And as for damage control...you can click the last link and scroll down to the comments to find Saturn taking issue with my review of their Astra.
It's hard to find good roads around here with the flatness and the farm-ness...Heading north through the Park Lake area is about the best I have. Got any recommendations?
I drive: a 2003 Mazda Protege5 in dire need of new brake discs. It has more scratches than miles on the odometer (44,000) due to my so-called friends who refuse to follow the "no leaning bikes on the car" rule.
I wouldn't mind driving: A Mazdaspeed3, a GTI, a Lotus Elise, one of those tricked out Fastivas, a '69 Camaro, a Ferrari 430 Scuderia or a Lamborghini Murcielago.
I drink: Far too much Busch Light. The college crowd doesn't really discriminate when it comes to beer, but I do enjoy Coors and Bell's Oberon, a Michigan brew.
I'm terrified of getting this wrong, but let's go ahead and say 23.80 m/s for the banked turn question. I don't know the answer to the damping question...can't say I've dealt with oscillations in the past 2 years.
No, I wasn't a commenter before being hired, although I was a Jalopnik reader.