the timing belts must be done, and on VCM models, those should be deactivated.

To be fair, I think that’s most places. I used to work for a utility, and while we had a decent number of linemen, service men, etc., a significant portion of the company was support staff. Accounting, IT, safety guys, facilities, etc. I can’t imagine any business of any decent size is going to be much different. At a…

Does Jalopnic not use their Slack chat to discuss article ideas between themselves? And NOBODY shot this down?

This article is a bad take, and you outline why.

drivers wanted nimble and fun cars are a dying breed.

I use my truck (Hemi Ram) for truck stuff more often that I use the trunk in my car.

Not really. The only things you have to worry about are fairly light objects with a lot of surface area. So I wouldn’t transport my poster board in the bed of my truck...I’d put it in the back seat. I put groceries in the bed of my truck all the time. Even driving at 80 MPH, nothing has ever flown out of the bed. My…

Two things:

Gas cars competing with electrics in a straight line is basically a foregone conclusion these days. When the Turbo S gets its ass handed to it by a Plaid, what hope does a RWD, 450 HP V8 stand?

Police serve a vital function to society and their presence is needed. I think virtually everyone with any measure of sense can admit that at some level. However, one bad apple really does spoil the bunch. Until police officers and their unions are willing and able to act in the best interests of the society they are…

It would be a dual purpose car for me, but while eating 2k (28k Si to $30k Integra) for the pleasure of driving a car that doesn’t leave me in pain for a couple days after driving for a couple hours is one thing. Spending (presumably) 4-7k (28k for the Si, 32-35k for the A-Spec + tech) for a set of options I couldn’t…

Go buy a Porsche. Basically everything is an option and a la carte. The options are also eye wateringly expensive. It isn’t unusual to spend 10k in options alone. 

Literally all I wanted from it was a better (more adjustable) driver’s seat. I liked literally everything else about the Si, including the fact that it was a cloth seat. A 30k manual trans Integra with power seats is where I would want to be.

Apple is as much a lifestyle store as a product store.

If you ever needed a case for “direct sales means you pay more money,” the Apple situation is exactly that. At any given time some retailer is running a deal on Airpods and/or Apple Watches. It might only be $20-$100, but on something that costs $150, $20 is a decent percentage below MSRP.

Question because I’m not intimately familiar with this team.

It’s honestly fine that you guys HAVE to do this, but don’t gaslight the commenters about what is going on here and why. Pretending their actual, valid complaints, are actually different, silly complaints is gross.

I’m not sure that’s the play. I think making the 86 a Lexus and running it in the 40-50 range would give them the lightweight chassis they need while avoiding the insane costs that come from simultaneously developing a chassis and drivetrain. 

Apparently, when specced with the manual and RWD, they’re around 3700 lbs. If you spec your car with the heavier trans and AWD, don’t act surprised when the weight balloons.

Anyone know if reliability has improved since Car and Driver (?) had theirs? I know they had a laundry list of issues during the long term test period.