Recent content by MattRobertson

sez who? Besides you. edit: Not referring to looks, which are subjective. The engineering critique of the AWD... thats a unique opinion so far as I can see.

If you get hold of some 3M red body tape you can affix it to the back of your badge, cut away the excess and then stick it on and it will never come off until you go after it with fishing line again. Very similar stuff to what manufacturers use. Comes in multiple thicknesses. I got my roll on...

How can you not love the Ferrari FF? To me its not just about looks but what you can do with the thing, and the new FF is just unstoppable: Official advert vid for Ferrari FF Fifth Gear tests the FF

This.

Since you list your state publicly in your profile I can say this: Of that $350 in premium, $145 of it (!) is a state 'fee' (tax) called an MCCA Charge. I won't get into all the good uses the State of Michigan puts this surcharge to. But I will say that when the car ages some more your MCCA...

Again this is excellent theory but doesn't hold up to real-world experience. Years ago I was a weekend paintball player (as a result of being a paid judge on the playing field... I got to play for free so I did). 1. it was pointed out that reliability on the paint markers is far from 100%. In...

I envy you your naivete. You have had no personal experience with the situation you describe, have you? Your learning comes from books, yes? what you see on the TV news? Internet discussions? Of course it is safer to 'pull' a gun on an intruder. To arm yourself if the occasion arises to do...

People see that I have firearms and I enjoy plinking around, I'm well-trained and furthermore that my house is not the one you want to break into if you plan on leaving under your own power. So they say to me "why do you live in fear?" Which I find ridiculous. A gun is a tool that has a job...

Nice. As peppy as the smaller V8's are, these cars need a 392 to really get going.

I Am Legend was written in 1954 - as in the story by Richard Matheson which all of the movies were based on. edit: whoops I see someone already posted a link. That. I don't think there's any way you can characterize Omega Man as a remake if you've seen both. Two very different takes on the...

Oddly enough tires are not so much the problem - once you learn how to drive the car. As a noob yes you will scrub them clean quick. I think I was at two days for a set in the beginning. Once you learn how to drive right you will get the same amount of wear as is common with other tracked...

Something to consider on this: Solar sits above your roof. You had better have a good roof before you do the install, because if you have to replace the roof you get to take the panels off first and then put them back on again. I considered the Solar City route (expecting that it would...

Bingo. But there was more to it than gunpowder not working. Basically explosive effects all were slowed down, so gunpowder worked in a sense... it just fizzled. In a related bit of bad news, steam boilers would not build up pressure. So forget about steam engines. Its an awesome first three...

Since The Last Man on Earth and I am Legend are already up there, lets include the third movie based on that story: The Omega Man And lets not forget that same story inspired (drumroll) Night of the Living Dead

These cars will go around corners *extremely* well, with a few mods. You can do it on the cheap with an SRT take-off suspension. Find them on EBay with sways for about $400 + shipping. Its a direct bolt-in, and since its a passenger car suspension made for a car that is designed to be a...