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Here's the full-size photo: http://i.imgur.com/bmcTCpk.jpg I think the flames and skulls look painted. And the circles appear to be cut using pretty conventional means. The edges look like they were ground down, and I think I see some straight cuts. I'd say jigsaw.

Another compound-charged engine. http://imgur.com/a/3XnGD?gallery#47 I know these probably don't actually work that way.. But it's cool to see how they designed the engines.

and 67 other detail shots of some of the Mad Max cars. http://imgur.com/a/3XnGD?gallery#23

Yeah, it really exists.

It's been my experience that the smart way to handle your money is rarely fun, and the fun way to handle your money is rarely smart.

http://www.driving.co.uk/car-reviews/the-clarkson-review-chevrolet-corvette-z06-2015/ I'm just going to leave that there...

I want one of these to follow my car at an AutoX.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/8/8573757/audi-just-unveiled-a-600-horsepower-tt-and-it-looks-incredible

Crud, the pdf lists it as a points event. Well, the 24th then.. Slow May this year.

With the WOR SCCA event 5/17 being cancelled / rescheduled I plan to be at the BMC event that day in Circleville.

This angle makes it look like I'm running crazy amounts of front camber. Rota RT-5, 18x8.5+44 front, 18x9.5+44 rear. Then I had Wheel Medic powdercoat them gloss black, and added the APEX stickers to tie in the yellow calipers (also Wheel Medic work). Tires are Dunlop Direzza ZII in 255/35-18 front and 265/35-18 rear. I may go with a lighter set of wheel in the future, but I don't think I'll find a fitment quite as good looking.

Have you changed the oil in a Subaru? There's no clean way to get that drain plug out with a 20mm drain hole behind it. This, http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411E0Dnt16L._SY300_.jpg can just barely keep up with the deluge from an EJ oil pan.

Yup. Ran it without the clip too, and never had a problem with drips or getting stuck. Every car I own gets one of these on their first oil change. Oh, when I could drive the BRZ up on ramps, I think my oil change record was 8 minutes.

If it were me having one delivered, there'd be a lot more exclamation marks. Though, if I were going to drop that much on a car, I'd choose something else.

I'm going to try to be there.

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2015/04/-audi-on-demand-a-rental-r8-delivered-right-to-your-doorstep.html Not sure if I'd pay $1200/day/200mi for an R8..

You gain a separate license for use each time you put that song on another device. You get these additional licenses free only because the RIAA realized that they'd triple piracy if they did charge you. Recording from the radio falls under Fair Use because there's no encryption or copy protection being circumvented. Reselling someone else's code? No. That should be illegal. Modifying? That should be legal.

Meguiar's Gold Class is my favorite. I've tried their Ultimate, but I don't think it's as good. Anything else seems to leave my black paint look dry.

Anyone remember this wall poster? http://bluebell111.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lamborghini-Countach-White-Large-22-x-63.jpg 375hp. We're talking about 500+hp DDs in here.......

People are still born with an appendix... It's certainly out of date if it no longer does what it is supposed to do. OBDII isn't just a plug. The DMCA was written to stop software and movie piracy, and now we're talking about cars. It most certainly can and will be used for more than just stopping tuners. Oh, and the DMCA makes overcoming encryption and copy protections illegal. So copying your movies on disc, even for your own use, is actually illegal due to the DMCA. The DMCA overrides the Fair Use Act.

Now, yes. But OBD-II is already an old and obsolete standard. There are already manufacturer specific codes; something that wasn't supposed to happen with the original plan. And cars have more than one computer now. Your average car now has an ECU, TCM, BCM, ABS Module, and EPS Module. Your off-the-shelf OBDII scanner *might* be able to scan the ABS module, but you're SOL if you have an issue with the rest. That means NO diagnostics on the other computers. Hyundai already has a Campaign requiring an update for the EPS Module. Forget repairing, the Mom and pops already can't even tell you what's wrong. Hybrid and EV powertrains are THE thing that will make or break an OEM in the near future. They are spending Millions, maybe BILLIONS, on developing them in order to hit ever rising Fleet MPG standards. They won't want anyone so much as looking sideways at one of their powertrain computers. The OEMs will Lobby and Bribe and throw as much legalese around as they can afford to convince every government official that they are victims and that their EV R&D investments are breaking their backs and they need to be protected from mean ol' competitors who will steal their tech and make them go bankrupt (ignoring the fact that their competitors are in the room with them making the same arguments.) Very few M&P shops are capable of of working on hybrid cars. That will quickly become ZERO. To be fair, car use in the heart of the big cities is kinda pointless anyways. But I do admit that when I roll through a suburban neighborhood in a sporty car and I see young kids that don't even bother to look up, it kinda worries me.

You missed one: 3) Collecting licensing fees for all diagnostic equipment. If the greedy chuckle-headed luddites let this go, it will give OEMs the ability to dip into the pockets of every small shop owner. As cars get more and more complex and the on board computers get more and more integrated into everything, it'll be EASY for an OEM to claim that the level of diagnostics needed will expose their "trade secrets" and require strictly controlled (and licensed) diagnostic equipment. Those <$100 scanners at Autozone become useless. The $1500 scanner a Mom & Pop Shop needs to stay competitive suddenly requires a monthly subscription fee. And then, with some lobbying money and slick lawyer-speak, all the work that was done in the 90s to keep the OEMs from requiring customers to come to dealerships for work will suddenly disappear. "How can the OEMs be expected to expose the inner workings of their highly proprietary hybrid and EV powertrain control units?" And suddenly, the only place you can get your car worked on is a dealership and the local shops are relegated to working on older and older heaps until they are no longer profitable. This shit needs to DIAF.

Depends on the rest of the car. My BRZ makes less than 300 rwhp, but it's a bit of a pain to drive one the street. Not because of the power, but because of the lightweight flywheel I installed. Driving it smoothly in traffic is a PITA.

I keep wanting to make it to one of these now that I have a car that I think would show well. But I always seem to have something scheduled on the same day.

Want. White, black, or grey. But I can't make it today. Hopefully I can get one of the online sales.