maybe you're in high school right now

Found the rally champ

great history lesson! I appreciate the thorough answer

Well nowadays we put different tires on for rain. Regulation is a better guess.

Nope. That's not an answer, Roberto. At this point in history, engineers must have known for decades (I understate) that bigger contact patches improve nearly every aspect of a car's performance. Hell, that's why they made the tires so wide. So, since they knew that, how come the tires weren't slick, like they are…

question: how come old racing tires always seem to have grooves?

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Kind of a weird thing to say, but that's a good lookin' cage. Lets face it—some cages look better than others, despite looks totally not being an element of their design.

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Focus ST owners trying to find those wheels for their own cars in 3, 2, 1...

My friend's got one like this, a little older I'm guessing because it has round headlamps ('79). He bought it non-running but has since repaired it and continues to do all the maintenance himself. It's his DD and work vehicle—his job is transporting bounce houses to and from parties.

Raph, you need to MLG more car footie for us.

Has science gone too far?

"707" has got to be the official number of 2014, I'm convinced

I'd guess 4AT played a major role in your disappointment; if you only have 100hp, you definitely want the manual.

My dad has a 100 mi commute and still uses a Miata. Your move, Jalopnik.

Mt. Hamilton's a helluva road, that's for sure. Towards the bottom on my list of roads to go missing on.

Bad things always seem to happen when you go offorad...