CLIMB ATTACK from Will Roegge on Vimeo.

According to the ego killing feedburner badge, writing about stuff other than burritos is steadily driving down my readership. I’ve dropped from 12 readers to 7. So, I’m giving up on cars and I’m going back to burritos.

UPDATE: Just promising to write about burritos has brought back two readers.

So, bored with the usual crash tests, some safety engineers decided to see what happens if you take a car with a 5 star safety rating, capable of protecting it’s occupants from a 40 mph head-on crash, and ram it into a wall at 50 mph. The predictable answer is that what is merely an unpleasant experience at 40 mph becomes deadly at 50 mph. I say predictable, because (as we all know from High School physics) force increases as the square of the velocity.  A picture is worth a thousand formulas, so here’s the video:

The newest fake car acessory idiocy is apparently fake brake calipers. Check out this photo:

Now, you too can ruin your brakes by gluing fake Brembo calipers to them. See the details at JDM Insider.

My next car:

The Maserati M12 Corsa

I bought a 2005 Honda S2000 last night. Here’s some pictures:

It’s sickeningly fast and low to the ground, and a blast to drive.

If you can’t drive, don’t buy a Ferrari!

I was down at the local Honda dealer getting my oil changed today. So, I wandered into their showroom, where I found a dark blue Mugen Honda Civic SI. It’s a sharp looking car, but who really wants a $30,000 Civic? Also, why the hell did they do this to a four door instead of a coupe? Anyway, here’s some pictures:

You can see larger versions in this Facebook gallery.