I dream of a world where Subaru ignores the trend of removing small cars from America and does a surprise announcement of the return of the Justy, with a 1.6l turbo with a 6 speed and a more eco (but still AWD) hybrid. Conveniently arriving just in time for a recession to catch all the other car companies with their…

EJ sounds quite a bit different from the FA, so I’m not sure why you would lump them together. Headers (equal vs unequal length) make a huge difference in sound. 

I mean, there were some bad ones, but like he says at the end, it’s surprising how many still use actual cars doing stunts and not CGI. But obviously the Fast and Furious movies have been fake from day 1.

This isn’t a breakdown of some classic movie driving scenes.

Cool. Thanks man. I get that it’s probably not as simple as it looked.  But, it really did look simple hahaha.

I’ve been following motorspot for over 50 years.

It’s just mostly under the radar because it’s usually not televised.

I thought it was like a super niche thing until I actually went to New England Forest Rally, and there were thousands of people there. Not as much as a NASCAR race, sure, but it was still incredible how large the crowds were.

I wish more Americans like Rally racing. It just looks great and seems more understandable as many of us have the pleasure to drive down dirt roads on a regular basis. Of all forms of car racing I like it the best.

Didn’t think it was possible to make the 996 uglier at the front.  Turns out I’m wrong.  By a long way.

Because they are generally modified from GT3 Cup cars, since they come as an already finished racecar

Since posting this I have realised that I was actually nine or ten. At that age these things matter. I cannot really remember if it was all that different from an unmodified Shadow, I did not really have a lot to benchmark it against!!

Oh! so it’s just like boating then.

I’ve done rallycross and autocross many times. RX is fun, but stage rally is a totally different experience (for better and for worse).

The best way to do rally is to make friends with locals that will let you crash for free. There’s also airbnb/vrbo so you don’t have 4-5 people in one small hotel room.

But then you’re not racing. Everything changes when you know the clock is watching. 

Same! I visited places I’d never have been before... for example, Texas. My car was in Houston, and I drove it back here to Indiana... 1,060 miles in a Miata was pretty insane, but I *really* got to know the car, and got a better deal and ZERO rust; something I wouldn’t have gotten here.