I feel like this statement applies to basically every car Porsche makes. You want to hate them because they are the default, and then you drive one and realize why they are the default.

Not just a facelift. Interior also got a bunch of updates, and they added several new engine options. It’s definitely not “all new,” but there’s certainly enough changed in the half-generation update to warrant a re-review, even if this particular review didn’t really do a compare-and-contrast with the 2015 model they…

I had this prospective too. Then I drove basically every comparable car from a performance standpoint when I finally had the means to buy a car in the $100-200k range. The 911 is just a much, much better car. Every other “entry level” fast GT car had to compromise somewhere to get to that price point. The 911 doesn’t.…

No problem! The reason I wound up in a 911 actually (it was not on my dream car list at all before I bought it) was that it was the only sports car I actually fit in comfortably :) They’re actually quite large on the inside relative to how big they are on the outside. Definitely recommend taking the kids for a test…

The GT3 will go turbo only if the racing classes that the GT3 is a homologation special for go turbo. So yeah, it’ll probably happen eventually, but likely not any time soon.

Because the interest rate is high enough that, combined with the fees an auction returns from repo’ing and re-selling the car, they only need the loan to be paid for a very small % of the total loan term in order to break even. And you make enough off the poor schmuck who does actually carry the loan to term to cover…

That is, in fact, still how police have to clock speed in states where local police using radar is illegal, like PA.

That question depends on lot on what you want to do with it.

It really depends on how tall the people in front of you are.

It depends on how tall your kids are, and how tall you are.

I’m 6'6". In a 991.2, there is literally zero legroom when I am in a front seat. As in, the front seat physically touches the rear seat.

As someone that does in fact daily a 911.2 GT3: Yes, you can drive it every day, and I picked it over a Turbo S exactly because it’s more thrilling. But it’s also much less comfortable and much louder. On any road trip (highway, not back roads) longer than an hour I have to wear noise canceling headphones in order to…

Historically, Porsche’s traction management systems have been class leading. They’re simply amazing at letting you have fun while keeping the car pointed the right way around. I own a 991.2 GT3, and I have never once felt the desire to disable the traction control. It lets me have all the fun that is reasonable to…

Well, yes, that’s what the GT2 is for.

Reduce click hunting to produce optimal distributions, while not making large kingdoms/empires extremely OP by being able to get 100,000 troops to pop up instantly in the optimal place.

When you’re ruling half the world and have 40+ king-level vasils under you, trying to sort out where to click to get the army to pop…

Sure, but there’s no reason to. Remember that the way hardware encryption works (well.... when it’s implemented correctly) is that your password just unlocks the encryption key, rather than being the encryption key. Without the encryption key, with “normal” computing attacks it would take till the heat death of the…

In fairness, that’s also how drives still do it if you don’t have full disk encryption turned on. If you do have encryption turned on, they do the equivalent operation: they just delete the encryption key.

If we take the analyst’s margin number at face value, using the same estimation values as above, operating profit would be ~$320mil. GM’s operating profit for 2019 was $10bil. So that’d be 3.2% of profit, which accurately reflects the analyst’s assertion that the Corvette is significantly higher margin than the other…

I mean, given the demographic Corvettes primarily sell to (older affluent folks), it makes sense. A Corvette branded SUV to tow your Corvette to car shows and track days with, while taking your tailgate equipment. There are plenty of folks who still want a sports car feel, but have gotten to the point where getting…

Uh, why? Production numbers are public. GM’s revenue is public. They made 34,822 of them for 2019 model year. If we assume an average price of $60,000 (likely low), that’s ~$2bil gross. GM’s revenue for 2019 was ~$137bil. So yeah, about 2% of revenue, within margin of estimation error.

Glad you made it through unharmed. Almost took one myself two days ago during the last 2 miles of a ~700 mile trip when poorly secured cargo fell off the car in front of me on the highway, at night, filling the entire lane and a good portion of the ones next to it. First time I’ve ever had to do a real life moose test…