I saw them in FS Germany in 2010 and they were incredibly impressive. I think the FSAE competitions are a little behind FS on the electric cars. Read more

Also, I should point out that the Formula Student racing series has an Electric category, and some of those schools have some seriously impressive racecars. Read more

I drove a Tesla Roadster 60-some miles from Hawthorne to Fontana for an autocross. Pretty much everyone at the event told me I was going to run out of juice on track and they were going to have to tow me off. I drove several laps over the course of the day, and then drove home, making it back with about 20 miles of… Read more

So you're saying there's only one S in Mississippi? Read more

You show me a cop escorting a donut truck and I'll show you a cop that's not giving me a speeding ticket. Read more

By "protesters" do you mean "self-important, ignorant bullies with nothing better to do"? Read more

I'm pretty sure Toyota uses the MC platform for everything they make.

I enjoyed reading it. Read more

There's plenty of high tech stuff crammed into this car. Just ask the family of hydraulic robots in the trunk responsible for raising and lowering the roof. Those, by the way, can store enough pressurized hydraulic fluid to raise or lower the roof up to 10 times even with the car off. Read more

5 years is never. 3 years is 5 years. Read more

Though similar to the S550, it is a stark departure from the original S600 which was not only styled differently, it was made by an entirely different company and really has nothing to do with the new Mercedes S600 or really this post in general.

Did I just watch somebody die? Read more

Those aren't studded tires, they're bracelets for a goth elephant. Read more

Locking up your tires on an ice covered bridge, and then stopping at the end of the bridge as soon as you get traction, so that all the people sliding on the ice behind you slam into you. Read more

Maybe we'll get lucky and Bob Lutz will rebadge it with a new face and an LS9. Read more

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That's odd, it's usually the Viper that kills the owner. Read more

Good luck with that bike, sarge...

Now admit that you are wrong about the exposed fasteners on the C7 ;) Read more

Cali is fine in SoCal. It's in the north where you people get all pissy and pretentious when we say "Cali" and "San Fran". Read more