Push button starters are great in combination with passive keyless entry. Walk up to car, get in, start car, drive, stop car, get out and walk away. Never remove anything from pockets to do so. It’s fantastic.

Push button starters are less useful on their own if you already had to have your key out to get into the car

Stop/start is by far the biggest annoyance normally. It’s not as bad on a manual transmission but still. I understand having it but I want to be able to shut it off and have it stay off, it always defaults back to on when you start the car.

Actually that goes for pretty much all automatic features. If you don’t give me…

Realistically, if I were to have an electric car it only needs to make it about 200km (120 miles) to comfortably get between major cities in BC. But for me to trust that it can:
- it would need to be able to do that reliably in a Canadian winter (figure -30% range due to cold and running the cabin heat)
- It would still…

My partner has freely admitted that me picking her up for our first date in my black C4 ZR-1 years ago was a contributing factor to her initial attraction to me as she had always thought corvettes were pretty.

I think generally, lane splitting is bad but lane filtering is good. That is to say, when traffic is moving at any significant speed, motorcycles should be in a lane like a car, but when stopped or moving very slowly, the motorcycles filtering through is safer for them, and increases efficiency for everyone.

Why would I want to buy a Toyota badged WRX STI? I expect it’ll be a good car, Subaru certainly knows how to make an awd system. But...why would you buy the rebadged one instead of the Subaru?

For passengers: do not leave stuff in my car, remove it at the soonest opportunity. If you have wrappers, garbage etc, keep it near you so that you will remember. And no, you cannot put your music on.

You heard it here first, folks. Delta Integrale Hellcat coming soon!

On the other hand, fake (“vegan”) leather sucks. It doesn’t feel as nice as leather and it’s WAY less durable. As for alternatives, Alcantara looks terrible after any use and cloth isn’t as nice to look at or touch (in my opinion). I’ll stick with real actual leather thanks.

Plus, we’re not going to be getting rid of…

I feel like California is the worst place to own a normal, commuter car, while simultaneously probably being one of the best places on earth to own an old, interesting vintage car and expect to be able to drive it regularly, not have it rust apart, meet like minded people, and get it serviced. The normal everyday car…

Ferrari also got rid of the turn signal stalk without too many complaints, but they did so in a much more reasonable way and also for a purpose (to keep that area clear for large shift paddles). Also, their wheel stayed round. Tesla is just doing this...because.

I think me being better than everyone else can mostly be attributed to the Dunning–Kruger effect.

That’s probably true for the people buying the high dollar GT500s etc, but I’m not so sure about the people buying the V6 convertible automatic mustangs which is a much bigger chunk. They’d probably be happy with the instant torque of an electric drivetrain

I agree completely. Rally Raid is a different beast, and one that they should learn rather than just complaining about. Look at how Peterhansel and Al-Attiyah are doing this year comparatively, being experienced rally raid drivers who are used to not just being able to drive flat out all the time.

Mathieu Baumel’s co-driver, Nasser Al-Attiyah, expressed praise for the roadbook situation, saying that it’s a rally about adapting and breaking the established molds for what’s expected of Dakar.

If there’s one thing MG is known for, it’s reliable electrical systems. I see no issues here.

Mostly to be different from the Miatas. Before the Miata got the power bump, the turbo engine in the 124 was quicker so it had that, and even now with a tune it would have the edge I believe.

Yeah, it definitely is niche, no argument. It is, however, exactly my niche. Unless it was $60k+ I’d be fine with it being a bit more than the STI. My biggest complaint about the STI is it’s too BIG and has 2 too many doors, but there isn’t really a better option here for me for what I want to do.

How about if they give you the same engine in the 200+lb heavier car, bigger car, with the 6mt, but fwd only? That’s my guess as to what’s actually likely to happen.

Absolutely. I bought a Subaru STI this summer. If this had been an option I would have bought one instead.