I think bronze wheels would look the business for this car color.

6'3" and 200 lbs.  DD a BRZ for 8 years now, and wouldn’t have it any other way.

Disagree wholeheartedly. Driving stick only for a decade, and I look forward to every drive. My commute takes me up a metered on-ramp up a hill everyday, basically worst-case scenario for a manual, and I just don’t find it to be nearly the hassle everyone makes comment “hurr durr traffic in a manual suck0rz” to be.

What a dumb “stunt”, especially since Remi Gaillard already made the best go-kart-on-the-road 13 years ago.

That’s a great trick, thanks!

I’d buy it if they offered that cabover version here. A guy can dream.

“They need someone who can capture Ellie’s innocence and vulnerability but also her precocious resolve.”

That’s exactly it! Compound that with shenanigans like the Hotwheels DLC and you can really play out those childhood fantasies.

I really dig the round headlights. They give the truck the character it needs. 

As a fellow aerospace guy, hi! I think our industry will always have a need for highly skilled labor. The industry is slow to change and the problems that come up are often unique enough from part-to-part they need a human’s handiwork.  Good luck out there!

It seems you have a thorough understanding of the casting process, but as a professional in the investment casting industry I can assure you that the labor processes you’ve mentioned are well-understood and every effort is made to optimize each sequence.  Many of these steps need minimal labor input.

At first glance, investment casting does seems like a long process. Your lead time is certainly faster to 3D print a part than develop the tooling, fixturing, and processes needed for castings. However, once that’s in place, the rate at which the castings can be produced (including rework time) will far exceed 3D…

The technology does exist. Look up Direct Metal Deposition (or Laser Metal Deposition or Direct Energy Deposition, the AM world is confusing with it’s technology names). It’s an additive manufacturing method where powder metal is injected in-line with a laser. When the nozzle is connect to a CNC head and the build…

DMLS (or LMF as called here) still has a ways to go before it really infringes on traditional casting methods.  The weight savings and internal coolant passages are neat, but the production time and cost is still too high to be a viable option for mass production.

This is fantastic! I just discovered marbles races earlier this week and this channel will keep my help inconsequential-inaminate-race-binge-fest alive!

I want a BRZ in that color in the lead image.

Of course the Miata is the only link he clicked on.

His explanation on dropping the bar was particularly enjoyable.

These are probably also the people who would buy an automatic BRZ. *shudders*

I always log my mileage after every fill up. I had been tantalizingly close to breaking 400 miles on a tank (Subaru BRZ), but after so many miles after the gas light comes on, anxiety always wins. Not this time. I was returning from a road trip and the light hadn’t even come on at 350, and I had about 50 more miles to…