Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "Engineering Explained" channel.

  1. When I take delivery of mine, pop over, and we'll take it for a spin across the Nullarbor or up the territory road. Old mate over there in Italy said I was getting number three, so it shouldn't be too far away. In the meantime, anyone interested in some dogecoin?
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  2. Trivial safety tip from an ex-driver. If you're at a set of lights, it is good practice to learn to apply the emergency/park/hand brake. Why? The forces applied to your body (and sometime the surprise) if you get rear-ended will pull your foot off the brake, causing your vehicle to ricochet forward, sometimes clear across the road or possibly into cross traffic. Having the handbrake applied mitigates that lurch forward and may prevent a more serious situation. Just remember to release the emergency/park/hand brake when the lights go green.
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  3. 9:00 There is no way it could be doing 88 mph when it crosses the finish line. We ALL know what happens to stainless steel vehicles at 88 mph...
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  4. Why? Just. WHY?
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  5. I'm way late with this video. I just noticed the date you uploaded it. Anyway, about halfway through, ironically, just before you talked about the complexity naysayers, I was thinking, "man, there's a lot to break there...". So, luckily I didn't start madly commenting...I am from the old-school days when you could reach inside and engine, rip off the tappet covers and heads and rebuild it in a day. I look at mechanics as playing with a jigsaw puzzle and a 1970s engine is like a 250 piece puzzle, whereas this is your 2000 piece monster. However, your close-ups of the components showed the tight tolerances and almost artistic way the components work together. That, combined with that warranty, shows that Hyundai have faith in their engineering. And they went all mechanical. I've watched Hyundai grow from a manufacturer of mediocre, non-descript people movers to a company that produces state-of-the-art vehicles. I love the i Series Hyundais but my current dream car (besides some old-school pre-70s Valiant/Chrysler) is a Kia Stinger. They can outrun an SS Commodore. Yeah, I'm a tappet head...
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