The startup fueling on my track car isn’t properly tuned in yet. So apart from an initial start when it’s totally cold, the procedure goes like this:
- Turn fuel pump toggle on
- Crank car for a few seconds
- Turn fuel pump toggle off
- Crank car with one hand until it catches and then quickly turn the fuel pump toggle on…

Turbo, awd, manual Mazda3 would be a proper lil warm hatch and it looks good to boot. That would be great.

So....the Ford wins because it broke early and didn’t have to do all the challenges? I’m no cybertruck fan but that’s some weird logic.

The i8 has back seats! They’re about the same size as the rear seats in a BRZ/GT86, which means while they’re not ideal for humans, they’re great for putting your luggage in because the i8's trunk is tiiiny.

I dunno, in this particular case, keeping a couple pristine original RX-7s around in Mazda’s collection is a worthy cause.

These were only the Cup 2 as well, imagine if you put it on the Cup 2 R which has been shown to be about a half second per km faster...might beat that GTD time from the other day.

*Shrug*. Show me a Mustang GTD you can buy for 350k. All we can really compare right now is MSRP. Chances that the prices the GTDs eventually trade hands for are less than the GT3 RS are pretty slim.

I just don’t see this as particularily impressive. If this was a $100k mustang it would be world beating to go this quickly, but when your mustang costs substantially more than a GT3 RS and is eight seconds slower....meh?

The flares really made the car. The first versions of it never quite did it for me with the slab sides, but with the flares it’s a damn fine looking automobile. I wouldn’t want one personally, but I respect em.

I always liked the C4 corvette method

They definitely have them in the showrooms here, and I see one driving around downtown regularly enough I don’t think it’s just visiting. To be fair though, I can’t say for sure that it had a BC plate on, so maybe someone did bring it across.

There are definitely already cybertrucks sold in Canada. There are a couple driving around downtown Vancouver, BC that I see regularly.

It would be very interesting to see how a nurburgring time compares with the new tires. One of the few chances to actually re-set a record in ‘production’ form but with modern tire compounds.

I would say these two parts of Hyundai Canada’s statement could easily insinuate he exceeded the rev limiter:

“the engine experienced conditions exceeding its designed operational limits, resulting in significant mechanical failure. These findings point to excessive engine revving...”

There’s a big difference between taking the engine up to the rev limiter, and actual over-revving which can only really be caused by downshifting.

Yeah, that’s exactly my point. New, big, heavy cars are worse for the safety of everyone except the occupants.

Modern cars are, for the most part, fantastic. Plus, you don’t have to worry about dying if you get into a minor car accident, and they’re – for the most part – better for the environment.

The question is, how much slower than the C8 ZR1 will it be?

Of course, simply increasing the tax rates doesn’t help, because on paper his income isn’t actually that much. He gets it all in the form of assets, which aren’t taxable until they are sold because they aren’t monetary income. Then he uses those as collateral to get loans, which aren’t taxable. It’s the typical scheme…

It’s not about just power. It’s about power to weight. You need a lot less horsepower in a miata than you do in a 5000+lb EV.

My personal rules of thumb are the minimum to not feel excessively ‘slow’ is 20lbs per hp. So in a 3000lb car, you need 150hp. This is why a CRX SI or Miata which have just over 100hp but weigh…