It’s not jalop enough until there’s a second steering wheel for those rears.

Flamesuit on, but it think this is a WAY cooler design than the 911s of the same years that everyone seems to fellate.

The Mini enthusiast hive mind and my own mini-only mechanic recommend the 05-06 supercharged manuals. Completely different from the grenade-on-wheels second gen turbos.

Yep in LA and heard the same thing. The cx9 and manual Miata in particular. They can’t keep them in stock in my part of town.

Serious question: What if it’s flipped, and the aggressor is drunk? Should you be able to apply that logic both ways?

This! Arguing against BSM is like arguing against rear view mirrors because “a good driver would just turn his head”.

Wow somebody’s really thunking their nerd junk on the table this morning. Who needs coffee amirite?

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... right, which is why he said that ride sharing might be here to stay, but perhaps not Uber.

Because addinng these little software additions are super SUPER cheap compared to complex, interconnected and regulated goals like “make a more efficient and reliable engine”.

What I got out of this is that convertibles are great and the U.K. is shitty.

I assume it’s branding. 20 year old buys a civic, then comes back 10 years later and wants “another civic” because brand loyalty, but is 30 and now wants something larger/more refined and can afford it. And so the “civic” turns into the accord because what they really want is an accord but want it to be called a…

But isn’t the fit the new actual-civic? A lot of companies seem to grow the named car like this, and then when it’s no longer like the original, they re-release another entry level car under a different name.

To me, it as least is TRYING to not look like every other car... which is something.

This got me thinking... So the dream of a unified and interconnected standard for self driving cars... is that really going to be a thing or are we going to go through proprietary and incompatible nonsense for the next couple decades? Are there any voluntary standards board, open source agreements, or govt agencies…

Aah gotcha. Sounds like a solid weekend plan btw.

Yeah I mean they’re being pretty clear about this being tuned specifically for drag. Drag with turns is called a track, and there’s this whole other word for cars tuned for that.

Oh come on man that’s not fair. They also take it to the Montessori school to show off to the other moms while they drop off their kid, and then say shit like “Melissa thinks she’s so cool In her tesla but everyone knows the p70 is The cheap one.”

That ship has sailed. Against even Honda’s preferences, The new fit is tuned for grandmas now because the old driving dynamics were often derided as being “too rough” by buyers. At least we have ford!

Agree. On a test drive I was SHOCKED at how they managed to make a manual, short wheelbase, 2300 lbs car drive like an Oldsmobile Cutlass.