Agreed, tires. I went from the skinny 185 width OE Toyos with floppy sidewalls on my Mazda 2 (one of them actually popped when I barely tapped a curb during a tight low-speed PARKING maneuver) to a 205 width Dunlop Direzza DZ102 and the car now does everything better: braking, turning, accelerating. Unfortunately my…

Can concur. Replaced my airbag setup with Crown Vic springs and never looked back.

Bendpak is a good company with great customer service. I recently picked up the QuickJack BL-3500 (which I think is now out of production) for a paltry $800 or so shipped. It’s a 24" portable hydraulic lift and it has made my life so much easier in the garage. The best part is that I can operate it with a car…

Basically, it boils down to this:

Well, I just came.

I understand the differences between the markets and what grey-market is, as I used to be a grey-market importer (Japan -> US) about a decade ago. I think the bit of info that I am missing here is that these are not Chinese market vehicles but Japanese market vehicles that have been grey-market imported? Understand…

This thing is fantastic. Kudos to the builders.

Am I the only insufferable pedant here that wants to point out that JDM only applies to Japan’s domestic market and that Hong Kong is a foreign market for Japanese vehicles? Sigh, probably.

This shouldn’t be nearly as funny as I thought it was...

Is it bad that I want to buy this just to swap in the gnarliest diesel I can find on ebaymotors, then hoon it egregiously at track days?

They’re surprisingly drifty with an adequate amount of commitment, and words can’t describe the magnificent combination of awe, wonder and abject terror expressed by other road users as they witness a thirty year old 40ft brick barrel sideways past them on a roundabout, with an avocado bathtub rocking around the boot…

What... how does one have only one... and then three... what. Well, that is your only aluminum lugnut worth a damn.

I have never in my life seen a $445 cupholder until now.

Is reverse compensation a thing? Because I drive two tiny Mazdas with 100hp.

Pretty much this. Except I’m usually screaming “GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!!” even in the 2.

... now I kind of want carbon fiber cupholders.

I use only digital media so I have no idea. Fuck radio commercials.

Not the Yaris, I don’t think? It’s the Toyota (formerly Scion) iA.

Hmm... knock-offs, perhaps. Would love to see a pic, though. Emilio would probably be interested to know about this if he doesn’t already.

Me too. Just taking guesses here.