So you had a rental Charger. That’s all we needed to know to make the entire rest of your argument completely moot. I can almost guarantee you that the charger either had all-season, or summer tires on it.

Also, as I’ve mentioned to plenty of other folks here, if you leave the traction aids on, the BRZ simply won’t…

Why? It’s actually kind of accurate... AWD is great, but it isn’t anywhere near as necessary in most cases as many people think.

My 86 does daily duty year round. I have a co-worker that laughs every time I talk about my snow tires, but he’s a certified appliance driver so I ignore most of what he says. On snow tires, this car is brilliant in snow, and the snow tires I have are actually pretty sporty. They are probably better in most conditions…

That’s no different than, say, driving on a racetrack in the summer, and driving on real roads in the summer. You don’t drove 10/10ths on public roads... A RWD car can behave perfectly normally in the snow when you aren’t purposely trying to hoon it. Especially with modern traction aids. It’s literally all but…

Actually I’ll believe it when I see it on dealer lots and a salesperson tries to talk me up into a Murano instead.

nobody with over a thousand dollars in “tuner parts, yo” is “no money”. “street racers” with more in wheels than the car is worth, ain’t trackday problems. And isn’t it still a benjamin ticket to run?

“People were so unbelievably aggressive with us once we got north of irvine, just random fucking guys pining for a go and it was unnerving at times. People just see someone in a sportscar, supercar, musclecar and just assume that “hey they’re driving that, they must want to go”.”

I likewise don’t know about track existence/accessibility in the LA area, but can assure you that most of these people would still race on the street even if they lived next door to a drag strip. Part of it is cost. Part of it is convenience. Part of it is a rebel mentality that makes it more exciting because it’s…

False, true SUVs are built on truck chassis, are BOF, or both.

Fast SUV’s are profitable. They are also fast. fun? I guess in that silly push you back in your seat while driving a crossover kind of feel.

People in the US apparently like to lift, bro. I don’t get it, either. I’d rather have a lower height to lift stuff into than try to stretch to get my stuff into a taller vehicle, especially if that taller vehicle isn’t really gaining me any practicality (ex: 4x4 vehicle suited for off-road adventures).

Wanna know how to kill the SUV/CUV/Crossover market? Wanna know why I’m looking at a Honda HR-V

This is completely true. I’ve found that most IKEA flatpack furniture will fit in my BRZ tS with the rear seat folded down. I only have room to park a single car, and since “fun to drive” is a requirement for my mental and emotional well-being, a car that is a blast to drive and can do 98% of things I need it to do…

Why would you look at HRV, for those who cant have Miata for practical reasons but want fun in a small package Mazda made CX3( based on one of the best superminis ever, Mazda 2) next to which most CUVs and remaining subcompacts are as fun as Zombies, also aside from higher ride height CUVs are hardly more practical…

“I can spend 30k on a tiny little sportsthing that will do everything poorly bit handle great or 30k for a CUV that will do everything well but not be as fun to drive”

This will always be my favorite bubble era wackiness

This!!

Correction: This story originally called the new series “American Rallycross.” It has been changed.

Also, “central america” is a big scam, they’re all part of north America up to Ecuador.

America is a continent, not a country. Can be anywhere from the northern tip of Canada (or the northernmost point in Greenland, since it’s technically in North America) through the southern tip of Chile (or the southernmost point in the Sandwich Islands, since they’re also technically South America).