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I grew up during this era. Fuel economy was just collateral damage.

I always liked the land yachts and have one of the last ones made.
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Seriously. I cannot wrap my mind around it.

I’ve seen the replay a dozen times and still cannot understand how Grosjean survived.  It's as if there was divine intervention. 

I think we have to separate the top classes from the GT classes. GT Pro and GT-Am are highly competitive drivers championships, and I have zero problem with the series running detuned cars to allow any team to have a shot at a win, whether they’re driving a Ford GT or a BMW M8. Read more

The reason endurance racing cars are limited to relatively lower horsepower figures is down to balance of power, because every time there has been something even remotely close to an unrestricted racing series one car inevitably dominates it and then destroys it because nobody else bothers to show up.  The 917 being… Read more

Hoo boy you’re making a lot of assumptions there. First of all, she’s not straight out of college, she’s graduating with a doctorate. And not a doctorate of philosophy. She’s getting into a field that’s easily in the six figures. She worked 60+ hours/week, and a lot of people getting their doctorates are doing it as a… Read more

“Someone straight out of college with reliable transportation shouldn’t be buying ANYTHING. How about paying down those college loans and investing into tax deferred retirement funds.” Read more

Porsches can be expensive to maintain. Most people would be shocked at the bills for routine maintenance.

I knew this comment would be here... For many, the only thing that keeps them motivated to finish the school grind is a sweet, sweet reward at the end. For some, it’s an extravagant vacation, or an awesome home theatre or, in this case (as was mine), a dream car. Read more

Yeah, save the over-complicated stuff for the Germans!

The entire FXX series was never eligible for any series and they all came at the end of their respective model line-ups. Read more

Tesla: Our build quality is equal to 80s GM.

Yes, but at the very least those are supposed to come off. I’m sure a number of times, people simply forgot to latch them...somehow... Read more

I mean on the one hand it’s definitely an odd choice, but on the other hand 911s handle extremely well so it doesn’t seem to have been holding them back. Empirically, the MacPherson strut has been accomplishing the desired objective just fine.

Looks like every other GT3 you will see on Bring a Trailer in 5 years with 3,000 miles and people obsessing over paint thickness, Overrev reports and IMS Bearings. Read more

lol yes. Now THAT’S the proper response to a pedantic, little B!

Pedant alert! Pedant alert! Read more

Shhh, you can’t support hot takes with that kind of story.

According to a guy on Reddit, the actual thing that happened was the driver leaned over to pick up something from the footwell, and the car started rolling. He tried to push the brakes to stop it, but stomped the throttle instead, and probably panicked when it shot forward. Read more