Threshold humor levels for COTD have apparently come down.

There is a whole segment in the film where Clarkson is driving it on their track. It did a 1:29.6, “same as a 5 liter Mustang.” 

The problem with normally hinged doors is that even if you have a few inches to get your kid out with, longer hinged doors will severely limit your ability to get your kid out.

This whole season has been a drastic improvement over the first season of tgt and the last few seasons of the old top gear. Sure it’s plenty scripted and such, but the cars films have been outstanding (loved the one on Quattro and Lancia) and the guys look like they’re having fun now.

Easy win for the QX80. Gas and insurance are super cheap when you’re too embarrassed to take your car out of the garage.

If a 2-year old, lightly used one is a few thousand less expensive, that gap closes if the buyer can get better financing on the new one, plus there is more warranty left. For many buyers, that’s enough to decide to buy new.

Thanks for the quick reply!

It will be interesting to see if GM follows Ford’s lead in marketing the Mustang (which I believe has been a bit of a hit) in Europe.

I think you’re forgetting that the factory Zonda had a split rear wing with aluminum struts holding it out on the ends. He just replaced those aluminum struts with plexi plates. I don’t think it looks any less “half-baked” than the originals.

Got to add a NOS sticker as well.

ABS isn’t meant to reduce stopping distances. It’s meant to allow more control. If having it in 4WD lets you lock up all 4 wheels because locking one effectively locks at least 2 then this could be the explanation.

Engineer here:

Nah, it’s shit, because the batteries should never have been allowed to become damaged in the first place. If smartphone battery regulators had rules to never charge above 70% capacity and never deplete below 30%, the batteries would last 20 years. But that would mean fatter phones (which wouldn’t bother me), more raw…

The flying car is not really a technological problem: it’s a people problem.

Did you get discount pricing on Cat machines too? I’d love to have a D-11 to play with on my 1 acre lot in the suburbs. Neighbors might not like it, but screw ‘em.

Because our Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards cut us off from the rest of the world market to the point where if a car can’t be guaranteed to sell in massive numbers, it isn’t worth the cost of adapting to meet our requirements. If we just had reciprocity with the EU, you’d be free to buy an Up! from a dealership…

It’s a friggin automatic with a transbrake. It’s not that hard. I’ve driven many, many transbrake cars and they are really easy. Forget about the magazine people though, THE FACTORY DRIVERS COULDN’T GO FASTER THAN 10.50!!! I’m sorry, but being nearly 9/10ths off of the claimed time, no matter what the conditions, is…

Not refusing them, just saying that no one should be surprised when anyone says that FCA’s not doing so well. You have to provide a balanced product line, and a bunch of shitty cars with big engines is definitely not a balanced product line. Look at Ford, or even Chevy for how to do it right.

“I don’t know about BMW and Mercedes, but Audi underrate their 0-60 times massively.”

When did I say I like FCA’s products? I don’t like Jeep.