Fair enough. But a lot of people making that point seem to miss the fact that 320 hp. was actually pretty powerful in 1993. Corvettes made 300, Mustang GTs made 215, and Porsche 911s made 247 back then. 

When you’re driving along and somebody throws a snowball at your car, you don’t necessarily know that it is a snowball, or that there’s not a rock in the middle of that snowball. And an object coming at a car from an unexpected direction could also startle a driver and cause a mishap.

It brings to mind a line from a Peter Egan article from years ago.

It’s not how I would build a performance engine (see F20C, C32B, B18C for that), but I also don’t share your take. I have a good friend who builds these things, and I’ve seen quite a few of them disassembled. The big parts were remarkably overbuilt, to the point that this really was an 800+ hp capable engine with…

Perhaps.

So you don’t have a problem with people throwing things at other people’s property? 

I’ve held a 2JZ-GTE crank in my hands. It weighs about 70 lbs.

These things were all over Southern California when I was a kid. Back then, I thought they were ugly. Now I think they look really cool, but there are hardly any around.

I understand it could have been accidental. But you do not get to tell other people how they should treat or value their property. And if you intentionally throw things at other people’s property, even a snowball, you’re being disrespectful. It’s not necessary, nor is it appropriate. How hard is it to just leave other…

I mean, technically speaking the 356 had a Volkswagen engine too.

I mean, it’s obviously an inappropriate response, and this person seems to have deeper issues, but can we just not throw things at other people’s property?

They are just making Camrys and Corollas. Toyota didn’t make this. 

This thing is the New Coke of cars. 

Nice try. I lived in Texas, among asswipes like you, for 30 years. That’s where I learned to be hateful.

Lol. I live, work, and pay taxes in a blue state. Most likely I’m paying your tab, not the other way around.

Good. I hope your flu gets worse. 

You must not have much of a life, then. 

Says the person who started with the insults.

That is a spurious source. And what ever happened to “nobody knows what it’ll cost?”

They’re also completely ignorant of the costs of continuing to do things as we are now. Climate change, droughts, fires, rising sea levels, health-care costs associated with illnesses brought on by pollution ... it’s not like those don’t have price tags attached.