Nope. Bigger throttle body, larger intake & exhaust valves, new piston shaping with lighter pistons & con rods, revised valve timing, stiffer crankshaft with revised balance. It’s the type of stuff engine builders used to do before “turn up the boost” became the go-to solution.  

Underfoot is a great name.

Most people who steal cars know how to drive stick. It’s not like it’s hard.

I just don’t get it. The frequency someone in my neighborhood posts online that their car was ‘broken into’ when it was left unlocked, street-parked is embarrassing. Even our alderman is just ridiculing them openly.

“Slow to adapt to the times”?

Indeed, what reporting requirements did Toyota fail to meet?  What were they observing in their data but not reporting to the feds?  These articles don’t say much.

“the brand wants to shake off its playful image and go premium. It’s disappointing.”

I’ve never looked at a Smart car and thought, “Wow, that looks fun!”

That’s right, the Suzuki X-90, one of the dumbest vehicles ever. It looks like a Miata with a lift kit. I’m pretty sure it’s based on a Kei car from Japan, because the proportions here are all kinds of stupid. It looks like a toy. I remember when my second grade teacher bought one of these back in the mid 90s, and all…

When I was a kid, there was a 1969 Mustang at my local car shows. It was a custom order from the factory: Medium blue exterior with a red interior. It was special, but man, was it hideous.

Or, even more specific to this case, something like having the dark headlights and full-dark trim but with other light accessories could be unique.

Answer to the question is no, in general they are not cool.

Unless its some unasked for free upgrade to a part from a higher trimline, then maybe it would be cool.
But when its something wacky and poor quality like this, definitely not cool.

Years later when you sell the car you have to convince the next buyer (if they…

I meant that as a good thing for you. Laws, and really punishments largely only apply to those who can least afford it.

I think Laura Bush is giving Ted Talks on that.

I mean, I guess? When Gen Z systematically works to strip away the societal structures they benefit from so that future generations can’t get the same advantages, we’ll come back to this point.

I think OSU was deserving on talent, even if I loathe them. My problem is that the conference wrote rules before the start of the season on what was to happen if teams can’t play games because they aren’t following guidelines. Then they re-wrote the rules to let them in, keeping someone else who DID follow rules and…

Right. It’s not a legitimate championship if huge swaths of the field are playing under fundamentally different rules than a small subsection.

Toyota in the USA doesn’t need a Fortuner, it needs a new FJ Cruiser.

We really need a top 16 playoff. Or a conference champ+5 playoff. Yes, it means the bottom conferences will likely get slaughtered in round one or two much like basketball, but.... you never really know when one or two will pull off some crazy shit. Honestly, if we hit that point where we have the conference champs…

“Plus, I’d wager the Fortuner being lighter weight”