The Car thread
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Brammo did a gearbox on an ev moto, but yeah, electric motors can spin forever, so it makes a gearbox pointless. But I guess it gives you something to do.I know how I feel about them: they're stupid.
It's probably more dumb than the "engine noises" that they generate for some EV's.
You know I'm gonna make motorcycle noises when I get my emoto.
LS3-Powered 1959 Chevrolet El Camino 6-Speed
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But you know why.
0-400-0kph in 28.81 seconds. 
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Koenigsegg Regera Retakes 0-400-0 KM World Record From Rimac
With a time of 28.81 seconds, Koenigsegg snatches the record back from the all-electric Rimac Nevera in May.
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That '59 El Camino is pretty sweet!
This is interesting. I loved my '82 Scirocco. Didn't know there was a newer version elswehere in the world.
This is interesting. I loved my '82 Scirocco. Didn't know there was a newer version elswehere in the world.
poor americans
so many interesting vehicles around the world.
and when it blows a head gasket ....poor americans
my older brother had built a large single turbo 2.9L 12V VR6 corrado about 15 years ago that put out about 615 hp on race gas ...... when the head popped there was a chunk of metal missing between two cylinders as wide as my thumb.....i think that happened at rockingham....
the two or three times i was with him when he had it on the highway were fun...
and even gutted....that thing was not light..
I always liked the Saturn version, but both were way underpowered. Yet still better than a Miata.
I had honestly never looked. I test drive one way back, but never looked at the storage, I was too disappointed in the lack of power in the "Red Line"also no trunk room. design fail.
The proportions are a little wonky but the specs are pretty good.
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Factory Five Racing 818C
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It's heating up.
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The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Is the Best Performance EV We've Driven
We drive a prototype of Hyundai’s game-changing performance EV at the Nürburgring and the Autobahn.
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I dig it! A bit out of my price range and it's wrong hand drive, but it's hot.
I briefly worked for a small engineering company where a few of the engineers were co-owners. They were all super conservative religious types. One of the guys was telling me he was sad that his son wasn't interested in the family business. The kid traded the truck he had been given for a Solstice and moved to South Beach to be a photographer for show dogs.
I didn't have the heart to explain it to him.
Pedestrian deaths reach 40-year high
Heavy cars and bad roads make walking more dangerous.
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The approach angle is awesome but I'd think it would cost a bit to repair if you had a small front end impact.
At least you could crash it a bit and it wouldn't look any worse.
Fucking morons doing everything under the sun on their smartphones while driving has a lot more to do with it than the size of the vehicle.Pedestrian deaths reach 40-year high
Heavy cars and bad roads make walking more dangerous.
Smart phones while walking aren’t helping either.
No enforcement of driving rules really helps.Fucking morons doing everything under the sun on their smartphones while driving has a lot more to do with it than the size of the vehicle.
The car-boat thread? Maybe we can turn them into submarines?
I'm an idiot, this auction was 3 years ago.
That’s not what the report says. It points to vehicle size, more of them on the road and infrastructure (no sidewalks). It also points to speeding and a lack of enforcement from local governments that have cut back on this. I’m sure distraction and phones have an effect, but that’s not what is driving this increase.Fucking morons doing everything under the sun on their smartphones while driving has a lot more to do with it than the size of the vehicle.
I think it might be a combination of both. My mom was asking me why I don't bike with the boy through town, we could easily go through less busy side streets. But I feel that drivers are so distracted these days that it's not worth taking the risk...Fucking morons doing everything under the sun on their smartphones while driving has a lot more to do with it than the size of the vehicle.
Thanks for that. I disagree with with the report. Hitting a person walking on the side of the road with a smart car or a ford f350 going 50mph is going to have the same outcome.
Yes, but look at the graph. Everyone has had a smartphone for 10 years. What is happening in the last 3-5? Their findings seem reasonable to me.