Posted on 08/15/2018 6:43:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Finland's Test World is the only place on the planet where carmakers can find perfect ice and snow tracks in the middle of summer.
Every car component needs to operate flawlessly between -30ºF and 130ºF, and manufacturers go to great lengths to meet that requirement. But finding real cold in a controlled environment is not getting any easier, spawning a technological battle between frosty territories all across the planet.
Due to a seemingly never-ending heatwave, fish are boiling alive in Germany's waters, Cyanobacteria-levels are critical at Polish beaches, while the ice on Sweden's highest peak, the Kebnekaise, has started to turn into water. Portugal and Spain are expected to melt off the map at any given moment, the Swiss are using helicopters to bring water to their cattle in the Alps, while the French had to shut down four of their nuclear power plants due to the lack of cooling water. So did Finland's Loviisa plant in its effort to prevent the Baltic Sea from getting too warm.
Test World is a proving ground with 60 miles of track, located on 3700 acres of Lappish swampland. As you can see in the picture above, you're not supposed to enter the place with the intentions of hunting or berry picking, no matter how much you love Finland's fancy cloudberries.
Test World was founded by a small group of journalists in 1991, who decided to use one of Ivalo Airport's spare runways for testing their cars. Of course the problem with winter test tracks is that you can only place them as high up north on the map as jets are willing to fly, which means ice tracks will still turn into ponds every summer.
(Excerpt) Read more at roadandtrack.com ...
Citation, please.
Yeah, that’s just sad, that some moron actually wrote that and believed it.
“...fish are boiling alive in Germany’s waters...”
I know you just said that but...I had to repeat it.
Sheesh.
Road and Track?!
Such nonsense can only be met with abject ridicule, so...
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Well, that's a fine kettle of fish! ;-)
these people are crazeeeeeeeeee
R&T has been trending left for years. There isn’t an article in this rag nowadays that does not contain a jab at Trump or conservatives or has some type of “we are all going to die!’ warning in it.
I used to take both R&T and Car & Driver but dumped R&T after about a year.
In Finland, the Loviisa nuclear power plant said in a statement it briefly reduced energy production in both its units Wednesday to prevent the Baltic Sea water that cools its infrastructure from getting too warm. It said there was no danger to people or the environment.Link
They should abandon the global warming thing and do what sports illustrated did - swimsuit edition.
Back in the early 80’s I considered both of them (C&D and R&T) to be way too snobby against american made cars. I’ve never purchased a single copy, though my friend did. He’s been racing Porsches for decades.
I would like to see some pretty hood ornaments! 8-D
“fish are boiling alive in Germany’s waters”
I live in freaking Vegas, and I’ve never heard of that.
“R&T has been trending left for years.”
Located in Ann Arbor Michigan.
Was this article written by Hank Johnson???
WTF? Really, there are scraping the bottom of the barrel...Spain and Portugal melting off the map?!?!?!?
Hitler
has only got one ball
Goering
has two, but they are small
Himmler
has something similar
But poor old Goebbels
has no balls
at all.
Bravo!
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