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CAR magazine UK compares the new McLaren 750S supercar with the Ferrari 296 GTB with pictures and verdict

Powered by a mid-mounted, 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 producing 552kW (750 metric hp) and no less than 800Nm, McLaren's new 750S is the British supercar brand's lightest and most powerful series production model ever. A lighter and even more accelerative development of the out-going 720S flagship, the 750S is offered in coupe and open-top Spider variants.

So steel shoe against the wheel and it slows down. if that doesn't work, san francisco is very hilly, if that is not enough and they need to go to the second tier level of braking, instead of the pedal, they could pull up on this big track brake and that brings wooden blocks to press against the tracks to try to help stop the car. literally made of wood. that is option two. that is pretty dire. but the third option if all else fails and cable car -- and you press the pedal and not enough and pull the lever and not enough and it is still going and they need to stop that thing. there is one more...

Worked. they show you -- cable cars are weird and they show you the gee wiz ancient technology and it stuck with me for approximately 40 years now how cable cars stop. turns out, and i remember this from being in like freaking kindergarten when i did this tour with my parents. it turns outs there are three different ways that they brake a cable car and slow it down. the first way is that the conductor guy or whatever they call him has a pedal and that person uses that pedal to brake the way that a car brakes. it is like a steel shoe that presses against the cable car wheel. and that is the fir...