Not that strikers EVER stand in front of moving vehicles at the picket line... Read more
So they make a new car...most people buy autos, so they program everything to be PERFECT with the auto..Now they want a manual, which hardly sells anymore...and redoing all the software is a pain. Read more
"Its rare (if ever), that a manual car is even equipped with cruise control... the reason;" Read more
I would like to see your source on that statistic please. :D Read more
Very correct. Read more
But what horses ass would design it that way in the first place? The article says literally nothing about what these calibrations are with regard to how they interact with the transmission. I'm really just not buying it. Stability and traction are all throttle/brakes (maybe)/wheels speed sensors, nothing to do with… Read more
Certain vehicles the ECU sends and receives signals from the TCM. That's kind of a problem there. Not to mention the age of electronic speedometers.
There are a few issues. I don't see the software calibrations being that expensive. I just don't think there's enough demand for manuals to justify making those… Read more
Not only is Ken a damn fine driver, but this is a film festival about the intersection of car racing and entertainment. There are few people in the world who know how to marry those two things better than Señor Block. You can't watch any of the Gymkhana videos without grinning ear to ear. Read more
The 1980s was an interesting time - an epoch where customization reached a scale and price appropriate for limited runs of massively improved cars. The big boys caught on quickly enough, with the M-cars and the '86 and the acquisition of AMG, but it was the independents who proved it was possible.
We enter a similar… Read more
Hood is too long. Looks like a 6-series. Read more
Your maths sucks real bad. Using your 10% figure (which is about right, I should think) there are four gay drivers in every NASCAR Sprint Cup race alone. Read more
I'm a car enthusiast, who has been to a few track days and yeah I happen to be gay.
I don't let it stop me participating, but the atmosphere isn't particularly open or accepting - very much a hetero boys-only club.
It's frustrating for me, because I'd like to bring my partner along to spectate, since I'd like to share… Read more
Being in professional racing myself, I can tell you that many in the paddock would be very accepting of an openly gay driver. I suppose sponsorship could be an issue, but then again, I think it would open the doors for many companies that don't currently advertise in racing. The few gay men I've known just don't… Read more
You can consider me one...I'm just not famous.
thank you for posting this Read more