Maybe you should pay attention to some sites with news on them occasionally:

And I am fairly annoyed BMW keeps making claims of going lighter and returning to 2002 (the car, not the year) philosophy and then putting out another Lexus chasing porker.

This is my understanding as well. It's not that sideways is faster - the "line" is always the fastest, but rally surfaces are too random to brake and turn with the same style as road cars. Something about the slide scrubs off speed with a certain margin of error - you can slow down or speed up during the corner.…

Yeah, I really get the feeling he has plenty of money to pay for the swap but no knowledge of all the other things that should be done. No mention of suspension work either. That much weight with no new springs and some adjustable setup to dial in something approaching decent handling - without those upgrades, no…

I've driven an XF-R and it was quite nice. The normal setting was quite easy to cruise around in and the race setting was bonkers. I don't know if the lesser models have the same lively engagement, but they were quite nice. I've soured on BMW in general. I've not driven the current 5 series, but the current 3 seems…

From what I hear, they instituted these tests because people generally clip things in front collisions instead of blasting nose to nose. When a car comes across the center line, it's likely just enough to hit a thin section. Yes, any evasive maneuver would mitigate the damage (although I've seen crash footage of a car…

I'm sure you'd want to pay 5K, but I found 215 listed on Autotrader for between 5 and 7K. And the vast majority are higher mileage. KBB is great until the car has a dedicated following that drives the price up. Cherokee's are in that group, I think. I'm not saying this is a deal and I am sure not saying I would buy…

Normally I agree, but in the point of NPOCP I try to judge from a stand point that I am the one guy that is looking for a chopped Cherokee, then determine if it's a decent price. Since a solid Cherokee would command this money or more (judging by a quick search on Autotrader) and the mods would likely add to your cost…

I think perhaps it's a bit of a reach to describe a car - that has a very dedicated following - as "most over-hyped". I owned and/or driven a Miata, an S2000 and a Boxster. The Miata has steering feel and quality equal to those cars, a small but insanely eager engine and a fun factor that is better than the other two…

Have you driven a Miata?

Well, there is a whole series called SpecMiata for racing those... so maybe they are busy over there.

You are correct - that is really an extension of the same premise. The starving man is the same as the gluttonous man in this context. What you want, what you find attractive is often based off the scarcity of that thing. The man who can get no women will find all of them attractive and the man who can have any woman…

I wonder about that. Companies go back and forth about the cost and PR - for a while, Vegas casinos were just paying out the small time slip-and-fall con men that were always around. But then more came and got more bold and wanted more money. So it became a better strategy to fight them aggressively, including working…

Haha, you haven't hung out with male rock stars enough. There is a reason they are super attractive to such a wide range of women even though they are often drunk, stupid and wearing leather pants. It's that they actually do get so much attention they can ignore women throwing themselves at them. The one thing women…

From the pictures, I was actually thinking it looked much less comfortable to be the woman. Not that I would want to be either for any length of time but at least the man gets to stand in a normal position.

This is a hideous, ridiculous beastie. It's hilarious and fun, too. Which puts it in that weird category for selling - it's needs that one buyer that's thinks exactly like the builder. I almost went NP, just because I think it would be tough to find a decent big ass wagon and recreate this in the way you wanted with…

That's kind of funny. I wasn't sure about this one - not very exciting but in great condition so I did a quick autotrader.com search. I think maybe you are very good at the internets. CP on this bad boy from me.

I'm in this boat. Maybe with a bunch of knowledge and parts cars lying around it'd be worth it. But he messed with the front end and that is just too much trouble for me. Parts for these babies aren't cheap so everyone who is saying "just put it back right" is underestimating how much that would take. I love me some…

Surely you have never driven a Cayman or Boxster. I owned previous gen base Boxster, slowest of the bunch. Never once was I tempted to say it was "severely underpowered". Would I like more power? Yes. Could it take more power? Since it's one of the best chassis on the planet, yes. Did you notice the video where your…

BMW keeps making promises of returning to low weight, but they lie. They are chasing Lexus owners nowadays, in my opinion. I haven't been excited by own of their products for some time. Full disclosure: owned Boxster, own a Cayman.