarettes, than I would say nice price. This could be a fun cruiser and for not much money. When the first $3,000 repair comes up, though, dump it and cut your losses.
Ha. Yeah, they must have all gone out for fish tacos afterward to celebrate.
I agree. I don't have a lot of direct experience in the matter, but in my 31 years of watching things move, I expected it to look faster.
Interesting items. Thanks for posting. #oppositelock
I always though it was quite attractive, as well.
Thank you for the response, Mr. Ewanick. I look forward to seeing the campaign.
