The only way you are making 90k a year working in a big 3 plant is you have been with the company for 20+ years and you are working a ton of overtime. Starting wage in any of the big 3 plants is in the high teens, $17-18 an hour, and with medical benefits added in it is a good wage. You don’t start at some crazy wage…

Yes tires are easy to change, but for a production record you better offer the tires and package at the dealer that said record was broken with. If you want to play the tire game then I doubt the unofficial model S time at Laguna Seca from last week is the fastest from a production 4 door car. The CTS-V time it beat…

So.......Michelin Slicks. Is the Cup 2R even a factory tire available to order on the Model S, can’t find any info on their website? The Cadillac CTS-V, which I consider the time to beat, set its’ record on a 300tw Pilot Super Sport. Michelin’s product sheet says the Cup 2R is up to 0.5sec per km faster than the…

Those are the quietest street tires I have ever heard, not a single squeal in the turns. So what brand slicks do you think they were running?

If he could have just stuck the landing the Russian judge would have given him a 10. Also kind of amusing that the wreck happened by a bunch of don’t drink and drive signs.  He didn’t get the memo that the champagne is for after the race.

Viper for me all day every day, but why you would get one in boring silver is beyond me.  They offered so many awesome colors and had the 1-of-1 custom program so you could basically get any color ever.

Unreliable Japanese car is easy, first gen RX-8. Those engines popped if you looked at them funny and also the reason you can get them on CL for $1000 all day long.

Neutral: Yes and no. If it is a regular volume model I could care less where it is made for the most part. If it is a premium car/halo car, then I want it made where the company claims to be from. If I am spending the extra money for that model it better be made where they company is from, not some low buck factory…

This is not at all surprising. After how transparent the Viper attempt was you understand that the lap times posted by manufacturers are about 1/2 preparation and 1/2 luck. If you can’t just live at the track for months and wait for that one perfect day, you are unlikely to set a Nurburgring record.  Some companies…

Just read another article that said what you thought.  It will have a rear locker, but only a LSD in the front.

The article says it wants to beat down the Power Wagon, but I see no mention of locking axles and disconnecting sway bars, let alone a factory winch.  So I guess they are just going with the “Hey, it is more lifted so must be better offroad” approach.

The guy I sit next to at work has one and likes it. He is not a car guy and got a brand new V6 model for a very low price. It has 175k miles on it now and so far he said the only parts besides wear items that have been replaced were the radiator and wiper motor. He did say there are some more expensive maintenance…

The new Acura NSX, a car that makes even Viper sales seem strong!

YETI be over here like “Yeah its a nice cooler, but how many days does it keep ice?”

Demon is a 6.2L and the Hellephant is a 7.0L, the extra displacement helps alleviate the need for race gas.

Hey, don’t discount the value of the stickers! ;)

Drove mine after a long winter hibernation yesterday.  My heart rate hasn’t been that high in months and my smile couldn’t get any wider.

See this discussion has multiple angles. You are attacking it from cylinder displacement, but could one not also think in the terms of physical exterior dimensions. A small block Chevy is according to your scale is BIG, but when looking at exterior dimensions is pretty small. Have you ever seen a small block not in a…

Oh the engine is glorious and has huge potential. A tune, intake, and exhaust and they are low 10 second cars. They only get crazier with a turbo upgrade. The current engine is all aluminum which helps with the weight balance and the haldex seems to be pretty well tuned for a more sporty driving experience. That being…

I am glad I am not the only one who noticed the giant neck beard. I understand the aero benefit, but it needs to be about half as tall to look proportional to the bumper.