No none? I see zillions of upper middle class people who drive Prius cars and would never consider a Corolla. We are apparently from different worlds, so I’ll see my way out.

I would bet if you asked people what’s less embarrassing to drive, a Corolla or a Prius, most would say the later. 

see my reply above.

They’re still all over places like LA in upper class neighborhoods. Sure, Tesla has taken a lot of that market, but the cachet that the Prius built over the past 15 years still keeps it held in higher regard than a Corolla and a lot of other compact cars.

I’ve studied quite a bit on the topic, I’ll continue to study more, and I’ll quote anyone I want. While colorblindness is only an ideal, rather than a current reality, I think abandoning that ideal is going to risk long term success for short term gain.

PTV didn’t arrive as an option until the current decade. It was an option on late model 997 Turbos, and then the 991, IIRC.

From today: “We have got to look at candidates not by the color of their skin, not by their sexual orientation or gender, and not by their age. I think we have got to try to move us toward a nondiscriminatory society that looks at people based on their abilities, based on what they stand for.”

This hybrid Corolla would be the logical choice for many, but, ugly or not, the Prius managed a wealthy/celebrity cachet, because they’ve been driven by people of all income brackets for the sake of the environment. If you drive a Corolla, hybrid or not, you still look like a “poor,” so I have a feeling the Prius…

No.  I think they would text less.

I said Porsches from last decade. The majority of 986/996/987/997 cars do not have LSDs. Even the 991.1 Carrera only had it as an option, and it wasn’t standard unless you went up to a Carrera S.

What’s driving me crazy, lately, is simply seeing people looking down at their phone for any length of time, even if they’re stopped at the light in front of or next to me. I mean, I can understand an unusual emergency text, but looking down at your phone at every possible second is infruriating (not to mention when…

For the street, yeah, but for motorsports/track applications, clutch type LSDs are generally preferred.

IIRC, replacing the plates of a 996/997 diff is in the $2-$3k range (with labor.) The funny thing is, most 996/997 owners who actually have the LSD find the setup to be lacking and, when theirs croaks, end up replacing with a Guards, which is like $7500! lol

In Ford’s case it is likely cost. In Porsche’s case, it was weight and wear (their available LSD in the 996/997 only lasted about 50k miles.) In McLaren’s case it’s weight and they believe in the eLSD tech they pioneered in F1 racing (until it was made illegal.)

Well, yeah, I don’t think either an ST or Porsche is going to be the best choice in deeper snow. Current ST ground clearance is only 5.7”, and my Porsches were around 1.5” lower, both of which are considerably lower than something like a Crosstrek at 8.7”.

I’m just pointing out that they can work. I personally drove my 996 and 987c in snow all the time without issue. 

p.s. and most Porsches from last decade. 

To be fair, all McLarens seem to get away with open diffs using brake-based eLSDs. 

New shocks/strut setup, front M3 control arms, M3 or poly rear subframe bushings.

If you’re struggling for money, sell the 1M, buy a 135i for $15K, spend $5k-$10k in mods, end up with faster car for 1/3 of price.