Same here...until they drop down to 10-12k, it’s hard to justify as a 2nd car/track toy. At almost 20k, I’d rather save up a little more for the Porsche (and the higher running costs).

Jeeez, I keep thinking about the TT: Closer to the Edge documentary where one of the racers always cleans his house and mows the lawn before heading out to race in case he doesn’t come back.

Or better yet, wait until he’s leaving the dealership: he’ll be worn out after haggling over a car, and his head will be still be spinning with all the paperwork involved.

It’s best to think of this car (and most of the sport compacts/hot hatches) as a daily driver with sporting pretensions, and the 86 twins as a sports car with daily driver pretensions.

Agreed, but the Civic Si will get better gas mileage and is cheaper than the WRX. If one doesn’t need or want AWD, the Civic Si may prove to be a better “fun grocery getter”.

I’m a little disappointed that they didn’t offer the hybrid drivetrain from the Accord. My wife is looking for something nicer with good gas mileage/decent acceleration, and this would have been a good option.

It doesn’t even look like he touched the brakes before crashing. ABS/traction control would have made no difference in this situation.

Most likely, he panicked (riding beyond his abilities from trying to keep up with his riding group) before target fixating on oncoming traffic.

I prefer a registration fee that is based on vehicle weight. Maybe this will incentivize the manufacture of lighter weight cars.

I believe the 91 and 92 models had a tendency for the rear suspension to toe out upon lift throttle (i.e. leading to the infamous sw20 snap oversteer). It can be mostly alleviated with tire choice (rear tires are wider than front) and driver training.

Especially since this is possibly the cleanest AW11 I’ve ever seen.

Verily.

Ahh, I see your point. Sorry for missing the clarification post...one day, Kinja will get its act together....

I’m not sure if it’s fair to count consumables like tires/brake pads/clutches/fluids as a knock against reliability.

The cherry on top is the final sentence:

Kind of a shame that she didn’t go the two wheels route since WSBK and the GP circus (MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3) seem to lack a Japanese star since Tomizawa’s passing.

Just tell her that riding on the track is much safer than canyons or the street since there’s plenty of run-offs, no obstacles to crash into, and best of all: no soccer mom/dad making a left in front of you.

I remember him saying that he had to turn off all the traction control during that QP since it interfered with bike feel. Simply amazing.

To piggyback off this, if you run into stuck bolts, PB Blaster and cheater pipes (long lead pipes for extra leverage on your breaker bar) will be your best friends.

As for why the SP2022 probably wasn’t adopted....I think the days of the DA/SA pistol era are numbered. The current trend for service pistols is towards polymer framed striker pistols (S&W, H&K, Walther, and even Sig introduced their 320).