The Porsche Surface Coated Brake (PCSB) is my favorite modern brake technology: https://www.porsche.com/usa/aboutporsche/christophorusmagazine/archive/384/articleoverview/article03/

Unfortunately for that customer, money and repairs won’t make it right (if repairs are even possible, the article says the car was “totaled”). If the car can be repaired and titled, it will now have a branded title, significantly reducing its value. And, as far as the customer is concerned, their rare (rare-ish?)…

Were you going to post some pictures of the wrecked truck? I think those pics are from how they come from the factory.

Oh man, one of these, please.

I mean.... yeah oddly I don’t hate it. Good on him. 

This rocks, actually

The 1st gen NSX is a beautiful car to look at, even today. Sadly the 2nd gen was fugly. You’re right about customization for cars - even for their Civics you get few options. Gray and another gray for interior, and maybe 2-3 options for exterior. I would’ve bought a Honda Fit if they had an option for better seats, as…

The 1st Gen NSX had a timeless design. It still ages well. What let it down was on paper a V6 was nothing special in the world of V8 or V12s. The 996 911s came out in mid-late 90s and from there the 911 took off as Acura/Honda never really updated the NSX meaningfully outside of the 3.2/6sp change in 97.

The 9-4x is definitely a unicorn. It was meant to be crossover sold in mass numbers, so nothing really special about the car itself other than super low production numbers since SAAB went under right after production started. It’s one of those if you know, you know, cars. I’ve never seen one in person, but I know I’d…

Buick Cascada:  19,431 sold, of which 19,430 are in New Jersey.

GM made that many SSR’s?!?!

It’s ethically problematic to buy Chinese goods, though it’s nigh impossible in 2024 to find tech items that aren’t partly or wholly assembled there. While I can’t not buy an iPhone for these reasons, I can absolutely boycott a tens of thousands of $’s automobile made in an autocratic country with a garbage human…

Perfect car for who? The soccer mom, teenager just starting out, or the enthusiast.

Dark horse candidate: The C4 ZR-1 was a real monster for it’s day. Unfortunately, it’s price was also monstrous and no one bought them. But just look at that engine! Four cams, 32 valves, so complex that GM couldn’t actually build it, so they contracted it out to a boat-engine company. It was one of those ridiculous…

The 1990-95 Corvette ZR-1:

There is no extra length on the sedan. lol
They’re exactly the same length. The difference is the C-pillar width and the length of the front door.

Like a Neon. lol. They’re exactly the same. Just minor proportion differences in the rear to compensate for the lack of a door.

It looks so much better - and then I realized it’s because it looks like a Golf GTI from 2018. Why didn’t the Jetta look like this in 2019 at launch instead of the fugly Jetta we got instead?

Kind of fragile, but not quite a beloved enough enthusiast vehicle to suffer any irritation? I expect to see the odd Giulia running around for decades (especially Quadrifoglios), but I’d almost be shocked to see a Stelvio on the road past the end of the year.

The non-enthusiast models of the orphaned brands: Pontiac, Saturn, Oldsmobiles should continue to fade into memory

If the rotors are no longer being manufactured, that means they have to be custom fabricated. They are probably being made by some boutique shop in Germany. As you might imagine, this is not a simple process. Here’s how one UK racing shop describes it.