Ultimately, I have to accept your judgement since I’ve never seen the vehicles in person and you obviously have. However, I want to be clear that I’m not really concerned about aesthetics here. I’m more concerned about things like structural integrity. For instance, on Slow Devil, what did you end up doing about the…
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I mean, yes. Is there really any question, here? Project Swiss Cheese, Slow Devil, and possibly even Redwood would almost certainly be in junkyards or used as parts cars had I not gotten them back on the road.
David, I think your words and your behavior are at odds with each other.
We all know it’s a lie, and it’s not going to help you get out of there any quicker
When I was in high school and college, I was all about lightweight, high-revving cars that made you work for your power but let you throw them around a tight road. When the RX-8 came out, it seemed like the ultimate car. No torque, decent but not overwhelming horsepower, and a ridiculous redline? Yes, please!
As a bonus, if you have carpet anywhere in your life and also children, there’s a very good chance you’ll wind up with permanently-installed slime anyway!
Eh, a car like that gets a pass. Most of the owners aren’t going to be taking it for a shopping trip or out in the snow and getting all kinds of road grime in. They’re not going to have a hard time keeping the floors clean. The three guys who actually drive theirs can afford to have it detailed regularly.
Instead, why not manufacture the car with a squishy foam layer for squish, insulation, and damping, and then encapsulate it in a heavy-duty rubber layer covering the entire footwell? It’s basically the same idea as Weathertech mats, but without edges where dirt can still get trapped.
Conversely, consider summer evenings. You’ve pointed out that winter sucks no matter what, so I’ll suggest that it doesn’t matter what time we use then. But DST actually does make a lot of sense in the summer, so if we’re going to abandon the switch, we should stick with the time that actually benefits us at some…
Airplane engines look a little bit better if you only consider torque. An IO-540 has more than 500 ft-lbs. It’s still incredibly expensive compared to anything else, but most other engines aren’t designed to produce 80% of rated power, at low RPM, continuously for 100 hours.
There’s a subtle technical detail you’re overlooking, here. Apple’s policy is specifically to comply with a legal warrant. It’s on their website.
I see now that my numbers were from a review of the Accord with a manual transmission, here. That’s perhaps not a fair comparison against an automatic-only option like the Mazda, as the automatic numbers are a lot closer. That said, they’re precisely that - close. If you’re shopping between these two cars, numerical p…
The 2.0T Accord is way faster than the Mazda6 2.5T at every speed.
This comment isn’t about your article, but the event happened while reading your article.
What’s funny about the “more cylinders better” theory is that Chevy introduced a 4-cylinder full-size truck before Ford did. Granted, it still has larger options as well.
Show cars and record cars might come from the same factory, but it’s very rare for one to perform both tasks without substantial reconditioning. Have you ever seen the paintwork of a car after it’s been driven hard on a race track? They get annihilated; they pick up rock chips and sand scuffs, chunks of rubber,…
Mmm, no. Don’t touch cars that don’t belong to you, especially at a Concours event where the owners have spent thousands and thousands of dollars specially preparing them for show.
I see where you’re coming from on this, but it’s still not the same information. It sounds like you’d have really good information on failures and weaknesses, but your feedback on strengths is probably pretty limited. Unless you grill every single one of your customers and make them rate their tires 1-10 for traction…
There’s a great, well-established independent tire shop near me. Huge selection, good prices, fast service. I try to give them as much business as possible.