Bob Sorokanich's discussions

Must be nice to have a job, family, and personal and social life that doesn’t require you to ever be on time to anything. Read more

My desk chair. Thing’s got four wheels and one seat, just like a race car. Read more

Also, why do you guys keep letting Collins have cars with keyless entry? You know he’s just gonna misplace the key fob. Read more

Where are the cars? Read more

An editorial from a publication (as opposed to an editorial from an individual contributor) doesn’t carry a byline. Read more

I actually like the systems that use a knob, like BMW and Audi and Mercedes. It’s easier for me to navigate a screen with a physical control than it is to tap on a touchscreen while I’m driving. I’ve tested them all at my day job, and for my money, a physical knob or joystick with some haptic feedback is way less… Read more

We’re gonna overthrow the Miatasheviks. Read more

PG: “Whatcha doin’, Raph?” Read more

The moment I saw this, I knew it would have a Pennsylvania plate. Read more

When I order breakfast at a diner and it comes with those little packets of jam or jelly, I save one for the end and eat it like a little dessert. Straight out of the packet with a fork. Read more

Guys c’mon the answer is a Dodge Stealth, it’s right there in the name. Read more

Merging onto North Conduit Avenue, I stepped on the gas and hustled the little Yugo up to traffic speeds as fast as I could. That took a while, partially because even when it was brand new its zero to 60 time was somewhere around a billion years, and mostly because the illustrious Bob Sorokanich of the esteemed religio… Read more

Col. Stapp was a stone-cold badass, a cowboy of medical research whose only unachieved goal was to ride a rocket sled to 1000mph. Read more

True! But the added wear and tear will probably lunch your transmission sooner than you’ll recoup any real fuel savings. Read more

Old people do this to save fuel—the (slightly misguided) understanding being that the engine is freewheeling in Park, whereas it’s straining against the brakes in Drive. Read more

I’d just like to point out that the man at the top of the podium is none other than Road & Track’s very own Brian Silvestro, who works for Road & Track and won the race. Also, he writes for Road & Track.

It was me, with my rad-ass 3" lifted 2002 Jeep Liberty on 32" tires.

The endos on braking are scary, but lifting the inside rear wheel is super common in front-drive platforms. Pretty much every VW Golf does it, as will its Scirocco platform-mate:

Not like you needed much coaxing...

How’s it do on potholes? Read more