Ads make the world go round on the web. It's how things are paid for, this is like complaining that a gas station won't let you avoid paying the gas tax for road up keep. Yes some sites go overboard, but really by and large, no matter if we like it or not, sites are paid for with ads. Do you have a better suggestion?

As someone who got a touchpad figuring it would be kinda gimicky on the firesale, 1000 times this. Work gave me an iPad2, what did I continue to use instead of the iPad every time? The touchpad. And it wasn't because of the apps on it, it's the UI. WebOS is fantastic, I hope the cards model is something Google picks up on

MMMMM x100 series powermacs. Actually 8100 with G3 card was surprisingly a good machine.

How much powazs are you trying to make?

You should check your slight sarcasm detection unit i Think it's broken ;)

The bottom ends on those benz engines are really really beefy, i wouldn't be worried about anything down there. My friend with the giant holset on his has no issues with the engine, instead he's split a few transmission cases.

Also a stuck shut waste gate shouldn't cause it to blow tons of oil anywhere, the turbo isn't blown, you're just going to be over spinning it (but that T3 they put on there is probably fine for it, but yes in the long run that would probably be bad for the turbo) but it'd also be more fun :D

Plus, you'll probably run out of fuel to make the turbo spin higher (and since it's a diesel you don't have to worry about lean conditions).

Open or shut? Shut doesn't sound like a problem to me ;) http://youtu.be/lkQKLDP9etU a friend's 300sd with a holset

I haven't heard anyone mention it or talk about using it in years.

I mean really?

Someone should patent that before the record companies do.

That headline should read Hackers Hit Everyone's Supplier, Foxconn.

I wonder what % of their business even comes from Apple? I am not saying Apple shouldn't be pushing to make things better they should. But, Apple is hardly the only person that uses Foxconn, the way you see this stuff reported you would swear Foxconn only works for Apple

Sometimes the truth hurts.On slashdot it gets marked flamebait!

Add that with increased sound deadening to make everything whisper quiet and you get a crap ton of weight. Weight is probably our biggest issue these days. Our cars have gotten fat.

That used to be really true, but the american engines have really improved in the past few years. Ford for example basically just completely redesigned their engine designs. What they have put out is far far better than their line up 5 or 6 years ago.

Also our diesel issue is in part y'alls fault, those MB 240 and 300d's didn't do much to better our view of diesels. Sure they run forever but gawd they're slooooooooow. (Yes I know new diesels are better and I wish we got more of them).

A lot of the weight stuff has not to do with safety but the comfort people now demand in cars. People want quiet cars with electronic everything, and gizmos coming out the wazoo. Look at even the new Hyundai's have sat nav and and sun roof in their small cars. All those things weigh something, a lot in fact. The sound deadening we use weighs a ton. If you stripped all this crap out of a new car you can bet it'd weigh a bunch less. That has driven car weight a lot more in the last 10-15 years than safety has.

The emissions controls also have little to do with it at this point, we have engineered around the problem. The formulation def has hurt milage though, we really suffer for it in CA. I often wonder if it's really worth it if we burn more gas. My guess is no.