I learned to drive a stick in a friend's Challenger SRT8. Best car to learn to drive stick in ever. Well, most fun. Not easiest.
I learned to drive a stick in a friend's Challenger SRT8. Best car to learn to drive stick in ever. Well, most fun. Not easiest.
Yeah, if it had a longhorn skull on the grill or something like that, I'd be impressed. (Full disclosure, I intend to get a longhorn skull that I can attach/detach magnetically for my next vehicle). As it is? Just an orange Silverado with a Longhorns sticker on the tailgate.
If this hits production lines, I will do whatever is necessary to purchase one.
It's a Miata. As long as it's still fun to drive, who cares? The whole point of the car is fun, fun, and, later, some more fun.
Hell, I live in South Florida (a.k.a. old people central), and I can't understand why people drive the speed limit or (especially!) below.
If the torque steer doesn't get any worse, fine. Stay FWD. Otherwise? AWD all the Speed3s! Of course, having both available as options would be cool.
Why not just shove the engine in the trunk, and make a rear-engined, front wheel drive Hellcat Dart?
No to the leather seats in Florida.... Those things get really painfully hot, really quick down here 9 months out of the year. Going into the grocery store to pick up some eggs? No problem, your seats just hit 110 degrees. Or feel like it.
Always go for nice cloth when it's available down here. I suppose it's a nice…
Heated seats.
Speed: Ford Mustang Boss 302
'07 Camry V6, must have around 140,000 miles. If you find one like that, it'll cost around $8.5K . 268 hp, no torque steer, and a transmission that's a little too ready to drop a couple gears. No, seriously. Floor it on the highway, and unless you're going Texas speeds, it drops into 4th. From 6th. Even when 5th is…
Come, now! This is Jalopnik! Clearly, the answer is Miata. If you need something a bit more practical, stick-shift Mazda3, VW Jetta/Golf/Rabbit (MKV/MK VI), or a Focus hatch.
Not particularly. However, the Supremacy Clause only applies to the sixteen Powers apportioned to Congress in Article 1. Funny how none of those powers says "Congress shall have the Power to Overrule any State Law", or, "Congress shall have the Power to Determine how Goods are Sold". The Federal government is supposed…
Actually, that was the Supreme Court reminding the States that they, too, had to follow the Constitution, not just when it is convenient. Too bad it virtually never tells the federal government that.
Unfortunately, what the interstate commerce clause means is that the various states cannot levy their own tariffs, not that just because a good at some point crossed a state border that the federal government can control how it is sold, etc.
Pretty cool... but I live in Florida, so winter tires are a non-issue. Heck, as far south as I live, you can safely run summer performance tires all year round. I prefer all-seasons, since they tend to last longer, but I have friends that run summers all year.
The point of a car isn't just to get you to work, to the grocery store, etc. The point is that it gets you to those places on your schedule, and not the schedule of whoever runs the buses, etc. And Americans, on some level, understand that very well. It's the reason most people can hardly wait for their sixteenth…
And our Golf lasted us eight years, with no problems except an A/C compressor that was totally our fault.(failed because it wasn't turned on a single time for five years. Seals dried out, and the compressor gave in.) For that matter, I have several friends with Vee-dubs that are in better shape than my family's Camry…
Under all the ugly, it's actually a pretty good car. Decent mileage, comfortable ride, you can put a ton of stuff in the back. But all that ugly is hard to get past.