It’s funny, I was just going to post something about how much smaller my 997 feels compared to my previous 991.2, but when I look at the dimensions online, they are almost the same size.

This is how these toxic platforms prevail - creating the sense that you must be on there or you’ll be excluded from meaningful social and commercial interaction. They simultaneously tell their users “you must be here to be part of society,” while utterly abdicating the responsibility that comes with being the very…

Came here to ask something similar. Has Mazda managed to go from offering the least compelling EV on the market to the only EV that actually needs more oil changes than a normal car?

The “mostly” part is why FSD is so misleading. It’s not “mostly” in a predictable way (for example, no need for any driver intervention or attention on divided highways), it’s “mostly” as in stay in a state of attention in case it disengages or encounters one of the many scenarios it can’t interpret. To me this is…

Standard hybrids don’t have 600 lbs of batteries to cart around.

In some ways the weight of the PHEV cars is the worst, since for a good chunk of the car’s driving time, it’s often empty and therefore just 600lbs or more of dead weight being dragged around. Many people in the UK got PHEVs as company cars because of the lower benefit-in-kind tax accorded to their nominally much…

I would be hard pressed to pick the M440i over the i4 M50. But I guess it’s probably hard to get the EV in any kind of reasonable timeframe.

But they did make the Escort Cosworth. And I still have a soft spot for the previous generation XR3i and Turbo RS variants.

Agreed. The previous generation had some terribly dated aspects to the interiors, but they felt like bespoke vehicles, made by people who were dedicated to making the most beautiful and unique cars they could, without the resources of a major manufacturer.

It is way over, for sure. But if it’s an end user vs a flipper, he or she may just have got sick of trying to find the right one and paid up. And anyone who can drop $250k on a Ferrari that is likely an occasional summer ride can drop another $65k without losing much sleep. On a much smaller scale, I did this with my…

The F430 is a manual. I’m certain no manuals can be found for anything like half that price. And the F430 has the distinction of being the last Ferrari sold with a proper manual. I’m not saying this justifies the price, but the post is comparing F1 F430s with manuals, and they just aren’t the same thing. I believe…

How is Polestar to work for? I’m looking forward to seeing their next generation of vehicles.

This model has been available to order on the Polestar site since October of last year in Canada. Not sure why it took them so long to make it available in the US.

I definitely don’t think it will feel slow for maneuvers such as merging and passing. We had a Kia Soul EV (the 64 kWh battery version that I don’t believe is sold in the US), which was a 7.5 second 0-60 car. The instant torque made it feel much faster, and mid-range acceleration also felt very strong. The only issue…

One of the best drives I’ve ever experienced was in a 987, up Cypress mountain, near Vancouver. So balanced, engaging and easy to drive fast.

Caymans really are great cars though. I think a  newer / nicer Cayman would actually feel more special than a 996.

That article is very interesting, thanks for sharing. But it doesn’t change the reality that the best study we have (Bangladesh) showed a slight benefit from masks, and confused the issue further by combining masks with other behavioural changes. In addition, at the end of the study, the antibody levels were virtually…

There really isn’t much good data to say masks work. The high quality pre-Covid RCT studies on mask efficacy mostly showed little or no efficacy. There are high quality studies that further showed no difference between N95 and surgical masks in controlling the spread of flu in healthcare workers who had been trained…

Infiniti QX80. Absolutely hideous exterior styling, Real Housewives of New Jersey interior styling, no redeeming qualities at all other than being big.