It’s disappointing how few people get the Thunder Muscle reference when I make it. Such a great show, and an eerily similar parallel to this situation. Just replace an F1 team with a snooker player. haha

Was wondering when you guys would end up writing about this.

Has anyone else noticed that Rich Energy is essentially the real-life version of Thunder Muscle from The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret?

An MR2 Spyder is 100% the right answer here.

Yes, the US moved toward a service economy long ago, and we are *good* at it. We aren’t going to compete on the world stage by “bringing back” textile, coal, steel and horse and buggy jobs while deregulating all environmental protections.

This one is excellent. Easily my favorite tool I own.

Took me thinking I’d screwed up like 3 Harbor Freight specials before I wised up and just spent the money on a good one. lol

Lol ah gotchya. Nah, I remember that one too. Been here a good while myself, just didn’t make the connection to the tire pressure thing. haha

Well this one isn’t digital, it’s mechanical. :) I probably bought 3 different low-end torque wrenches before this one, and ended up having to replace them from forgetting to turn down the wrench when I was done. That’s $60 gone already, would’ve eventually added up to more than this one in time.

You can easily find…

Not sure what your point here is. Are you suggesting that I’m wrong about it not needing to be turned down? Because split-beam torque wrenches don’t.

Edit: Here’s a link to an article explaining why. http://www.superstreetonline.com/how-to/aftermarket-parts/0403ec-tool/

This is one of my best tool investments ever. I screwed around with $20 Pittsburgh torque wrenches from HF for awhile, but would always forget to back them off after use, usually because I’d be rushing around getting ready for the next autox runs or HPDE session. This one is a set it and forget it solution, and I love…

That’s only for road racing. Autocross, track days, and even time attack (or time trials as SCCA refers to them) can be done with a stock car.

You can find parts from a lot of cars at Blackhawk. lol

I can understand this argument, but only to a point. Sure, Chicagoland is somewhat of an outlier with an excellent location near a number of race tracks. But you can find road courses, drag strips (which often have skid pad areas that will host amateur drift days/nights), and even kart tracks that will host events for…

I live in Chicago and have had a kid on a local FR-S/BRZ/86 group say that the reason he hasn’t gone to the track because there aren’t any close to him. Clearly a bullshit excuse. Here’s a quick breakdown of tracks near Chicago.

~1 hour drive: Autobahn Country Club
~2 hour drive: Blackhawk Farms Raceway, GingerMan…

Definitely a valid point. There can certainly be some exclusivity, I think often track day/autox folks come off as morally superior or like they’re sitting up on a high horse (guilty of this myself at times). But if you come to an event showing a genuine interest to learn, and check your ego at the door, you’ll often…

I’ve argued with these sort of morons over the interwebz quite a bit, as the Toyobaru community has quite a few of them (mostly of the Initial-D wannabe street drifting sort).

Many are ignorant to the number of legal and affordable venues for such automotive shenanigans, which is kinda dumb in its own right since…

With that sorta buying power you could probably get one near the ‘Ring too!

My mostly stock FR-S (has TRD wheels, an oil cooler, and muffler delete) with 20k miles less than this car and a clean title is worth right around $10k.

(Toyobarus have depreciated horribly lol)

Damn, according to Automotive News the dollar is super strong!

I’m pretty sure Rich Energy is the real life version of Thunder Muscle, from The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. Essentially a sham/MLM-ish energy drink company that is heavy on marketing/brand hype and lacking on anything substantive.