High performance - yes, I mean actual handling , not just a straight-line acceleration - so the hybrids we were giving as examples - the panamera, the Ferrari 296, the corvette eray, etc.

So I think you are misapplying “sweet spot”. No one wants a high performance PHEV with a 35EV battery. A regular way daily commuter car, sure, 35EV makes sense.

I hear you. Your point is specifically about the plug-in part of PHEV, right? I don’t think you are arguing that high-performance hybrid vehicles wouldn’t exist otherwise.

Good analysis.

Hot take, anything over 18" is too much.

I think you missed the part about the maggots, I do not think any of those delicacies involve live maggots.

I don’t know why they would have rotten fish - but based on my exposure to the TV shows from the US and UK that follow customs officers at the airports - trying to import rotten foods is a not uncommon practice.

The best part was some of the social media comments:

The race started two minutes late. TV time and official scoring time were the same, but apparently the race is defined as 24 hrs from 1:40PM to 1:40PM, not 24 hours from the start, which was at 1:42PM due to the need for an extra formation lap than planned.

This year, the clock struck 24 hours (1:40 pm EST) just before the cars crossed the line. Ergo, no need for an “extra lap.”

Your supposition: there’s enough of those owner-drivers out there indulging in GT(x) races—fronting their incredible cost—that they can make BT62s viable if the owner-drivers could just get to the inflection point of making Brabham a self-sustaining company.

So I’m reading “early morning” as probably being before dawn.

I’m 80% with you - I too don’t think the project was practical, but I’d have liked to see it succeed, just so we could get some more variety in the field - I’m so tired of watching 30 Porsches and then 1-2 other teams in what was GTD.

The Tesla frunk pop only works when the 12V is dead, so it’s not like someone can just go do it to your car in the grocery store parking lot

You are confusing two different things. Both can be true.

Yes, this is a balanced take. Many ICE vehicles with electronic doors would have the same challenge. Tesla’s solution is a bit inelegant.

See my reply above re: racing - $1M for a true GT2 race ready car isn’t crazy. Based on its popularity in GT2 racing, the KTM X-Bow GT2, which starts at ~$330K and then needs to be track-prepped.

I enjoy endurance car racing (e.g., WEC, IMSA WeatherTech). These series rely on multi-millionaires (not really billionaires) to buy and run these cars in the race series. It’s a little sad to me to have one less make that could have been a contender, regardless of how impractical such a small brand is today.

Better yet, just buy some USB-A to USB-C adapters, rather than the full cables. You can get 4 for $6 on Amazon pretty easily, I’ve never had any problems with them.

I suspect you would still need to get a rights release to be able to use their likeness in a commercial product, regardless of trademark status. For the same reason you can just take a picture of someone on the street and use it commercially, you need a model release.