The Haldex diff blows on Audis. I had a TT "Quattro" that SUCKED in snow. Apparently there's a chip that will fix the Haldex power distribution but you shouldn't have to go aftermarket for something so basic.

Good to know. The I'm sure the non-blue interior and assumedly stock exhaust help.

It will be a sad day when I outgrow the demographic and have to buy an S4. Thank god I don't have to drive anyone important around in my car or I would be fart-canned out of a job quite quickly.

Nice video, I love that wide corner around the :46 mark. The ST should be a ton of fun up there in the summertime. I'm taking my STi up to the ice driving event. I have friends with a G8 and a Miata who may be coming as well. I believe the event is up at Lake Hutisford in Feb. If I see a guy whipping a Rover I'll be…

That sounds awesome! Good for you for taking that beast out to its natural habitat. I live in Chicago but went up to RA for the LeMons race a couple months ago. One of the best tracks I've ever driven.

Yep, good discussion! If you live in Minnesota you should get your rally fix by doing some ice driving. Everything from Miatas to Jeeps meet up in Wisconsin to do it on the smaller lakes. I assume it would be even easier to find in the land of 1,000.

First off, love the stream of consciousness reply. I think rallying is the pinnacle of auto racing in terms of excitement driver skill and tracks. I also feel the same way about the current teams participating, once Ford drops out because the cost is too high relative to the exposure you know you have issues. I would…

I went to the WRC in Alsace last year and there were lots of people racing Evos and STis in the lower classes. The new WRC car requirements (1.6 liter engines) with 2 doors instead of four makes it tricky to really base a competitive production model off of the cars unless Subaru wanted to compete with the Ford Fiesta…

My favorite is the Chrysler Turbine car. Powering a car with a gas turbine spinning 44k RPMs is bonkers and 400 lb/ft of torque was pretty awesome too. It didn't become the future but I love the idea of daily driving a car powered by a giant turbine and I'm glad Chrysler gave it the old college try.

As soon as someone figures out how to turn Sebastian Loeb into a verb.

I would prefer reading about a billionaire's descent into madness via autos than his purchase of a car I can afford. How am I supposed to live vicariously through Zuckerberg if he won't even buy a Pagani?? HOW?!

Also, it is not a tree branch in his car that he is using to change gears. BAN ALL COLLOQUIALISMS!!!!

That gang appears to be using Official Louisville Sluggers® which surprisingly are made in the people's republic!

Yeah I hear you. The Z51 package is basically mandatory and has been purchased with a majority of 'vettes sold so far.

The Corvette still wins the "Optioning Game" against competitor sports cars from pretty handily. You can add 15k to a Corvette quite easily, and 50k to a comparable Porsche just as easily.

Man, I planted our LeMons car into a barrier and felt like shit. I can only imagine what wrecking a real racecar feels like. Sounds like the owners were cool and more power to you for jumping right back into it!

Subsidies are everywhere and 11.5 billion is a drop in the bucket to save a massive company from going under. I'm all for fiscal conservatism but this is one example where I believe the benefit outweighs the costs regardless of if the Cruze is a cool car or a POS.

Your argument implied the reason you wouldn't buy a GM product was because of a loss of 11.5 billion dollars in federal tax dollars. Not purchasing a car because of lack of quality is one thing, not buying a car because of an absurd talking point is another.

From a game theory perspective.

I agree with most of what you're saying but this specific example of bailing out GM allowed the company to remain solvent and continue operations which employ thousands of people directly and contribute to many more thousands on the supplier side. Subsidies such as this one are merely a tool, whether they were used…