Agreed. I saw him race live multiple times with my older brother and was a fan. Also hits close to home for someone who spends a lot of time on two wheels.
Worst car - 1989 VW Fox - 2dr, 4spd manual. It was underpowered to begin with and the 4spd was spaced too far and it was dangerous to merge on the highway. Top it off with a shagged suspension that made it handle like dogshit and it was a perfect storm of terrible.
Happy Birthday! I guess I am both early and late in this wish, which may qualify as double fail. I'm kind of hoping, given your love of maths, that you'll permit averaging which paints me in a much better light.
I may be a total newb to this but I'm always leery of the "one size fits none" conundrum. If you want a smoker, get a dedicated smoker. What makes a smoker work well does not seem conducive to what makes a good grill. What I mean is that one is designed to very accurately hold low temps over long period while producing aromatic smoke and the other is generally going to be used at temperatures double to triple smoking temps for very short periods. I'm pretty excited by the prospect of the electric smoker and have read about and sampled great results.
Not true anymore, Dan, at least with some units. The Bosch unit that we just had installed in the addition is reasonably efficient down to -15F and provides both heat and AC.