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jimmyrp··on Mercedes Is Owning This Formula 1 Season
A lot of the hardcore fans seem to like the noise. I'm waiting for the teams to start pushing closer to the rev limit where the engines really start to scream (I think they use around 13000 of the 15000 available).

CVT's were previously used but they were banned pretty quickly.

jimmyrp··on Comcast Acquiring Time Warner Cable In All Stock Deal Worth $45.2 Billion
What if a company built a private road and did the same thing? Would you still have a problem with it?
jimmyrp··on How to Almost Build an Engine With Only Parts From the Hardware Store [video]
> Well first he has certainly not taken safety into mind when doing this project.

I'm sure he took the safety precautions he though were worth it. It might not be worthwhile for him to use an additional 20% of his time/money/whatever for the slightly reduced risk.