I know Ford has them all over the place (and do change colors in mine). I think Mazda and Scion have them. And it might be limited to certian models or options as well. But they are around.

He’s not arguing that the product is bad - he’s saying they are still fighting the perception that it’s not as good. And I agree that you can’t build more expensive products to bring customers back. I drove a V. Nice, but I wasn’t blown away. And the problem is when I looked at a non-V CTS, I was amazed how much they…

I think I get what you mean but in the car business (I am not sure about other industries), per car profit is big deal. The companies prefer to sell the more expensive cars they make since they carry a higher profit per unit. While it seems like making more small cars at a lower profit would be just as successful,…

Are you saying if you were in control of a company and people were willing to pay more for your product (because it was desirable to them - not because of some sort of necessity like plywood during a hurricane) and you were making a higher profit margin, you would decline and sell your product for less? Really? Why…

Troll alert. He didd’t say the 4C was bad - he said he likes owning a manual. You don’t get to tell him that he is wrong about what he likes.

I will add my tale of non-point by woe. At my first Track Night in America event there was a guy in a Mustang (with the V8 and some suspension mods but not the best driver mod). He was miserable in the turns. Everyone except one guy was faster than him - but he would blast out of corners into the two passing zones -…

My thoughts exactly. Just a little curve to launch it smoother and he would’ve had a much better chance of landing it. Not that the front axle still might not have come off - I’m doubting it was over-engineered quite enough to account for wicked jumps...

Well, I don’t think Peugeots really age all that different from most other cars built in the same era. People like to make crazy claims about certain brands (and there are a few examples, granted) but 44 years is 44 years most of the time. And I don’t think 60K or 160K would make that big a difference to a 44 year old…

Yeah, this has got to be the king. The Fuelshark is a pretty good answer - but this is simply insane. At least now I know what it is when one of these comes flying off some hellaflush civic with a BMW badge.

Feel free. I’ll tell you if it’s reasonably priced, but I’ll likely not buy it. I don’t buy cars near as often as I vote on NPOCP.

Nope. Is this question meant to imply something?

These kind of posts always amuses me. What are you basing that off? If this didn’t spend a decent amount of it’s life cared for and in a garage, it would likely be a pile of iron shavings. So where is the skepticism coming from?

Maybe - there was a lot of turn left after he started terminal oversteer. That would fit with his mental lapse comment, too. It’s hard to see with the camera angle but he might have gotten the wheel off the pavement - it looks like he gets right up to/over the curve and then the slide begins. If he lost traction on…

I agree that the races should go on. I think it’s a foolish thing to do, personally. There is Moto and GT racing where there is plenty of room to lay the bike down. There are still fatalities, but the number in recent years is way below the TT.

Oh hilarious. You incorrectly grammar-nazi’d someone while trying troll-hijack a thread. That is freaking hilarious.

This whole thread is pretty funny to me, cause my first thought was it was some kind of homolagated sedan made from all the other sedans being made now. I think everyone can see something of every other car in it.

The story I had heard was that the three of them decided pretty early on to not let the music be used in ads. I don’t think it was about marketing or selling out, just not having control of how it would be used - like how political ads used Born in the USA and Fortunate Son in some commercials even though the full…

I admit I am all too susesptible to the Troll. Not sure why. I’ll get into something like this and it will remind me to stay clear for a while, then my guard comes down. Thanks for the post.

It’s all too true. And I’m not advocating not doing this stuff. I thinks it’s awesome and everyone should. I waste more time than I should daydreaming about doing a RWD/V8 conversion on a ‘99 Mercury Cougar simply cause it was the first new car I bought and have a big soft spot for it. Granted, it would be after…

So why isn’t it absurd for me to disagree with what you post? But this is so positive to the community. Good thing you post so much.