Yes. Yes yes yes, yes yes yes yes.

Yeah, I'm pretty disappointed with TG on this one, the video definitely isn't their best work

*rev it up while holding the start button

Same thing with rallycross cars, but even more dramatic. Standing behind a row of them on the start line with the anti-lag going, watching them squat down, then seeing them launch in unison is an incredible experience.

There’s a couple more steps, though the video doesn’t explain it well. First, what they missed entirely is that the car needs to be switched from road mode to stage mode. This turns on anti-lag and sets the car to a more aggressive engine mapping. Second, what the video did mention, but not very well, is that after…

Drones have a lot of drawbacks that mean they’ll likely never replace helicopters, just compliment them. Phone apps are currently helping spectators on the stages keep track of who’s beating who via live timing, and at world championship events even live video, but that of course depends on the spectator actually…

Unfortunately with the way some manufacturers are going I suspect many ECUs will be locked so that if you try to add anything third party it’ll brick the car.

DE wasn't meant to be the focus of my original comment, stage rally was. I was trying to say rally isn't that much more expensive than other motorsports when one factors in the sheer mileage of a rally.

Not sure why you brought commuting into a discussion of cost/value of various forms of motorsports, but ok

It does get better if you factor in cost per mile. That $2000 is for roughly 120 miles, so $16 per mile. Ten runs on a half mile autocross with a $50 entry would be $10 per mile.

Yeah, I had to get them the money by the month’s end, but having done that they were cool with me actually coming to get it a month later

Can’t argue with that

That’s where the mapping and researching comes into play. I’d bet there are dozens of fascinating stops within 5/10 miles of that turnpike. Most of my photos were within 10 miles of a major interstate

No, that one was at the National Funeral Museum in Houston. I did once own and road trip a hearse though.

That’s Pop’s. They have over 700 varieties of glass bottle soda

If you have the time to take the trip I cannot recommend driving the car home enough. It may not always be the cheapest option, but it’s a great way to thoroughly get to know your new car, and you get the bonus of having an opportunity to see things you may otherwise never get to see. Spend a little time with a map…

I corrected for tire size. Realized early on that the odometer wasn’t lining up with what the GPS called a mile. Estimated that the tires were about 17% larger than stock, so traveling 17% further than what odometer said.

I assume he means the previous owners

Yes, absolutely. Unless I don’t know the person or they’ve previously given me reason not to trust them I’m more than happy to let someone drive my cars, and depending on the person and circumstance even borrow the car. There have probably been a couple dozen people behind the wheel of my Outback in the five years…

I see a number of moves on the horizon