Only way I can think to explain it is that there is a pure joy in using skill to accomplish something difficult. Probably the same thrill mathletes get doing competitions, or a chef gets when creating a new dish. That’s why manual transmissions in unreliable, unforgiving death traps are so much fun: the more difficult…

At the risk of feeding a potential troll, pre-X Evos (I’m assuming since you said no nannies) are one of the easiest cars there are to drive at the limit without aids. I have 20+ track days in a IX, and many more in other cars, plus I drove the **** out of my IX on the street because I was young and stupid. Tires…

Feeling the mist? Also, those gold rims are the business and I normally don’t like blingy things.

Big palms, normal fingers? If so, try to find a shop that stocks Taichi or the Triumph branded ones. I wear 2-4x depending on the brand, but the finger tips flop. There is one gauntlet style Taichi with a split knuckle, very comfy but hard to find to try on. The Triumph rain gloves are the only cold weather gloves…

I’m liking them on the street, and my tires never last long. It’s an Sti so I have to do every 2nd lap as a cool down due to the motor anyways. 100+ ambients most track days.

Thanks for the info. I bought the 71s before there were any reviews, based on an assumption they would be similar to the 11s and needing tires right now because my OEM tires delaminated at the track...that was a mess. I miss RA1s, they were great on street and track.

Why are the 71s just for autox? I was under the impression the *spec were more of a autox tire, heat up quickly but get greasy quickly too, and that the 11s were decent track tires. I put 71s on my car but haven’t had time to try ‘um out at the track yet, so curious if there is something I should know about them. RA1s…

Ratcheting. I have mine labeled with which PITA bolt they reach that would be a nightmare with an open one. (Under the intake, the 2nd bolt on my fixed backs, etc). If you are really on a budget, just the one little one that fits screw driver heads. Sometimes it is the only way to get them in there.

I’ll 2nd the impact driver. I have that model I think, and I use it more often than I use a drill. It’s also the first thing I make sure is in my track bag. I’d go with a fancy battery if the price works but I can get 4 wheels off/on/off/on with one charge on the standard battery. Also all the carpenters I know have…

To paraphrase Knockaround Guys, Regular Car Reviews is unlikeable.

My sister wants me to settle down and so she signed me up for some dating site. Of the women posing on bikes on their profiles that I’ve contacted, so far only 1 actually rides. Stuff like that plus the way products are marketed are probably why most men don’t believe women ride just from seeing them in pictures. One…

“do their own maintenance or have a friend do it” How are those the same enough to count as one catagory?

Back when fast cars’ only job was to be fast, not to coddle people who barely know how to drive. I’d have worded it differently, but I do miss cars that took skill to master.

I love me some E30, especially in M version, and was seriously looking for one a few years ago, but they are crap. Let me explain...Not there is too much, let me sum up:

Google cars already drive like assholes. I see a lot of them, and I’ve consistently seen this one issue which technically would be the other person’s fault, but really it is the G car that causes the accident.

This happens more often than most people think. I have seen it a bunch of times at work, as well as once with an acquaintence.

Does it feel like a normal parallel twin? I don’t know how a 270 crank affects it, but I’ve never liked the feel of a PT. Not as bad as a s̶e̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶a̶c̶h̶i̶n̶e̶ triple, but bad enough that I’ve never considered actually buying one.

I haven’t driven an FA car, but I like old school turbo motors with a big boost kick. The Sti has all the downsides of the old turbos plus a low redline (especially on stock pistons), but without the big kick. I’d let it die. I also don’t like that it sounds like an angry turkey. With enough aftermarket parts, I think…

When did it get so bad? With my ‘12, Ford told me to sit and spin and threatened to cancel my warranty. Back when I was a lad driving a ‘95 Bronco, which was a car that you could write a book about the issues it had, they jumped to get it right again. They even pulled parts off a new F150 to swap on because the parts…

The 4G63 was just as old, iirc, and it was better because they actually used real pistons and kept improving the snail.