Thanks. It also has a Momo steering wheel for just a touch of Italian in there. I wanted the license plate "AXIS PWR" but the wife (it's her car) vetoed it. We've both had Miatae of various kinds for 10+ years, when we saw this on Craigslist (yes, Craigslist) we knew we had to buy it.

Thanks.

I've told this story here before... It's the ultimate Jalop story.

It is fun. The car is a head scratcher for many reasons. I wonder, though, how many of them are in the US? It's the only one I've ever seen.

And, can we include the liability of selling these beta-testers once the program was over? As someone who has worked for a 'big company' for a while, I can't see how selling the cars post-project would have gotten past the Legal or Risk Management departments.

Awesome! Maybe it'll mean that I won't have to explain that our 1934 Borgward Hansa 1100 is actually German at car shows anymore.

We have one. Stock they are very nimble. 0-60 isn't that great, but keeping up with traffic is absolutely no problem. Plus, they'll go 100mph all day and just stay planted on twisty roads.

I'm not sure anyone would disagree with you on that one.

I agree with you 100%. I recently moved from Minneapolis to Chicago. The number of Teslas I see has gone up by about 10x in Chicago. Now, Minneapolis isn't exactly East Overshoe, Idaho, but even the difference between the US's 14th largest market and its 3rd largest market was quite pronounced.

They have to market the Bolt right. Tesla most likely won't market the 3 at all. Tesla has achieved the elusive viral marketing factor that makes even non-gearheads notice the car.

Weight transfer still occurs. This isn't a wheelie bar so much as a "Let's keep the front end planted because FWD drag cars have a physics disadvantage" bar.

Personally, I'd pay a ton more in fuel taxes if (and only if) all of my roads were pothole free, snow was removed in a timely fashion and there was enough capacity on major urban expressways to mitigate most drive-time induced backups. Bring it. I use them, I'll pay for them.

That's BS. Enzo hung on to drum brakes for years after Jaguar and others used them, successfully, in racing. He could be stubborn about certain technologies.

I assumed it was Gordon Murray, the biggest brainiac of them all.

Considering he shares them via exhibits like the one he did at the Museum of Modern Art, or, say, this Bugatti he showed at the first LA Concours in 2006, I'm OK with this. (Sorry I couldn't get a good shot of the whole car, too many people around).

Funny, I noticed that, too. No more "Mrs. MacNeil" in the ads.

I actually work right near the Weather Tech floor mat "complex." (there's about 6 buildings between warehousing, manufacturing and retail). Um, they do sell that many floor mats. During Christmas, there was a line out the door for locals doing last minute shopping. If you think about their business model, that…

I found this for $3K, so I bought it without a second thought. No body kit, no rust. It will not be driven in Chicago winters. The clear corners will be replaced with stock amber lights, and the windshield banner will come off. Aside from the wheels, it will looks stock. It has a B18 swap with a Jackson-Racing…

I'm guessing you didn't write this post for those with the chops to LS1-ify their own engine compartment!

And, if your aircooled 911 (as in the image) has a blown head gasket and is leaking coolant in to the engine, your problems are much, much deeper than we can cover here...