$3,000 for a PM Yellow ‘Vette is squarely in the realm of “Why not?” money. (Assuming you have $3k sitting around, and space to keep this thing).

Really well-written, informative reply... Thanks for the insight. 

The late-80's Nova was AE82 based, which was FWD.

That’s what GM does though. The Monte Carlo in the late 90's was nothing like the Monte Carlo from the 70's or 80's. Same with the Malibu in the 00's, or the Impala. The worst one might be their use of the Nova nameplate on that little FWD econoshitbox in the 80's.

“The first MYs of the C8 will be great but the final itterations of the C8 are going to be absolute history writing monsters.”

I think that’s exactly their target audience... 

I don’t know what took me so long, but my wife and I finally got to make pierogi with my mom last year. Every year around Easter she makes my great-grandmother’s recipe, which she brought here from Ukraine. It was fun!

I went with Steele Fortress because I’m a fan of the “My Dad Wrote a Porno” podcast and the fictitious company they read about is called Steele’s Pots & Pans.  It’s hilarious... if you haven’t listened to it I suggest you check it out. 

Re: 1st Gear - It’s part of the natural cycle for the Tesla Model 3 to be cooling off a bit right now. The initial surge of pre-orders and hype has passed, and now it’s just another car for sale, albeit a pretty good one.

The tobacco sponsorship may have played a part in things, but there’s plenty of money in alcohol, fizzy drinks and technology to replace that I think.

Yes, there have been many attempts at slowing the cars down for safety reasons. Eliminating under-floor development, narrower front and rear wings, grooved dry-weather tires, smaller engines, banning active suspension, etc... And yet here we are in 2019 with cars that were supposed to be slower, and we’ve already seen…

My point was that budgets aren’t the issue regarding the need for DRS.

I agree. I think one of their biggest challenges is making technical regulations strict enough to not favor top-spending teams, but not so strict as to make every car exactly the same.

I see it a lot! The shape of the headlights, the general shape of the grille giving it that manically-happy look, and the fake brake vents next to the grille.  Everything after the firewall is very different, though. 

Did you try it with a slice of nice, sharp cheddar? Probably makes all the difference...

Budgets aren’t the issue. The cars are so aero-sensitive that one car following another simply loses too much downforce to be able to do anything. Without the downforce, they can’t carry as much speed through a corner so they’re already at a disadvantage entering a straight.

Unlimited development doesn’t really affect the need for DRS. Rather, the current car design (and current limitations to that design due to regulations) creates such an aerodynamic wake that a car following even a couple of seconds behind is losing a significant portion of its downforce (like 25% or more). It seems to…

Have we ever confirmed that any of the alleged “meat” at Taco Bell is actually meat? Maybe they’ve really had a vegetarian menu all along...

“See, if I was this Strimaitis guy, I’d be mad they even made me pay for a plane that was already going that direction with or without me.”

Also I have a feeling that their obnoxious talking-rat ad campaign might have turned more than a few people off of their brand.