This is a pretty strong point, actually, although you could make the argument that BCS begins in 2002 or so, which would make the oldest Esteems 7 years old at that point. Given that it’s a bottom of the trash heap commuter car, it almost seems probably that, through a combination of neglect and poor build quality,…

Oh, that’s a really great one. Honorable mention to the Dude’s Gran Torino in the Big Lebowski:

I’m not going to debate the merits of your argument here, because I can’t be moved to care about a 280 all that much, but let it be said that no one has ever nailed the lead character’s crappy car better than Jimmy’s Suzuki Esteem in Better Call Saul:

Man hates himself for considering content instead of badging because he hates people who consider badging instead of content?

which I had always considered little more than a parts bin special 911.

There’s a second picture in the instagram post which has the after. I don’t believe those are stock and they’re a travesty even if they are.

The 92Eight

Yeah the GT3 isn’t designed to be a daily driver

Re: your nitpick on price, I present the sticker price of my ‘04 40th anniversary edition 911 (no, I did not pay anything remotely near this price for the car). This number is in fake Canada dollars, so the actual USD list price at the time would have been about $103k by my math. Adjusted for inflation, an ‘04 40th…

This was, aside from Le Mans, the best motorsport experience of my life. The open paddock and positive attitude of those involved with the racing towards fans in the paddock was astounding. I made eye contact with Sebastian Loeb! I fist bumped Tanner Foust (quite the reach down)! A greeting nod from Mattias Ekstrom!

You think about the surveillance systems, the cameras, or the police presence

Those are the same range and speed specs that my ‘71 Honda Trail 90 has; this would have the added benefit of not soaking you in eau de gasoline on a commute, but I can tell from personal experience that even for a surface street commuter a 40-50mph top speed can be a real pain. The value proposition here…

Agreed.

“Elon’s tweet was simply a recognition of the fact that unlike Tesla, we’re not aware of a single UAW-represented automaker that provides stock options or restricted stock units to their production employees, and UAW organizers have consistently dismissed the value of Tesla equity as part of our compensation…

• Tighter rear constant transaxle with a mechanical limited-slip differential and torque vectoring, which you can’t get on the standard Carrera

“If you have a garage” jesus fucking christ

This is why, if you have a garage, you park your cars in the garage instead of using it like an expensive (mortgages aren’t cheap) storage unit.

Was at Ashe Thursday night and while I don’t know how it compared to last night I can say I definitely wished for death a few times. Zero circulation.