You are correct in regards to the rear calipers on many cars. I happened to YouTube my ex-gf’s G6 before and I’m glad I did. Otherwise, I could have ruined her rear calipers. On the G6, a 12mm open-ended wrench fit in the slots to turn the piston perfectly.

Like when GM admitted their mistake with the window stickers on the Traverse and the haters were saying it was worse than Dieselgate because GM.

It was pretty fast (once the turbo spooled up), handled well, and I loved being able to drive it all year long in Michigan. The 4g63 responds pretty well to mods and can push 400-500 hp pretty easily if you have the funds. You can get a few HP here and there for free or cheap, too.

I had a ‘92 TSi AWD. It WAS awesome, when it wasn’t up on jackstands...

The animal fetishists will explain that the proper way to remove a frightened dog from a quickly sinking vehicle is to go to the farmers’ market and pick up some locally-sourced, organic pet treats and coax the dog out while using encouraging language in order not to hurt the dog’s feelings. By then, you’d need SCUBA…

My daily driver is a ‘96 Volvo 850 with a stick so I definitely understand the appeal of rowing your own gears. That being said, I guess I’m a bit torn on the auto/stick debate. I think on many cars a stick shift makes them much more fun, but in a true performance car, I’d pick the auto and focus on keeping it on the…

I’ll venture to guess that the Fusion Sport was developed separately from the Focus RS (probably in Europe, since they’ve had them for ages) and the two teams can’t/won’t work together. There may also be an edict from Ford that this car can’t come with a manual trans so it doesn’t undercut RS sales. I dunno, car…

The only yellow edition that matters:

GM has the City Express, which is a rebadged Nissan NV200.
The Colorado is, on average, $10K cheaper than the Silverado. If you look at that aspect, they’re not that expensive. You can also get a base Colorado with a manual transmission for around $20k if you just need a simple work truck.

I say this as someone who drives a stick shift car as a daily driver:

It’s not just getting a manual transmission to fit, it’s getting it to survive for the next 60,000 miles. Some bean counter looks at the ROI of developing said powertrain combo and the inevitable warranty claims they will encounter and realizes that the tiny percentage of the tiny percentage of Fusion Sport buyers…

Who needs to do an engine swap? Takumi could drift that thing down Mt. Akina faster than any of the RedSuns OR Midnight Kids...

Here’s an interesting article about developing the head on that engine:

Ever since I read about the 850 T-5R in 1995, I always wanted one (fastest production station wagon in ‘95!). People thought I was crazy for wanting one (and still think so) but, the thought of spanking Mustangs and everything lesser with that safety yellow brick was to intriguing to ignore.
I never got my hands on…