superfastmatt
Matt Brown
superfastmatt
Matt Brown is an automotive engineer, writer, and builder of unconventional things. Mostly vehicles.

Every vehicle on sale should be tailored to me: a young, broke, urban, liberal Read more

“...completely unprofessional way to communicate the dangers...” Read more

Completely agree, within engineering you have 3 options: Quality, speed (time to production), and cost; pick the two options you want. Yes Carbon fiber wheels have been out for a while, but what do they cost? I’m sure these won’t be cheap, carbon ceramic brakes are still $$$$, but far cheaper than they have been. Read more

This is great news. Only 21 short years ago, the Prius was a punchline and a political statement and hybrids were synonymous with veganism and voting for Ralph Nader. Read more

It looks great.

It weighs 500 pounds almost on the dot.

It will definitely woolie. Read more

If it’s anything like the Pan America, it will be lighter than it looks. The Pan America looks like it weighs about 9000 pounds, but is almost 60 pounds lighter than the BMW 1250 GS Adventure. Read more

On the other hand, he did a pretty decent job in the sketches. Read more

I’m going to preface this with: I’m not a Tesla owner or a fanboy. Read more

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This level of speed was only available to a few exotic owners just a decade ago, and now we have family cars that feature “ludicrous” speed. Which is aptly named, because that is indeed ludicrous speed.

YOU’RE the S1000 guy?!? Big fan! I don’t know how many times I’ve shown that Jay Leno/S1000 video to people.

Now to go down the Jag/Tesla rabbit hole! Read more

I like this idea. Perhaps magnetic switches for different ‘gears’ under the dash panel, and a magnet on the underside of the bobblehead? It would seem like magic. And, if it never works properly, you have the double indemnification of Jaguar electronics and Tesla quality control. :) Read more

RV Driver: “Wow, this thing is really struggling.” Read more