Who is going to step up and buy the Toyota Sera that is for sale in my neighborhood? DM me for the owner’s number or to ask me to go knock on the door like a sicko.
Mike Austin
@reymiguel.bsky.social
Executive Editor of Road & Track. My Morning Jacket enthusiast. Trying to leave the house more often. (he/him)
My favorite part of fixing cars is when I’m like “looks like some asshole didn’t tighten down this inner tie rod enough,” when that asshole was clearly me.
Look, I love Alpine but I’m pretty sure this was always going to be niche play whether it wants to be or not. The exclusivity of Alfa Romeos and Maseratis is not really a positive, you know? www.roadandtrack.com/news/a733345...
Alpine Wants to Be More Like Ferrari Than Porsche in Sales As It Plans Expansion into Canada, U.S.A.
The next A110 is coming to America, but Alpine isn’t planning on going with a volume-focused SUV push.
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how cars in general are unaffordable. New cars are nuts, of course, but so are used cars if anything goes wrong. I’m fortunate to be able to own several cars and have the time, budget, and space to work on them myself. Still…
I’m at the Bahrain GP. I’m in Malaysia I’m at the combination Gulf Air Bahrain GP in Malaysia.
I have not seen anything from LLMs, image generators, NotebookLM, or any generative AI that justify the suffering their data centers cause. And this story isn't even Boxtown. youtu.be/9wDr2dec474?...
Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives
YouTube video by WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7
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I did the test numbers on this at C/D and the carbon ceramic brakes ($30k!) were incredible. I did extra stops just to see if they’d hold up. Don’t remember how many but it was more than 10 and all within like 5 feet of each other, zero fade in a 6000-pound car (a rare heavyweight at the time).
Team Radar Love@midnightdorifto.bsky.social · 2w agolunchtime browsing today: Verdant Green over Burnt Oak and Cumbrian Green with Dark Stained Burr Walnut Veneer pmcuk.com/product/bent...
I think a healthy Mick will have some solid performances next season. He’s shown a lot of progress so far.
Mike Austin@reymiguel.bsky.social · 2mo agoOnce again Schumacher is the highest-finishing full season RLL car on an oval.
I dunno, I feel like Argentina still has a chance to come back in this one.
I know the popular conception is, "oh, faggy trans women only know suck dick and paint nails and cry" but the most ferociously talented mechanics and technicians I know are trans women. It is inadvisable to lie to us about technology. And trebly so if it's something we're passionate about. Fools.
A reminder that cities used to have terrible air quality like we have today on a regular basis and the current administration continues to actively dismantle the protections and regulations that cleaned that up.
It’s here! We’ve redone the @roadandtrack.bsky.social logo with a new ampersand inspired by the early-Sixties version of the magazine. And by we I mean Matt Wiley of Pentagram and our amazing creative director Nathan Schroeder.
I have enough of the shitty people in my monitors already, now here comes Ram putting that fucking clown Dana White in their ads on repeat. Fuck these guys with a trailer hitch. defector.com/dana-white-s...
Dana White Stars In History's Worst Truck Ad | Defector
Vanity pickup trucks: I fucking hate these things, and so you do. The second I see a Ram SuperUltraMegaSoldierDuty on the highway, I already know that it’ll have a Blue Lives Matter decal splashed acr...
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Little known fact: the Belgium national anthem is Pump up the Jam by Technotronic youtu.be/9EcjWd-O4jI?...
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TechnotronicVEVO
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Laguna Seca wants $35 for this shirt which I am sure will become highly collectible (Tag yourself) weathertechraceway.com/products/tee...
Dixon should hold out until they offer him an F1 test
This but the actual Monaco GP please.
Formula 1@f1tv.bsky.social · last mo.LEGO returns to the track with this Sunday’s Drivers’ Parade! 🤩 The drivers will get behind the wheel of 22 #LEGO minicars for a lap of Silverstone Watch live on Sunday across our social media platforms at 13:00 local time (+1 UTC) ⏰ #F1 #BritishGP
The NYT doesn't get into solutions for car bloat, so here are a few: - Enact weight-based car taxes - Set minimum crash safety standards for pedestrians & cyclists (no, the US doesn't have any) - Charge SUVs more to park on the street Others in this @vox.com story I wrote a couple years ago.
The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars
Dangerous, polluting SUVs and pickup trucks took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.
vox.com
“Jack the Explorer sounds a bit flat” - Jack Harvey still trying to make the booth lose it again.
The parent here should work at NHTSA. The agency hasn't adopted any regulations addressing distracting infotainment systems. Not a single one.
I have left The Stick in the Miata. If you find it please transfer it to an out of the way place in another press car and maybe we can see how far it goes.
Mike Austin@reymiguel.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you left a piece of driftwood in a Miata press car, I found it for you.
