I’m guessing I’m older than you. For some of us, ‘modern computers’ are just anything you would probably call EFI. Carburetors certainly don’t have fuel cutoffs, and neither did the really, really early electronics. I seriously doubt the person you replied to was thinking DI vs port injection.

I have no idea who you are talking to. Go fucking curse at somebody else while responding to ancient posts

Ironic BMW ad? Nope. Don’t believe it.

It would sure help. The steam engines of the era would not be able to do much with that ‘tank’

Yes, tractors could do all those things. Double the weight with iron armor and guns and your mileage may vary.

It’s not about stick shifts or track time or any of that. It’s the intangible qualities of a car that reward you for stepping up your game. Too much horsepower can drown that out.

Valero’s tactic is to start stores as franchises and buy them back later if they’re successful. A neighbor of mine in rural Texas flipped Valero franchises as his career. Started them, built them up and if they were really good, the company bought them.

Soooo... Did you just make this up or what? At least in Texas we have tons of corporate gas stations. A bunch of them are the fancy ones with lots of services and food. Off the top of my head, Valero and Quick Trip operate a decent percentage of them in house. I’m sure others do too.

So in case anyone is curious, 0-60 in 1.5s is 1.8G of acceleration. In other words, almost twice as much force as gravity pushing you into the seat (!)

Reverse is only next to Park on every shifter. Ever.

It doesn't look cheap exactly, but I would have sworn one of the Veilside guys from 10 years ago penned the design.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

My relatives bought a Leaf back when that was a thing, and it was a pretty lousy car if you looked at it objectively. They excused it just like people excuse the Tesla. Maybe the common thread is that the Leaf and the Tesla were both serious efforts from companies that took the EV concept seriously. The Volt is a very…

Yeah, I'm not sure why Ford is getting lumped in with bailout 1 and bailout 2.

GM went through a period where their cars just might have killed you if you had to much crap on your keychain. Yet people still buy them. It's *almost* like people aren't rational 100% of the time. Maybe they mentioned that in engineering school

Why do other people's status symbols trouble you so very deeply?

By “today’s age” you mean post 2012? Yeah. The kids are totes different than they were back then. I don't know whether I'm more irritated by somebody invoking that poor girls case here (where it couldn't be less relevant), or the twatty dismissal of said case.

Genuinely curious. Are you old enough to remember when FC RX7's were still common? I remember the naturally aspirated ones living forever. By the time I was driving and hyper focused on cars in the late 90's, the Turbo II’s were dropping like flies and people were already replacing engines on the FD. Then there was…

I’m not sure what’s different about the Saleens than a later Shelby. Aside from the fact that most of them aren’t even supercharged. I think the *really* collectible ones in both camps are the unique models; Cobra, Series 1 and S7. The 60's ones hold value by virtue of being timeless track rats, but I would imagine…

Steve Saleen is no Carol Shelby. It's rare, but not necessarily valuable.