futureheeltoehistorian2
FutureHeelToeHistorian
futureheeltoehistorian2

The level of cynicism in here is nuts. Good luck with your lives. Hope you learn to understand that your perspective and opinions are merely that

No one I know that lives there has gobs of money. Most make really normal incomes for college educated folk. One couple moved to Baltimore last year so they could have a lot more room since they’re thinking about having kids. While the space is nice, they miss NYC a ton. There’s really no place else quite like it when

Wow, a lot of people on this thread think other people are “stupid” for having a different set of priorities or enjoying a different type of life experience. Good luck to all of you, you seem like really reasonable, empathetic, friendly people *rollseyes*

Strange things about German cars that. Despite their complexity, they can actually be pretty easy to work on. Their choice of 10 kinds of fasteners per car always drives me nuts though. I’m always a little freaked out when one kind requires seemingly destructive force to decouple, yet some others require a minimal

Durability and reliability are two very different things. German cars were vey overbuilt (not really for the last 20 years though) and very durable as a whole, but they weren’t necessarily reliable because they were often complex. Nowadays German cars cut corners, aren’t over-engineered, and are even more complex.

Aside from the inconvenience of repairs, the cost for the actual driving experience delivered is actually a decent value. What car with a warranty can you spend $2k a year on that is even going to come close? And that’s not even factoring in comparative depreciation. Then again, you have to factor in the priceless

lol nailed it

Damn, that’s surprising. You’re into that R the same 4 as I’m into my 2003 996 in 4 years and 45k miles (excluding fun/purely optional suspension and exhaust mods). At least until the engine pops someday.

Everywhere you live has something shit about it. NYC is a fucking spectacular place to live. Why do you think people are willing to spend so much per square foot just to live there?  The NYC juice is worth the squeeze 

Looks a bit like a donk. Is this the same size wheel as normal? Maybe it’s just the angle of the photo, but these look one size too big and now the car is on wagon wheels. 

I hear this quote at literally every track/autox tech inspection. I’m really good at fake courtesy laughs now. Welcome to the club, future C8 owners.

I mean, the NSX was designed specifically with the US market in mind. Honda had launched Acura here and it needed a halo car for that. That’s why the NSX exists in the first place. The US was Honda’s biggest market outside of Japan at the time, so for a huge percentage of their owners the GTR comparison was factually

Uber’s existence the literal result of a systemic failure to protect taxi drivers and provide a good service to consumers. So really the core problem is upstream of Uber by a few decades. But Uber is the problem that feels the most significant because it is so front and center now.

Don’t blame Uber, the medallion bubble has nothing to do with them. Speculative bubbles are made to burst if the right circumstances hit. The regulators responsible for protecting the system (and drivers/medallion holders) from this outcome were beyond negligent and ignored repeated warnings. Uber was the precipitating

Or BMW wanted Toyota to de-tune it because the Z4 is positioned upmarket of the Supra and Toyota couldn’t be arsed to actually do it anywhere other than on the specs and marketing material.

They also are generous with their rollout allowance on “from 0 mph instrument testing” iirc 

They gain not violating some kind of agreement they made with BMW about power outputs and competing with the Z4. I haven’t read about this anywhere, but I think it is naive to think that something like this does not exist deep within their private partnership agreement.

Counterpoint: the narratodoge was my main gripe with the book. I think the story didn’t need that narrative device at all. It was a strong story and the narratodoge felt like a gimmick that was employed mainly to open up the demographic appeal and tug at heartstrings 

I think you’ve just hit upon why this movie might be coming out now. Dictator Bernie was WAY too protective of the back catalog of F1 footage, probably said NOPE some things these guys wanted to do. Liberty is taking the opposite tack with old footage and promotion of F1 in general

Well, it is called the Art of Racing in the Rain.... It would be weird to not reference Senna’s Toleman drive at a wet Monaco