The shifter of a first-generation Miata was damn near perfect. Having owned both, a 996 and a Miata, I can say that shifting in the small car just felt like using a precisely machined bolt on a well-oiled rifle. The Porsche was somewhat “airy” in feel against that, more like using a shifter on a PC gaming wheel. Very…

Eh, you are mistaken here a bit.
Squadron 42 is the “Wing Commander knockoff” (actually contains far more features, but meh).
For the current state of that watch this video:

ah, the SV with the all wheel drive which seizes at the front axle and sends you careening of the road in a 90° angle? :D

You should’ve rebuilt that S60R, fantastic car!
As a matter of fact, I just bought a used, driving C70 coupe with sunroof and LPT (193hp) for less than 1200€. Other examples without turbo can be had cheaper, if you can live with a RHD there are a few examples in GB starting for around 700 pounds.
Of course, these will…

Sony did one thing: Killing the Dreamcast. Their promoters worked overtime to make it clear to everybody wanting to buy a DC that they should wait one year or more for the PS2, because it would be killer!
They even went as far as influencing staff from retail chains over here in Europe to actively discourage people…

The thing is: I like Starfield. I like it as a Bethesda game. I am currently grinding levels to level up more skills, but I want to go back to the story, the sidequests, everything. It is nice, feels familiar, like home.

But I heartily disagree with the dev here.
“In every game studio on the face of this planet, they…

No. The first generation C70 were available as a fixed roof coupe or softtop convertible. The second generation was then available as a softtop, and then later as a hardtop convertible only - no coupes anymore.

And yes, you are absolutely correct, it is more of a GT. The seats of the older P80 platform are extremely…

The older C70, which was also available as a coupe, was sitting on the P80-platform of the first V/S70 - basically the Volvo 850 platform modernized.
This one you posted is sitting on the Ford Focus platform that was also used as the basis for the C30/V40/V50. So more of a “meh”. 

Volvo C70 first generation (1998-2005) as a coupe.
Robust chassis, solid choice of engines (in Europe, you lot in the US apparently only got the 2.3 T5 and the 2.5 LPT), and without a sunroof, even very tall people can fit in easily (note: tall. Not large as in obese).
IPD over in the US has tons of nice performance…

reminds me of the Maserati Boomerang. Looks cool, wasn’t very practical.

4 inch? Thats 10cm, that’s nothing. In Germany, that is the required ground clearance for all cars - less and if you scrape on a speed bump the community that installed it may not be held liable for any damages to your vehicle.
Although this is not required directly by law, it says that every vehicle must be able to…

in Europe, EV insurances are skyrocketing because although there are fewer parts to go wrong, they tend to cost a fortune when they do. A battery pack can easily be two to three times the cost of a whole combustion engine of a similar vehicle. Especially smaller EVs are plagued by this.
And again, because of high EV…

But what does deep water mean?
Any car meant for normal road use should be able to drive through water up to the lower doorline just fine. If it can’t do that, it is unfit for normal european weather conditions. We get standing water that high on a lot of byroads when it rains a bit more.
Basically: a car has to be able…

I like your ideas for your color combo! Nephrite green is totally underrated in the 996, I saw a cabrio with the same jade green / nephrite combo, and it was brilliant! Sadly very neglected, otherwise would’ve bought it.
Sadly my Targa is no more - after 208.000km the bore did score, and it went off to a parts dealer,…

It is amazing how lift designs differ too. A good place knows a) the correct jacking points for the vehicle, which seem to have not been used here and b) have a lift that ratches in position and is using spindles not hydraulics to go up - so even when the motors fail, the lift cannot come crashing down.
There are some…

156hp? Is that a mistake?
It should have 270 hp on that model year.
Apart from that, yeah, I think this wasn’t the best time for build quality. The following model had severe problems with the headlights, co-worker had one and had to have the front lights replaced because of water ingress 6 times in the first 2 years.

https://accessories.volvocars.com/LegacyCatalog/Pdf/X70_sportstyling_FR_GB_NL_DE.pdf - this one was made after the the S/V/C70 were already out, but includes the 850 - it contains the original Volvo sport and tuning parts available for the cars.
Page 57 - carbon fibre spark plug cover
59 - sports exhaust
60 - 17 inch…

The automatic gearbox was torque limited in its first two gears. The T-5R had 240hp in overboost, but again iirc manual only - the automatic didn’t come with the overboost, at least not in all countries. The manual took sub 7 seconds to 100km/h / 62mph, the 850R manual was - in stock configuration - close to 6.2 with…

You sound as if you were paid for by Nvidia. I have cards from both brands right here and I can tell you: With a fast moving game you won’t see any difference at all. If you pause an uncompressed recording and do a frame by frame analysis - yes, then it is visible to the trained eye. Not to any bystander or casual…

eh, no, it isn’t? At least not FSR2, but then again, DLSS in its first iteration wasn’t anything to phone home about either.
If you are just repeating blabla from online “reviewers” you might come to this conclusion. But seeing it in person - not a huge difference, only that one of them works on ALL cards, the other…