The Toyota 86 starts at $27,060... which is only $500 more than the Miata. So yes, it is actually a perfect comparison from a price perspective. The BRZ does start at a higher price point, but the 86 is right there, price-wise.

He has the WRX in there :)

No? You’ve lost me...

How the hell did you go through that much analysis without even mentioning the one DIRECT competitor to the Miata (minus the convertible-ness): The Subaru BRZ / Toyota 86.

I made this meme the other day. I’ll just leave it here.

He decided to take the entrance ramp at race speed, but forgot he was driving a poorly-modified car on shitty tires, and spun out.

Honestly, the few “cars and coffee” events I’ve been to have largely turned me off to the entire thing. They’re just full of assholes, and idiots, many of whom are only “car guys” in the sense that they could afford a nice car; nothing more. The ones that DO show up in modified cars are usually ricers, or idiots who…

Given that you have to have turned OFF traction control, fully turned the wheel, and then floored the gas, this doesn’t sound like an attempt at doing anything useful, in the same way that the Mustang comes with an equally “useless” “Line Lock.” It just sounds like a fun feature for enthusiasts from a manufacturer…

The point is that there isn't much financial incentive for a CEO to NOT fly a company into the ground.

Subaru Loyalists: “Subaru doesn’t give any FUCKS about us enthusiasts anymore.”

Subaru: “Hold my sake...”

The BRZ always was, and always will be, a niche car for a specific type of enthusiast. A WRX isn't even on the same plane of performance when you compare it to what the BRZ was designed to do.

My 1998 Outback had it!

I never thought about this until just now, but given that modern vehicles often use a single HID unit that uses a moveable cutoff to switch between high and low beams, doesn’t that mean they’d meet that regulation even if they left the fogs on?

I hate you, I hate you, I hate you...

Someone's gonna get fired for mounting the tail lights upside-down on these demonstration models...

Haha. True. Mine is a Series.Blue, so I just get shit for “overpaying" for a special edition, even though I paid several grand under MSRP.

If I’d made that comment, rather than be COTD, I’d just have been flamed by hundreds of “car enthusiasts” claiming I was only saying that to justify my shitty, slow, underpowered, overpriced, worthless, stupidest-car-ever-made, only-idiots-would-buy-that, there-are-so-many-better-options-for-the-price BRZ.

www.cars101.com is a brilliant website for anyone who wants to understand all of the nuances and features and changes for every year of every Subaru.

I’m still trying to find something similar for BMWs since my dad is looking at a new Z4, but I wouldn’t be surprised if something this detailed didn’t exist for any other…

I LOL'd.

And why is it so weak that it can’t handle being turned off? It should be able to handle being run in FWD perpetually.