Hell no, SLC is super easy to get around. You tell me you live near 1700 South and 900 East (or 17th South, 9th East to locals) I know about where you live in my head, even if I’ve never been there. Not to mention everything is square and the streets are large.

You’re thinking of the 9-2X, which is a WRX with a different nose and leather seats.

Tesla got a lot of stuff from the Mercedes parts bin; steering column, shifter, steering rack, suspension, and I’m sure some more.

I totally agree. One of the reasons I like Gran Turismo is because it’s like a virtual car collection. I can buy all of the cars I want, but I know I won’t have in real life. Oh look at this cool weird Japanese car, only 15,000 credits? How can I not buy it!

Well then you should have given up on Nissan/Datsun 2 years ago, my friend.

Fun Fact, Hexcel (a carbon fiber manufacturer) in West Valley City, Utah has one of these chassis sitting in their attic storage. A kid I went to school with had an internship there and snapped some pictures and shared it with our Formula SAE team. It unfortunately doesn’t have an engine, but still, not the kind of…

Volvo trucks is owned by the Volvo Group, Volvo Cars is owned by Geely. Totally different companies now. Just like how Mitsubishi Fuso is owned by Daimler, and Mitusbishi is a separate company.

He is off throttle, what’s happening is the wastegate is opening off-throttle, so the turbo isn’t boosting, especially since there is already boost in the system. With a race car like this, they don’t care about turbo life, so if there is compressor surge (turbo fluttering noise), which is hard on turbo bearings, it’s…

That’s no blow off valve. That’s the external wastegate. Cars like this don’t run blow off valves, so they can keep the boost up.

Mercedes never sold the G-wagon in the U.S. until 2002. All G-wagons brought in before that were grey market imports, or third party companies who paid to have them federalized. However it shouldn’t be a problem to import. There are a lot of diesel G-wagons in the U.S. that have been imported legally.

To be fair, about 80% of the things you showed moving, also move on a C-class.

Tanner Foust was the other stunt driver for that movie. In the scene on the plane they are actually both sitting in the row in front of the main character talking to each other.

The other know-it-all thought it was a spark plug. The OP identified it correctly as the fuel injector. It’s just worded a bit funny.

Haha, what’s hilarious is that the Focus is bigger than a Model A in EVERY dimension.

Except you have to remember Casino Royale came out in 2006, so it’s probably got the same parking brake setup.

Good to know I’m not the only one with a car whose owners manual doesn’t fit in the glove box. The glove box on a Mercedes GLA is hilariously tiny. At least in your Aston the manual fits, but doesn’t close. Mine doesn’t even fit in the box . I have the manual stuffed in one of the pockets in the hatch area instead.

You don’t even have to chop the top off. All of those vans come in a cab-chassis configuration. Just add your own bed.

Leblanc is currently a main character on the BBC TV show “Episodes” which has been on air since 2011 and has great reviews. The show is also on Showtime in the US. So for a new TV show I think Leblanc is a bigger deal than a radio host.

Nope, Rally America explicitly calls out hardtop-converted convertibles as being illegal. I think it is because the hardtop is not part of the unibody structure and only bolted on. They actually specifically say in the rule book that a Miata or Wrangler can’t race in Rally America, no matter what top it has.

Dude get a Lipo Sack for charging. They’re cheap on Hobby King and will contain the fire if one does burst while charging. I store all of my batteries in one and use it for charging as well.