Ace-Garageguy

Yup. That's a very real problem, and why I stopped trying to save a couple of bucks. You may as well burn your money.

The poorly designed car that takes significant disassembly to change a cabin filter in the video is a Lincoln. The car that allows the filter to be changed in seconds is a Toyota.

Pretty cool. I've never seen that generation TVR in the flesh.

Did you see how the Toyota cabin filter is so easy to access? GOOD engineers design in serviceability. That, however, seems to be an idea that's become obsolete almost everywhere.

Follow Mr. Potato Head's lead and don't forget to wear your Depends.

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Ow. Best wishes for a speedy recovery and minimal pain during rehab.

Fruit and begetables really ARE good for you, but humans need MEAT too...animal protein.

Time flies like bananas.

Pistons without full-floating pins require heat and a fixture to assemble them to connecting rods.

Eating just isn't as much fun as it used to be when I could chow down hearty and easily burn it all off instead of becoming Mr. Roly Poly.

World War 3 isn't something most humans want to see.

There are some videos available on YouTube of the remains on the bottom. Analysis of the wreckage photos and videos played a large part in determining how the failure occurred.

Thing I might thay thomething thtupid here...

Oh yes, that's going to be cool.

Neighbors seemed to be a lot friendlier back in olden times, like when I was a kid; now they all seem to be HOA Karen wannabees.

Better looking than Roth's Druid Princess...

Again, making a vehicle that's as complex as the space shuttle and weighs 2.5 tons to be used for grocery shopping, hauling kids to soccer and piano lessons, or dragging one backside to work and back daily is not really rational, is it?

Some years back, I also found several hand-laced wire rims made for scale WW I vintage aircraft, a few of which were sized right for 1/25 dragster front wire wheels. At the time, all the sizes I wanted were sold out, and I never followed up. There have been multiple posts on this very forum about hand-lacing wire wheels for various applications, and though it takes a slight learning curve, the results look good. AND...the guy who does the great looking 3D-printed wire sports car wheels might be receptive to the idea of doing dragster wires as well.

"Mindset" that is stuck in time and refuses to acknowledge additional true information as it becomes available is of no lasting benefit.

Yup. Exactly, exactly, exactly. My Lotus 7 decades ago, same story. I think I was 18 or 19 when I realized a lighter car with the same power-to-weight ratio as a heavier more powerful car would be the winner in any kind of competition...assuming comparable coefficients of friction of the tires, aero drag, and comparable gearing. There was a popular saying in the '40s and '50s that went something like "a heavy car holds the road better". Which is, in a word, baloney. There was good reason for Colin Chapman's car design philosophy of "simplify, then add lightness".

Time truly wasted is one resource that is gone forever.