Meh. It’s hard to imagine a car with more defects (and dealer visits) than a BMW turbo but now I can.

This will be a fast car when it’s working. Italian reliability is not a strong point. I’d be worried about it making it though a season of track days. Plus, who can fix it?

What is it like $25k for all of this stuff? I think you’re better off with just a set of a HRE FF-01’s.

The Mustang dyno is the real deal. It provides the lowest numbers in the business, which are closest to what a manufacturer would claim. Mustang also does a great job of calibrating them against other dynos in the same metro area, so they are consistent.

You just lost all of your LA privileges. You stay gone, or you be gone.

I drove the P85D with my brother, had a few laughs, and then went back to take out a 70D a few months later. No one needs a P85D. You can’t even breathe while it’s accelerating. It’s physically uncomfortable. If I put my hand over your mouth and nose for 3 seconds you’d move it because nobody likes the feeling of not…

I’ve seen them out there at Thunderhill. They can do about 4 laps under full power, and then another 6 laps under partially reduced power. I never thought I’d see the day where one could complete a 20 minute track session. It’s not trying to be a track car but it can do it, just like an Audi S6 can even though that’s…

A 70D with reasonable options like seats and alcantara is about $74k; a 90D is about $85k if you need the range. If you own it for 5 years you save about $15,000 on gasoline and pay about $2500 for electricity. Tesla maintenance is $600 a year for the plan. The German cars you mention have $250 oil changes, among…

With oil at $40 heading to $20, I think this was the automotive equivalent of arson for insurance money. Houston is sensitive to energy prices.

It will always be the Slowmaro to me.

At first I thought the Tiguan was the same body as the Q5 and Macan, but it’s smaller. It was kind of shocking to see a Tiguan in the dealer for $24k with cloth seats and a downmarket interior. That’s a few options on a Macan.

This is one of the best articles I’ve read on Jalopnik. I had written the LFA off but you made me come around on it. For a version 1.0, it’s pretty spectacular. It’s hard to compare it to something like a 5th generation GT3. Best line: “I bet Akio Toyoda added a deck onto his house made out of carbon fiber just…

The price is fair. Red flags:

It’s like a 918 Spyder with an accelerometer bug.

I’ve seen new drivers do something that stupid with $1000 cars. Doesn’t make it any less dangerous. Tesla’s are that fast and you can't even hear them.

Base model in black with agate gray seats, add PCCB and 20” wheels for $100k even. Or S model with rear steering, PASM sports suspension, axle lift system, sports chrono $111k.

The Maserati GT S is my favorite in this group, from real life experience. It sounds like a Ferrari but you can’t tell which car it’s coming from as it’s pulling away in traffic. It’s like sports car stealth.

“Florida Man”

I checked the configurator. There’s a “sport package” for $6200 that has the “sport chrono package”. That probably gets you the extra awesome steering wheel.