Neanderpundit

An Electric Car.

No, really. Not a Volt, or a hybrid, but a pure electric or turbine electric, because, lets get serious here, the efficiency of an electric drivetrain at putting the rubber to the road is unequalled by any mechanical system that can be made. Shit, diesel electric is how they use locomotives to pull 24,000 ton trains.

Using the correct electronics, you can accelerate faster with electric motors than anything, because electrics can be used to carefully monitor and put power to the ground right at the very limit of tire slippage, and four very small wheel mounted motors can do more than just move the vehicle around, they can regeneratively brake to save energy, they can change speeds readily in cornering, etc.

I don’t give a shit for fuel economy; I want to have a small quiet car that’s ass kicking fast and can outrun and outhandle just about anything, and soon enough Electrics are going to be the way to do it.

On the other hand, there’s the volt. The $300,000 answer to a question that nobody asked.

Og’s Mom: “Don’t you get smart with me!”
Og:”How would you know?”

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I really, really really like how you can push one pin out and have a look right down into the action of an AR, and see that all the bits are where they are supposed to be, and working the way they’re supposed to. I like how you don’t need any tool other than a fingernail to take the bolt apart.

I like how you could conceivably have a selection of uppers fitted for different calibers and uses and just stick the one you want on the rifle that day.

I like how the geek world has flooded the market with all manner of different accessories and parts so you can customize these suckers in about any way you could imagine.

Yes, there are many ideas “Borrowed” from other firearms, but this is the culmination- mechanically, anyway- of about all the best all of them had to offer.

I’m still a traditionalist, and will always be. I like the wood stock on my M1 Carbine. I love the way the K31 feels in my hands. I prefer shooting the double and the leverguns to almost anything.

But I know something well made when I see it.