I've seen propane torches, that's nothing new. I'm more curious about the chemical free blowtorches you're talking about.

Fun Fact:

I am opposed on principle to technology that enables careless driving.

Looks like a nice price, except it doesn't run and nobody's quite sure why.

Yeah, the manual's a bit quicker than the CVT. I think the CVT imprezas do 0-60 in 9.something.

11 seconds?

That is an extraordinary car which I would happily buy for half of the price listed.

+1

Looks VW to me. Or Audi.

It would be a nice price if they'd left it stock. Crack pipe as it is, though.

I'm curious about this chemical free blowtorch you speak of.

Seatbelts.

If you're determined to talk on the phone, eat, etc while driving, you're better off in an automatic.

When I was first learning to drive stick, around 4-5 years after learning to drive a car with an automatic transmission, I could tell that the other areas of my driving was suffering. For example, I'd be so focused on making sure I was getting into the correct gear for a turn that I'd forget to signal. Stuff like…

Hill Holder question:

Good for her, she sounds like a very bright and motivated young woman.

Fair enough, it's tough to quantify other measures of tire performance, since it varies so greatly based on conditions and the car's suspension setup.

As the article said, durability isn't the only factor in tire selection. You've also gotta consider traction under various conditions, the amount of road noise from the tires, etc. I don't know what the tires were that you were looking at, but I'd bet that there's a substantial difference somewhere other than…

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