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

I think Tesla was allowed 1 store and that was it in CO. This will definitely help expand EV sales. Read more

(Atomic’s Law brought to you by Carl’s Jr.)
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One case of parts sharing that makes a vehicle look better is the doors on a Jeep Gladiator. Read more

These stupid car roof ads have been popping up in the Bay Area for the last couple of years, and they’re annoying as hell. They’re extremely distracting at night, especially if the car is in the lanes next to you on the freeway and the ad changes. I can draw your attention away from the road because you’re perceiving Read more

Hot take: It looks better than a Jaguar E-Type Read more

being “ahead of their time” doesn’t necessarily mean “excelled” so much as trying to do something before it’s done widely. it is not a measure of quality of work. given the ev adoption rate, they are still currently all “ahead of their time” because their time has not yet come. Read more

My first time riding a bike with more than 50 hp

I now have to clean ramen noodles off my keyboard! #TotallyWorthIt
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“You do you. While motorcycles can be dangerous for everyone, they’re really mostly a danger to the people sitting on them, and I’m a big fan of letting people make their own decisions.” Read more

Similar to high altitude climbing or skinning, oxygen deprivation is a huge killer, I had enough of it just extreme skiing, can’t imagine driving a race car at anything over 10K! Read more

I bought a ZRX1100 last year, and it’s funny to read articles about how burly they felt to reviewers 20 years ago. Just under 100hp to the wheel and somewhere around 70 lb-ft and it feels great to me coming from a 3rd gen VFR. I think of the ZRX like a muscle car; a beast in its day, slow and heavy by today’s Read more

This is truly an amazing and rare exposition of the creative influence of Detroit Iron styling, as far as being a car guy this is like visiting the holy grail of automobiles. I would like to see this before it’s gone. Read more

Lots of midweek races and races occurring on the same day.  It was pretty much disorganized until 1972.  Petty’s most impressive year was 1967, when he won 27 races (including a stretch of 10 in a row).
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