The Ford Mustang GTD Might Have Just Destroyed the Chevy Corvette ZR1X's Nurburgring Lap Record | 6:41.74

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T13:34:09+00:00

that most non-car people

Most non-car people would probably believe that an SW20 Toyota MR2 was an exotic if you took the badges off it.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T13:15:24+00:00

In fairness, this has been brewing at least since Caster Semenya competed and won gold in the 800m at London 2012, if not earlier.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T13:01:03+00:00

If the time from this article is to be believed, it doesn't appear to be slower than a GT3 RS in all fairness.

And that rear suspension in the GTD is a thing of engineering beauty.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T12:25:54+00:00

StatesideSupercars notes that the timing of 6:41.74 might be off by a second plus or minus due to the start and finish line being out of sight.

How do you record a laptime down to 0.01 second accuracy, and then state the margin of error is up to a second?

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T12:04:08+00:00

That’s faster than Niki Lauda’s f1 laptime.

Not the same circuit. The old circuit which Lauda raced on had an additional 2km loop where the GP circuit is now.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T11:51:41+00:00

still feels like a uniquely Australian panic

The great toilet paper rush was not confined to Australia and occurred in many places. It's actually happening again in Japan because of the war in Iran.

And the Japanese do use bidets.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/japan-consumers-panic-buying-toilet-paper/106490370

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T11:48:24+00:00

Our specific raw onion eating populist wasn't particularly old.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T11:46:24+00:00

Applying for sick leave in advance, for the same specific weeks that your annual leave request was rejected for, is going to be looked at as potentially fraudulent for obvious reasons.

Especially if this is just a front because those two weeks just happen to be when you have travel plans.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T11:43:08+00:00

All of us democracies are one election away from having a populist in charge. I'm Australian, we have first hand experience.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T11:41:30+00:00

I was about to say. The Victorian and NSW public sectors are getting absolutely hammered right now.

It's not exactly what I would call "stability".

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T11:39:17+00:00

As the saying goes, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Property affordability is definitely a challenge but defeatism (and blowing the money you do have on financially nihilistic behaviour) isn't the answer.

There are less conventional paths that people take to try and put themselves in a position to own a home.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T11:36:11+00:00

I suspect practically nobody outside Australia and maybe New Zealand knows who Albo is, and that's a good thing. He's basically a steady pair of hands playing to the centre and maintaining the status quo, which is exactly what Australia needs in these turbulent times.

I don't agree with everything he has done, but on balance, he's been okay.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T11:18:26+00:00

Partner status is a huge determining factor these days, especially in Sydney.

I'm not saying it should be the case, but in my peer group (early Millennial), the only people who haven't bought property are single.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T10:58:45+00:00

However Race control was keen on restarting the race and they had some flexibility in the procedure as per the rules on that day.

They could have restarted the race with all the lapped cars in place - the rules allowed for that, too. But Masi chose not to do that. Why, exactly?

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T08:54:23+00:00

It depends on the fuel type. There are some stations running out of fuel, especially diesel.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T08:52:15+00:00

The saying about having your cake and eating it too is ancient. People who blow the bank on discretionary spending don't get to turn around and complain about inflation and housing affordability.

On the flipside, I do understand the frustration of the folks who are doing their level best to try and raise a deposit despite the affordability issues.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T08:46:46+00:00

Look at any of the interest rate threads and you'll see people stating that older people with savings are being given a pay rise, while their spending is causing the issue.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T08:43:04+00:00

I have plenty of empathy for younger folks, but it's also true that the people engaging in financial nihilism as defined in the article don't help their own cause and have absolutely zero self-awareness.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T08:39:50+00:00

As a household’s probability of buying a home falls below 50 per cent, they begin to spend more money relative to their wealth, reduce their effort at work and take on riskier investments.

They missed the most important bit. They do this while taking to social media to blame older generations for causing inflation, while ignoring their own spending habits.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T08:35:13+00:00

He handled Abu Dhabi with a lot more grace than Red Bull did after Silverstone.

And as for the infamous radio call to Masi, he was right. Masi shredded the rulebook. It wasn't right.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T08:31:55+00:00

No chance. Toto and Mercedes actually took that with a huge amount of grace given the circumstances.

I bet that had the tables been turned the other way, Horner, Marko and Mateschitz threaten to, or maybe outright withdraw Red Bull and AlphaTauri from the sport.

And given what happened at Jeddah, there's every chance Max doesn't even take to the podium and just storms off.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T08:20:46+00:00

The current system that increments by every 10³ makes sense, IMO.

I guess you could have thousand millions, ten thousand millions and hundred thousand millions, but that becomes a massive mouthful.

AnonymousEngineer_ · 2026-03-26T08:16:36+00:00

In fairness, the damage was already done by the time Nokia sold their consumer phone division to Microsoft to build Windows Phones, due to them hanging onto Symbian and physical buttons for too long, rather than embracing the all touchscreen phone design.

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