You'd need to square the displacement of the Subaru engine to match the displacement of your Z06, so that's a bit of a ridiculous comparison. If anything, it shows great progress that they are able to make the same power out of an engine that is well less than half the displacement of the V8 in the Z06...

Bootleg slides lock up the rear wheels, at which point there is no wear on the brake shoes. This article is talking about using the pads as friction brakes. That will create a LOT more wear than general shenanigans. Especially as those shoes aren't designed to get hot.

The biggest issue with the trunk is that the trunk opening isn’t big, and the trunk height is only something like 13 inches. Having said that, if you fold the rear seats down, you can fit much larger items in the back through the passenger door. The car does fit a surprising amount of stuff as long as it can get into…

Im not sure what point you’re trying to make...? Are you one of those “I don’t need winter tires, because #drivermod” people? I totally agree that winter tires don’t make sense everywhere, but let's not pretend that winter tires aren't a useful tool for even the most skilled driver in wintery conditions :)

Yup! That’s the best way to change brake pads! Lol. I discovered the glory that is that setup when I upgraded my BRZ with an AP Racing BBK.

Okay, so if you live in a climate where winter tires don't make sense then... don't put winter tires on your car?

Haha, fair enough! Fuck replacing drum brakes, though. At least the one time I did it it was annoying dealing with all the springy bits, lol. Much prefer doing disks! Especially fixed calipers with open backs! :D

Yeah, electronic handbrakes are useful for parking... and that’s about it, lol.

That’s a good point. None of the cars I’ve ever had have had that setup, though. They’ve all been rear disks, with drum brakes inside the rotor hat.

In any other use of the handbrake, though, you're either parking the car (wheels stopped, zero wear), or you're trying to hoon the car (wheels quickly stopped, little wear.) Using them as a friction brake without locking the wheels is going to do a LOT more wear than those other scenarios!

They last forever if you use the parking brake as a parking brake, since there is effectively no wear on them. Start using it as a regular brake, and that shoe material wears down rather quickly!

This seems like great advice if your goal is for people to needlessly wear out their parking brake shoes in the winter. A better solution for most people is to use winter tires, let Electronic Brake Force Distribution (on more modern cars) do its job, and call it a day. If you aren’t driving like a Muppet, you won’t…

This alone wouldn’t prevent me from purchasing a vehicle...

The media does hype things, but the CDC does not.

Because it only takes 30 seconds, allows me to track my fuel economy accurately, and makes for some fun data to look at. It's not like those 30 seconds are better spent browsing Facebook while I wait for the tank to fill up.

I don’t keep the receipts for more than a week, but I log every single fill-up in my app, which includes address, etc...

That’s like saying, “Using your horn to honk at someone who pissed you off is no different than driving around constantly laying on the horn 100% of the time you are driving.” But okay. The two are no different. Sure ;)

“Just slow down instead of being an asshole.” What exactly makes me an asshole about using a light bar on a dark road when nobody else is around? Or are you referring to my flashing an oncoming vehicle that has their high beams on? If so, I find it unfathomable that you “safety warriors” think that flashing another…

Says the guy who basically admits to blocking the left lane, and then described the road rage you'd do to someone who tried to pass you on the right because you were blocking the left lane. Your posts are nothing if not entertaining :P

When did I say I didn’t have ample time to react? Here you go putting words in my mouth again. I didn’t even come close to rear ending him. I was following at an appropriate distance. He didn’t like that I asked him to move over, and slammed on his brakes. That's what a brake check is. It sounds an awful lot like…