A Cayman GT4 is likely to still be worth north of $100K ( possibly a lot more ) at the end of the 12 Year LEASE. So this idiot will have paid all that money and have no equity. This is the kind of deal that idiot California posers make so I have no sympathy. The euro trash and the hollyweird crowd just write a check. 

This is NOT a new behavior. Cheetahs have been jumping up on the hoods and roof of Safari Vehicles for 75 years. They did it 15 years ago when we were in Kenya and if you watch some of the old Mutual of Omaha wild kingdom shows or an old Lowell Thomas travel log you’ll see it there as well. The Cheetahs simply like…

The normal porcededure is to attach one deck section at a time and attach the associated cable before adding the next deck section. cantilevering as you go. They tried to assemble the entire deck first and THEN attach the cables. and then they compounded their error by removing the supports Before attaching the…

I worked for the firm that did the post analyisis of the Hyatt balconies. Final cause - short version. A change made in the shop drawings by the contractor because they could not source a long enough SS rod to hang the balconies meant that the forces on the support joints was tripled. So not built as designed.

I suspect the “ stress Test” is just bad reporting. More like the base of the bridge deck is “ post tensioned” - Cables at tighned after the deck is in place. and agree that the “Roof” was a structural element. to help hold everything up until they attached the cables. But why not attach the cables before rotating…

Exactly - You are on the correct path. Based only on a preliminary view of the photos this was designed, as a central cable stayed bridge. It looks like the deck was set to be “Post-tensioned” - cables in the deck are tightened after the deck sections are in place. That was probably what they were doing that…

Agreed.... I’m 7th Generation New England Old Money... ( more than one city caries the Family name and most of the big $$$ founded a couple of Universities on the Charles... and 7 generations have diluted most of what was left. But Old Money that still has enough $ does drive non flashy 5 year old imported sedans…

Hold on....... He works for a company that makes semiautomaus vehicles in a State of the Art Factory full of Robots that is at most 4 floors high, and his job is an elevator operator??? The last time I was in a elevator that had an “Operator”, it was in a Hotel in Paris where the elevator had not been upgraded since…

Yeah ... yeah....... whatever. Tell more about the Aston Martin pulling Caravans race class . Ever since they ruined Top Gear I don’t get to see Caravan Racing!!!!

Except for the fact that now has a test bed for weight transfer issues that bmw engineers never considered. Stand on brakes and you get massive weight transfer to the front. But only briefly. Then you have an unexpected splash problem. And at what point do the air bags interpret all this new motion as an accident…

All of us “purists” may have started out hating the idea , But now that we own and drive these beasts daily most of us have changed our minds.

But there is one more factor we should add in. Who said that the “Cliff” was a “Wyile Coyote” drop off into space cliff ??

Nobody complained about cartoon physics when Warner Brothers warped the laws. Just because f&f is a live action cartoon they should also be able to use the same sort of rules, and adjust them as needed.

Hate it in our BMW 4 series. So I just click Into sport mode as so as possible

Classic example of the “car goes where you are looking” He turns toward the smart car instead of looking for the “escape space to the left” There was room to go around . Back to pursuit driving school ( after he gets out of prison ,

I suspect that a fair number of these are being shipped to various ‘Stan’s where they being used as targets .

Clearly the car is not meant to be driven by the Owner. They sit in the tent at the track while the car is driven by their pet race driver during the “ members meeting at Goodwood.

The Insurance companies won’t be hurt. They will just adjust their rates to compensate. The Dealers will pay those new rates and pass the cost on to the people who buy new cars from them. Those people will then adjust the rates they charge for what ever it is that YOU buy from a Porsche owner.

No matter what. It’s still an AMC.

as a 70 year guy who regularly tracks his 996 I guess I’m the exception that proves the rule ...... Or maybe not since most the PCA track day participant seem to be in my age bracket.