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

I say surround yourself with what inspires you, and if Senna inspires you, then tattoo that shit on. Read more

HTV isn't a rocket, it's a spacecraft. Soyuz is still capable, just like the shuttle was after Columbia and Challenger. SpaceX's Dragon (via Falcon 9) is scheduled to berth with the ISS in a few months, and the Orbital Science Taurus II is scheduled for a demonstration resupply flight in the near future. Read more

it's not declining, its just changing gears. I know at Jalopnik Elon Musk is not a crowd favorite, but i know a few people who work at SpaceX and I'll bet good money they will be on Mars before 2025. Read more

may i continue not using proper capitalization, or are we just worried about spelling? Read more

Sorry, I'm late to the comment thread. Has this been covered?

Man, i'm usually the first to complain about tangentially car related bait-click posts, but the commentariat is really getting angry these past few days. Read more

I am both shocked and appalled. I noticed the other automotive blog sites are not picking up on this travesty. Do they not understand the gravity? Shocking. Read more

The metadata says it was taken a week ago. Read more

there was some hooning involved, if it makes you feel better. Read more

Driving an electric car is like living in Los Angeles. When you live here you know what its like: some traffic, some smog, but overall a great place to live. People who don't live here and who visited once in 1992 all just know that it is full of traffic and smog and is just generally a horrible place to live. Read more

Coming up at 9: Buzz Aldrin punches 6000 people in the face. Read more

Its funny you mention the Tesla parked in the garage, because Tesla (a hardware company) got started in a garage in Silicon Valley just a few years ago. Read more

I wish I had a star, if only to promote stuff like this. Read more

It seems like everything's gone wrong since Canada came along. Read more

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Page Mill Road near Palo Alto California is a blast. I tore up it in a rental Mazda and put more wear and tear on that car than I have on my car in 6 months. Here is a video of a Tesla prototype being chased up it by a Z4.

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The Snake on Mulholland drive. Mostly a motorcycle thing, but good for small cars too.

Yes, but how does it look in it's natural habitat: being driven by some uppity blond bitch, changing lanes without signaling on Sunset Blvd. Read more

34 was West Virginia. NH was 5. But I applaud your use of WA to do math and statistical research at the same time. Read more

You show me a cop humping on the hood of a car and I'll show you a cop who is not giving me a speeding ticket. Read more