Counterpoint: the best thing about that engine is that it would rev freely to its 8,200 RPM fuel cutoff and sound amazing doing it, and was pure joy between 5,000 and 7,800 RPM (redline). A turbo would have likely invalidated both of these points. I had one for 20 years...and 382,000 miles, so it was also bulletproof. …

You’re spitting economically sound business principals into the Corporations = Bad wind here. You will never convince those with the powerfully sound argument of “get fucked”, whose job descriptions do not include making payroll or paying stockholders, of anything different.

I’ve got a MKVII GTI and had to leave it for a day for a fuel pump recall. My loaner was a 2018 golf. I scheduled this for a day I had a 450 mile roundtrip to Pittsburg for a meeting, and I was shocked at how nice and competent the regular Golf was. The interior was a bit less upscale than the GTI but miles ahead of…

I’ll make a small criticism of the income tax issue - if you have 1 or more kids in America and make $40k to $60k (and preferably married), you likely pay ZERO income taxes. Between the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, you actually stand a good chance of getting all your money back PLUS even more money…

I love, love, love driving, even the mundane commutes - because I’d barely listen to podcasts otherwise - but even I cannot wait for the day when the news of the latest hurricane/Middle East drama/pipeline battle elicits a 100% shrug of uncaring as it relates to oil, because oil has lost its economic and political…

When we began our 3rd car replacement journey, I was pushing an S2000 hard, but my wife could not get past it being...just a Honda. She knows not what she is looking it. She probably would not enjoy driving one anyway with the peaky engine and the noise. I ultimately vetoed a Boxster as I want to be able to repair it…

I have an SE manual 4-door with the LP. Kicking myself for no PP but lesson’s learned. I still love the car, does basically everything insanely competently, but lacks some soul, espcialy in the enginer/sound department. We had a TDI wagon we sold back in 2018. I LOVED the size and utility of that car and desperately…

Interesting, but how they could sell a “sports” car with such an issue is absurd.  

And one more thing, I want a high(er) revving non-turbo engine, which is why a Boxster was in the mix. Turbos just don’t have the personality of N/A. This could be the final chance to get a N/A, manual, RWD lightweight sporty car, literally ever again.

Automatic transmission is a 100% deal-breaker for me. It’s a third car for me and my wife, so intended to be fun and is certainly fast enough for non-track work. I’m also not after value - my old third car (Celica GT-S) which I‘d had for 20 years was totaled by a deer. We wanted a convertible to replace it. I wanted…

Nope. Bigger throttle body, larger intake & exhaust valves, new piston shaping with lighter pistons & con rods, revised valve timing, stiffer crankshaft with revised balance. It’s the type of stuff engine builders used to do before “turn up the boost” became the go-to solution.  

We’re in the market right now for an RF. Probably new, but even if used, I don’t even look at pre-2019 models. The engine reviews are night & day with the new engine. And it’s not just power and redline, but they lightened some internals so it revs easier. I have not actually driven the old engine, but nearly all the…

We drove up to the Canadian GP from Pennsylvania in 2015 and found Montreal to be an excellent city, and at that time of year can’t be beat for weather and daylight. The metro was so easy to use - and shockingly cheap - and made access to the race so easy. The people were friendly everywhere and I know enough French…

And they are also not going to get rich on 0.25% on the savings and their $20/hour.  So how do they do it?

Thanks, I had never seen that! The way he slides/pivots that into every apex so perfectly (except the one at the end he duffs into the berm), he hits more apexes here than I hit in a year of track driving. What is that needle in the cockpit that is frantically changing all the time, a boost gauge?

Hot dam that car looks good in profile.

The tree of liberty must be occasionally watered with the tears of idiots.

Nope, only the State Police can. Watch for the white lines painted across the road, it’s how they time you between the lines. Also, there are 3500 municipalities in PA, each with it’s own police force...unless they cannot afford it, which is a LOT of them, so they rely on the SP, but they are spread so thin that basica…

My boss used to live in Jordan Point, I know the area well. VA cops are the worst, they are everywhere with radar. I moved (back) to PA in 2012 where local cops cannot use radar, the backroads are 100X better here. Still have the same boss though, but he sold his JP mansion and cabin cruiser.

Question from a non-offroader - does insurance cover stuff like this?