Certainly a habit for me, but I’m checking it less and less now. Used to be a multiple-times-a-day thing for me, now its maybe once or twice a week. The new format, the hemorrhaging of good writers, and the inclusion of politically/racially charged content only tangentially related to cars to earn clicks/advertising…
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Man this hit too close to home. I’ve had the good fortune for more of my cars to have had manuals than not, but I think my 235i (that I had to order with a stick since there weren’t even any others in the state on dealer lots with manuals) will be my last. My commute is up to 30ish miles in Houston, and the occasions…
Bad news on the color:
Yep, one of the lowest torque peaks I can recall from a NA gas engine. Really wish they had tried to modernize it to have a solid plant for Jeep/truck applications only rather than trying to pentastar all the things in their lineup. The 3.6 in the wife’s JK would be a perfectly fine car engine, but has a thoroughly…
I do hold some hope since Ford has pretty good powertrain diversity in their pickups (well, not counting the Ranger), but at the same time some of their more recent releases suffer from trim-only powertrain ‘choices’, like the new Explorer with the 6 cyl sitting well past the $50k mark.
Hell I’m nervous about them offering the 2.7tt period now (well, at least them not reserving it solely for the Bronco Raptor).
This is unfortunately what has done in the Supra for me as a contender for the next car. Price was right, performance is outstanding, I have enough of a commute to accept life after manuals, and I adore BMW’s straight sixes (driving an M235i right now), but despite the fact that I’m the sole occupant 99% of the time,…
I’ve had the good fortune to fly the 208B a couple times, this is cool to see, but that 100 mph cruise is.... eeesh. I mean, that’s the over-the-fence speed for landing the turbine one. I don’t think people quite realize how strong winds aloft can be. There’s some stations forecasting 40ish kts at 9000' on the east…
47 gph is on the low side for a cruise power setting, but still enough to get you going 145-150 ktas, depending on altitude/temp/prop RPM. If you want to scoot (well, as much scooting as a brick with wings can do), you can feed it just shy of 60 gph and get well into the 170s. Google “C208B POH” and look in section 5…
I don’t think anyone is in danger of surfing Jalopnik without coming across “no stick, no care” comments
First car was a ‘96 GS-R, I’m 100% with you here
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Had a 07 Frontier that was effectively replaced with a 2018 Armada after the arrival of some kiddos, and it still blows me away how much tighter that massive SUV turns than my king cab Fronty did.
Man, that’s no joke, why are the Nissans so bad at that? My short wheelbase Frontier had a seriously awful turning radius. Only thing I driven that was worse was a longbed crewcab F350.
I think it’s one of the sharper CUVs out there. Hopefully since it’s using the ubiquitous 3.5L, some kind of forced induction kit will be along shortly. Would make for a better-looking, less-depreciating, ostensibly more reliable alternative to the Explorer ST.
Jesus, the earliest VQ engines have been old enough to buy alcohol for 5 years now
With a new Wrangler out and the Bronco around the corner, I really wonder how long they can milk the existing parts bins, especially with regards to that powertrain and infotainment. The only people I personally know who have bought 4runners recently are either beancounters who love the (lack of) depreciation, or…
I think there’s definitely something to this idea. A Mustang with the same interior treatment as the Aviator selling for ~$50k would do well, and probably poach some sales from the German 3 crowd (the upcoming M440i most certainly will not see a dealership lot with less than a $60k Monroney and is losing the manual…