Right, but having your hands on the wheel doesn’t mean you’re giving steering inputs. It’s a matter of being ready to react if something upsets/changes the trajectory of the vehicle.

Good pavement is one thing, but that doesn’t account for a stick or dead animal in the road. Keep trying to justify it any way you want, driving with one hand on the wheel at excessive speeds is dumb no matter how good the pavement is or how modern and precise the steering of the vehicle. You could have a blowout at…

The issues isn’t in having to wrestle a wheel while driving straight, it comes if he hit a pothole, bump, or object laying in the road. Anything that would upset the car would require very fast reaction time at that speed, and having a hand off the wheel increases the risk of a crash by a lot. It’s dumb, regardless of…

His only hope might be a fiat that eliminates all speed limits and forgives any currently pending infractions.

Driving with only one hand on the wheel from 169mph to 184mph, extra smart.

England gets the Yaris GRMN and 2018 Fiesta ST, America gets the same boring Yaris and an Ecosport ST... *sigh*

Great, another “off-roader” that can’t actually off-road with any real competency or be modded for proper 4x4 shenanigans.

Yeah, I drive an FR-S so I’m used to low cars too. But agreed, getting in my buddy’s 4C was not easy. haha

Sometimes I’ll drive over to a forest preserve near work to take a lunch time nap. On occasion there’s a lady who is easily mid-50s or older with a grey BRZ there too. Never talked to her, but obviously a cool person. haha

Yep.

300ZX is 48.3 to 49.5″
MX-5 is 48.6 to 48.8″
 
So the same to slightly lower.

Only issue is that it has a lower ride height than the 300ZX.

This is easy; Subaru BRZ. It hits price point, looks great, isn’t too fast (definitely no worries there), and will definitely throw people for a look if they see a 79yo lady get out of it. I know of a few older women in the Chicagoland/eastern central IL area that drive them actually. Only ding against it might be…

Pretty much exactly how I’d spec one. Would DD.

I’m prepared, but it will be a great feeling when I see one.

Growing up my dad drove a ‘91 Corolla DX Wagon with a manual for years. Pretty much exactly like the one pictured below. I liked the car then, but as I got older I’ve realized more and more how cool that car is. I wish he hadn’t sold it and I could’ve bought…

I think I get most excited when I make this discovery with “normal,” non sports, cars. When I start seeing the new Corolla Hatchbacks in the wild, you can bet your ass I’ll be walking up to each one I can to see what sort of gearbox it has.

Growing up in Mesa, AZ there was an elderly lady in my neighborhood with a red S13 coupe. Looked like it was practically in showroom condition and had a proper gearbox. I’ll need to see if it’s still there when I go visit next month.

PSS are also not good track tires. Great performance street tire, but not something I’d buy for track days.

Nope

The Veloster N genuinely has my attention as a potential new DD.

I’m guessing you rented the Swift through Rent4Ring, I drove one there last year for 4 laps and absolutely loved it. You’re right, it had crazy amounts of grip. Like a giant go-kart. Even though I know it was significantly prepped over a stock one, the…