And you’ll say that right up until the point that you drive one. My GOD the acceleration, and the power delivery is amazing..
...amazing enough to be worth the sound trade-off.

Yes.

It happens on all sorts of vehicles. I’ve read about brand new press cars catching fire, cars on test drives catching fire, etc... Nothing is perfect. Practically everything you see around you had had at least one of it catch fire sometime, somewhere.

I’m sure there’s at least a demo version online somewhere, if not a cracked full version somewhere.

Haha, thanks for the offer, but I’ve got the BRZZZZ now :P

I’d heard that some of the engine parts, such as the bottom end or some-such were the same parts as in the STi, and also that the engine actually put out more than what they publicly stated. IIRC, the car put out as much on the dyno as what the engine was rated for in the brochure.

There was also an internal…

I have a BRZ now. But the only reason I have a BRZ is because of the Forester that got away. Allow me to explain:

‘04-’05 Forester XTs are known to many as some of the best sleeper cars ever made by any manufacturer. They did 0-60 in 5.x seconds STOCK from the factory, and because Subarus are LEGOs, you can basically…

OMG. Midtown Madness 2. I’m totally installing that on my work computer now. I wanna drive the city bus again!

Usually you can at least kinda-sorta guess what probably happened...
...but I’m with you here. I’m SO confused right now. This is very weird! All I can think is she did something weird and backed up onto it because she hit the gas by mistake? Might explain all the rubber on the hood if she was giving it the beans when…

Agreed. In my personal vehicle, I typically do 5-7 over in most areas, as I find that to be reasonable (and it’s what most other people generally do.)

When I was a bus operator, I followed speed limits EXACTLY. I’m now operating a public transit vehicle, and as a CDL-licensed operator, it is my responsibility to follow…

This is going to sound really dumb, but the way the seat-belts are mounted for the driver’s seat alone would be enough to turn me off to this car. I understand WHY they are where they are, but it just kind of sucks.

Can’t they just reinforce the driver’s seat mounts and seatback mechanism to guarantee that it won’t…

You’re missing a few intermediate steps, lol.

I like how an article is automatically “biased” if it says something negative against one candidate. Have you ever considered the possibility that this isn’t “bias” but just logic?

It’s like arguing that a scientific paper on the negative effects of sugar on the human body is biased because it only talked about the…

The adaptive steering system IS electric, but it has nothing to do with the power steering directly. It’s an electric system that turns gears and adjusts the ratio of the steering, but the hydraulic system is still the one actually providing the power assist through those gears.

At least, that’s how I understand it.

This article made silly jokes about not having the mini wheel for the big trucks because it would insult their trailer-driving skills, but never actually explained the real reason why these trucks don’t have the active assist that the “lesser” F-150 has:

You need electric, not hydraulic, steering to be able to do those…

That kind of mentality in this country IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS. Stop thinking like an asshole, and start thinking like a human being. Shit happens. Ford is being VERY nice and replacing the car with a newer one... and an “R” at that. They’ve done their part.

Your comment reminds me of those people who get into…

Right, but if that were the case, as I said, a seasoned driver would know better than to lock them up like that. So that’s why I’m very open to the possibility that it wasn’t just driver error, although it might simply be just that.

The “:P” at the end of my comment was meant to imply that I was joking :P

I’m resisting the urge to make a pun too.

Someone wasn’t paying attention in math class :P