Headache-Worthy Cars, Car Buying Horror Stories And Blameless Automakers In This Week’s QOTD Roundup

Image: Standret (Shutterstock) My family has had the same mechanic for what must be 20 years now. He’s less a mechanic and more family at this point. He’s always completely honest and accommodating, and has saved us thousands of dollars over the years by getting our cars back on the road in a timely and … Read more

Broken Bridges, The Enduring Legacy Of The School Bus And A Solar Eclipse In This Week’s Beyond Cars Roundup

School District of Philadelphia buses parked in a lot while public schools remain temporarily closed for in-person learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.Photo: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg (Getty Images) While car design has changed radically over the decades, school buses look almost the same as they did nearly 100 years ago. Sure, they … Read more

Planes, Runaway Trains, E-Bikes

For more than 25 years, it was possible to fly from New York to London in under three hours, all while being pampered with first class luxury on the British Airways Concorde. Then, in November 2003, all that stopped. To try to recapture some of the luxury that came with flying Concorde, BA put on … Read more

Boeing, Boeing, Derailments, Helmsworth, And More

A 265-pound wheel fell off a United Airlines Boeing 777 after taking off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, smashing through a fence and into several cars in a nearby parking lot. The flight bound for Osaka, Japan diverted to Los Angeles and landed safely instead of taking a 12-hour trip across the Pacific … Read more

Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup February 24, 2024

If you’ve got a bike, there’s a good chance it’s set up with a derailleur at the rear and a bunch of gears to help you cycle more efficiently. And while that derailleur might be controlled by cables, hydraulics or even electronics, it’s usually down to you to set it in the right place. However, … Read more

There’s A Relic Runway From America’s Failed Supersonic Future Hiding In The Everglades

Supersonic airliners never became as common as airlines and government officials hoped.Photo: Victor Drees/Daily Express/Hulton Archive (Getty Images) When supersonic flight was set to transform passenger air travel in the late 1960s, Miami-Dade County had grand ambitions of becoming the center of commercial aviation’s fledgling intercontinental network. Local government wanted to construct the world’s largest … Read more

These Are The Best Stories From Last Week That Weren't About Cars

A Concorde turbojet engine that spent years listed on eBay finally sold over the weekend to one lucky buyer, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be making supersonic booms of their own anytime soon. – Ryan Erik King Read More Read more… Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of … Read more