Basically what NASCAR is, right? EXTREME external dimensions requirements, overly optimizing everything that can be optimized, etc.

ugh this is wrong

Frankly the old 135 isn’t great as an ‘occasional track car’ given the engine oil sits at 250°F in traffic and you’re liable to spin a rod bearing 2 laps into an HPDE.

Yeah if you really want a rust-free new car with a warranty why not just buy a new manual transmission Evo, 335i, G35/370Z instead? :)

“Slick tires”? The fronts look like PS4S to me.

My own experience is that mid-engined cars are lot more difficult to control through lift-induced slides than rear-engined ones. Rear-engined cars act a bit more like they have a heavy pendulum attached, retaining a higher polar moment of inertia, and getting back on throttle predictably slows the rotation.…

Some of the confusion might be because the new Land Cruiser is really a descendant of the Land Cruiser Prado (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Land_Cruiser_Prado), the smaller ‘J250' chassis as compared to the larger, full-size Land Cruiser (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Land_Cruiser) ‘J300' chassis.

Big same.

Ever since the GR Corolla was introduced, you can buy a lot of things for less than a Corolla!

The most cost-effective fix for a blown 997 Carrera S motor (a 6.2L LS3). Had to wait ages for parts, but it did the trick.

What if the rockets just push downwards to increase tire grip?

All things considered, an amazing save by the driver to have escaped unharmed!

Same take here lmao. End commercials.

Name a few other production cars with 800hp. They’re allowed to have stickers haha.

I’m 6'7" - I drive both a 2006 Porsche 911 (I fit great) and barely fit into a 2011 BMW Z4 (but still fit, even with a helmet). I also considered the Mustang. Since then, I’ve been able to fit into and drive most of my friends’ AutoX cars, but would never buy any gen Miata for myself.

Any plans to remove the front diff & driveshaft?

If it’s all for 25-30mph streets which aren’t wide enough for 2-way traffic due to parked cars on either side, then that’s just called a ‘yield street’ and something we’ve had in cities for decades. Where cars need to pull to the side to let other cars pass, etc. It seems like this design is just codifying that…

Having owned an M97-engined car that suffered a failure on track, I would say the bore scoring concerns are real, yet I’d say the cars are priced fairly. Look at 997.1 prices vs. 997.2 prices - the premium is purely for engine reliability.

What manual trans? :)

Yes, although we should be looking at the rear of both cars. The 9th gen Honda Accord (2013-2017) copied the 1st gen Hyundai Genesis (2009-2014) rear end. The way the silver stripe flows into the white / silver upper half of the tail lights is quite beautiful imo.