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I like cars like this. It says to the world "I am a bad person and I make poor decisions". Saves me the trouble of having to find out for myself.

Jesse James is a total dirt bag, but frankly he was a dirt bag when he married Sandra. What the hell did she expect? At least he was out using the car they way it was intended, tearing up deserted Texas roads. I cannot see him making the list.

Sure, you can live with it. Having only driven one for about 15 minutes, I can tell you that car feels every bit of its track prep. I would never want it as my only car.

I don't think anyone argues the GT3's track abilities, but it is pretty excruciating on the road. Both of those others do well on and off the track.

Cool story bro.

Agreed. Pitching this as a Corvette competitor is silly. The Sl65 can exist in the same world as the Z06 and both have followings for different reasons. The Viper needs to embrace its "awesomeness for awesomeness sake" heritage. Chrysler clearly gets that, hence the Hellcats.

Fortunately, nothing of value was lost.

Will it Baby is probably my favorite concept at the moment.

Really, I don't think the Challenger qualifies. I don't know of anyone that pretends like they are serious performance machines. They are just cool looking noisy muscle car throwbacks. Silly? Sure. But to pose you need to pretend to be something you are not.

You, now, I rode along on a couple of laps in 2012 V6 Auto Mustang by a semi-pro racer. I was impressed. That car is much better on the track than most of us could ever hope to be.

Exactly 2 were sold in 2012, the last year of the manual.

The machinery, sure, but what is another team going to do with someone else's exhaust manifolds? That carbon fiber is all car-specific too. I am sure collectors and hobbyists will drive up the prices, but I don't think their is much that McLaren is itching to get their hands on.

Agreed. As a former '73 and '69 911 owner people have seriously rose-tinted glasses about the 993 and the previous cars. Were they good? Oh ya. But it is like people hating on the 458 in favor or your 360. Or more properly, hating on the 360 because it runs where as real Ferrari's, like the 355, shouldn't.

That is some serious relativist BS.

Not at all. There is corruption in the US. There is almost ONLY corruption in China. I can, with full confidence, point my finger at China and say it is wildly, and sickeningly corrupt. It is shamefully corrupt. Children die because of poisoned infant formula. That is corrupt. Fake tires that get people killed are

I don't know that I would go as far as to say the Chinese factory owners are good at business or in any way less corrupt. (Though some are, to be sure). But being successful in China has more to do with the ability to bribe officials and work the system than with actual business acuity.

I will not defend some of the excesses of the US, but I think most people would be stunned at the level of corruption that allows these kids to do their thing. Dodging taxes is child's play compared to what is going on in China. How do you think Environmental Ministers are sending the their children to American

While price isn't a good metric for quality, you would be hard pressed to find many real aficionados that couldn't tell a good bottle from a crappy one. I hear people say things like what you said and it simply isn't true. What is true is that many average people cannot tell a difference, but don't confuse an

Its an on-again off-again thing. For a while they said "no more track days" then they said would allow some. COTA is hurting for money big time, so they started allowing them again. Its crazy expensive, something like $60,000 a day so even most clubs cannot do it.

I think the issue here is that most of the people wouldn't know they were buying knockoffs. Consumer Reports certainly didn't mean to. Fake watches are an annoyance. Fake brake pads, tires and gas pressure monitoring systems (all of which have been faked) are a real danger because people are getting duped without