70-200 is a default long lens for event shooters. And a car is not a person. If I had to pick a dedicated portrait lens I’d go with an 85mm f/1.2 or a 24mm f/1.4 with a close focus. Can get much more interesting stuff with that. 

Everything you’ve said is correct. I think of it like this: the way focal lengths work is the same way your eye works. Closer objects appear larger. With a wide angle you can merely capture a closer object at that apparent magnitude and have the FOV to get the space around it. Shooting something on a normal lens does…

What you need is some amount of separation between the subject and the background if you want shallower focus, and to be closer to the subject. If you could focus a wide angle at an f/1.2 up close on something like a foot away with the nearest background object like 20 feet away your focus is going to be stupid…

“Don’t shoot cars with a wide angle lens” get fucked. Move your feet. If you have a wide that can focus decently closely you can get some amazing shots. I also like that shot he showed with the wide close to the 911. It’s a nice shot. Who cares if it’s distorted? But I’d go wider than 24mm. F around with something…

Corporate interests have taken over our democracy.  I just wanted to vote!

The Broncos mirrors stay when you take the doors off. So you can, you know, actually drive it legally with the doors off. 

If you find yourself without a need for a car right now unloading one at a high point and going without makes a lot of sense. If my GTI were off lease now I’d definitely be trying to do a buy-sell-flip on it and switch to just having my Miata...but I have another year on it. No idea what I am going to do then because…

You should turn it over in a ditch and take a photo...

In 2018 when I was in the market VW had a poor man’s GTI called...the GTI S (still have it but its more $ now) that was particularly stripped out that year and very cheap.

They undercut the GTI by a decent amount but not enough to make me not get a GTI. 

Should’ve brought us the real N version. 

I don’t understand why the roof isn’t metal. It’s like...isn’t the whole point of this over a cabriolet that you want the wind in your air without the inconvenience of a convertible. Top wearing out, cleaning off the bird shit, roof getting slashed, etc. 

IDK I rarely need wipers on any settings other than

1. Tesla Model 3.
2. Ford F-150.
3. Mazda 3
4. Mazda CX-9
5. Mazda Miata

End of list.

Have you driven a modern manual? The clutches are light, the shifts are idiot proof, and you can smoothly crawl along in gear at like 1 MPH. They’re fine in heavy traffic. I actually prefer them. 1 hour to go half a mile Bay Bride Toll plaza. No problem.

It depends on the cars whether or not customers are asking. GTI has almost 1/2 the buyers opting for a manual. Take rate for manual Sportwagens is like 1/3rd. WRX/STI has an 88% manual take rate. 76% of soft top Miatas and 52% of RFs. BRZ 78%, 86 also high.

There are cars for which the manual will be a preferred…

Keep the Durango, the La Baron, and the Crossfire. Maybe the Cavalier. Ditch the rest.

Going to hell for this...

Boxster is a Miata that you’re not going to be able to fix yourself, is going to cost you thousands in repairs and maintenance, and that will break the second it looks at a track. Even in your post on it you say yours had a water pump failure. For someone who doesn’t catch that or if it happens while driving that is…

TBH me and my small agency in-house VFX team could do it with CG and camera angles for a fraction the cost of the actual car. You wouldn’t be able to tell.