I miss when Mitsubishi and Subaru were in a speed war between each other

They’re alright. I grew up in New England around lots of Subies. My friend’s sister has an 08 Outback, my best friend had a 98 5 speed Outback and now an 08 Impreza, another friend’s dad had an 06 5 speed Impreza wagon, and I’ve driven countless other Subies, mostly non-turbo and mostly manual.

Counterpoint:

Can we please make a clarification to the whole F1/noise complaint? It’s not the volume people miss: it’s the pitch. Those 20,000+ RPM V10s absolutely pierce your soul with their high pitched wail. Yes, they are louder (turbo engines in general are quieter than naturally aspirated engines), but that high pitch is…

Kinda like woeeee, woeeeee, woeeeee, blk, blk, blk, blubbwoeee, woeee, woee,woeee, bgkla, blkg, blka, woooeeee,woeeee, woeeee, wooeeeeeee, blkal, blkal, blummmmpurrr, wooeeeeee.

When I went to COTA in 2012, the V8s just screamed and I could feel the sound as they came by. If I hadn’t used hearing protection most of the time, I’m sure I would have experienced hearing loss. The sounds of them downshifting coming into Turn 11 are etched into my brain.

It sounds like an excellent pair of Grado or Koss headphones.

I want to see a venn diagram of overlapping hardsextube.com and nationalreview.com account holders.

You know what? Fuck those commenters.

Obviously, I knew this. It’s a very basic thing that most car people know. But what was most interesting-and what clearly nobody bothered to read-was the answer to why they exist. That’s something I didn’t know (though I did have a suspicion there was an ECE reg out there driving it), so I spoke with two chief…

Seriously? How is this post-worthy. How do people own cars and not know what these are.

Ditto. A million dollars sounds like a lot, but in an accident with fatalities, or severe burns, or paralysis, it’s not going to be enough

I just think so much more can go wrong with a car vs a house. Also, damage to cars can be hidden a lot better than damage to a house. I just don’t trust the bro that has “driven manuals all my life” and then gets in and doesn’t know to push the 3rd pedal in to start the car. “Oh, mines not like that”. (Yes this…

What, you expected me to READ the article? This is still Jalopnik, right?

I just want to know how it doesn’t snap in half once a few overweight Texans pile in.

I like big power though. I’m sure 500hp won’t transfer like it should in a bulk package but, it’ll haul ass.

Hello,

Thereby proving multiple idiots with too much money exist.

Doesn’t mean that it makes sense.

That F-650 would’ve been awesome if they’d done the EXTREMELY OBVIOUS thing and fit a hot tub in the back.