That’s 135 HP per ton and 160 ft-lb per ton - roughly Volkswagen GTI numbers! I’d love to live in your world, where that’s “sluggish.”

Biodiesel doesn’t fix diesel. The main issue isn’t the petroleum use, it’s the oxides and soot produced as a result of the rapid, high-temperature combustion and less-volatile refined fuel.

Sure, because the tap in your house is specialized for a different purpose. Your garden hose, on the other hand, can probably flow very close to the full 31 GPM.

I’m actually stunned that the amount is that small. I mean, 13 million gallons sounds like a huge amount of water on the face of things - if you’re trying to visualize it, that’s 20 Olympic swimming pools. But that’s not how we normally encounter water, and once you have it flowing in pipes for 24 hours a day you can…

Sure, no question. If all else were equal, including cost, practicality, and fuel economy, I’d drive a fast car also.

Why is everyone talking like the diesel is the only, or most relevant, engine choice?

Haha, right engine; wrong car. I do wish I could make a Miata work for my lifestyle, but the 3 hatchback is a tiny bit more versatile.

I’m guilty of that, to the extent that I’m willing to accept the negative connotation you give it. I floor the accelerator freely and often when the engine is warmed up, and I see redline at least weekly.

Cell phones and tablets are the only devices I can think of which are so poorly designed for their intended purpose that the majority of people feel the need to wrap them in a suit of armor.

Yeah, he did exactly the right thing... And then said he’s never doing it again.

You’re kinda missing the point. The article isn’t about buying new vs used, which is a whole different situation and still not as clear-cut as you want to make it. The article is about paying cash vs financing for a depreciating asset. Loans are only “free money” if you actually invest your cash at a higher return…

I agreed with you before we started calling stuff “hyper.” But if we’re going to use the term hypercar, the LaFerrari is clearly one of those. In that case, what supercar does Ferrari sell? The F12, with its engine in the wrong place, is clearly a GT car and ineligible for super- and hyper- designation no matter where…

See, I feel that leaves us with a missing category.

I think the first three definitions work, if you relax “supercar” a bit. Maybe lose the goofy door requirement and drop the horsepower to 475. Basically just enough to allow the F430 in, because I think calling that a mere sports car is a stretch.

You are mistaken. The correct number is often 300 horsepower, just as the correct weight of car is often 3,000 lbs. But the reality is that the correct amount of horsepower varies by car, and indeed horsepower isn’t even the important metric in street driving. The correct thing to have is torque, measuring 150 per…

No, I believe it’s actually the mean. For every 40-year-old car on the road, there are 3 brand-new cars, or 4 cars that are around 2 years old, or 6 cars that are around 5 years old, or... And everyone keeping a Model T registered necessitates something like a dozen cars newer than the statistic (anywhere from 8…

Yes. Hyperdrives are clearly not that expensive, being equipped in such a vast array of ships, down to relatively small ones. Why aren’t capital ships all just carrying missiles which amount to bricks with a small hyperdrive on them? It wouldn’t matter if they were ten feet long; you wouldn’t need many and could…

I’d argue that a similar situation applies to most sports cars regardless of drive type. Do you imagine that a 2-ton Mustang with 420 horsepower is getting substantially better tire life when pushed? Sure, it’s a bit better balanced, but as Nurburgring laptimes have demonstrated, FWD cars aren’t actually that far…

Do you mean to imply that a Tercel is your benchmark for the kind of car the average person drives? I think you may be mistaken.

Even if everything had miraculously fit, does the Wrangler really need more torque badly enough to justify 500+ extra pounds of nose weight? The 6BT is a great engine, in a truck. There was nothing wrong with the old AMC I6 that couldn’t be fixed with a hammer (or an LS swap).