“Jayed, earn this... earn it.”

“Jayed, earn this... earn it.”

Thank you for writing this. It made me feel better for a few moments.

It is really interesting how complex this is—and not surprising having seen ‘Back in Time’ and how much detail mattered to Zemeckis—and Netflix shortchanges it.

No.

Just to be clear, authorization and appropriation are not the same thing.

Understood. I owned both a Z3c and a Z4MC, so I’ve spent time looking at the various production runs (NA and otherwise) at the plant. But to your point, I’m not familiar with the laws surrounding such circumstances, hence, “IANAL...”

It’s a US-made car as well. All Z3s (e36/7 and e36/8) and first gen Z4s (e85 and e86) were made in the Spartanburg plant. While IANAL, it seems reasonable to assume this could be brought back in, especially since we had both available here (engine and car).

Get on the ballot, Jason!

Much, much better than another German automaker who did NOT issue a recall for a car with engine bolts prone to back out and fail, dropping the engine on one side. Kudos to Porsche on this.

“Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire,
Ginger Rodgers, dance on air.
They had style, they had grace,
Garbage Brownbear’s classy pace.”

Great story, Stef!! Important information and perspective for everyone as not all of us experience what you did. Hope everything continues to heal well.

Agreed, Jason. There is something more visceral about chasing speed in a lower hp car. My current car is 330hp, but I miss my last with 205ish. I could push more with it than I can now. If I push all the way through just second gear now, I’m risking a ticket.

If you forgive the stupid ground effects kit and “art,” I think it looks an awful lot like a mid-90s Pontiac.Of course that means it looks like a pontiac from early-90s through the demise of the brand.

Based on the lights or reflectors underneath the tail lights (look like on/in the bumper), it can’t be a recent Honda as recent Hondas don’t have anything like that in that area (bumper below tail lights).

I logged in to star and reply to this 2yr old, grayed comment. I eat that stuff by the box when I can get it, which is basically never at this point.

So, to be clear, you took everything that TheOtherBoleynGirl said—in response to your query mind you, and told her that she was either overthinking or wrong or that her concerns were useless because other people are stupid. I’m paraphrasing but that’s the gist, as I saw it. Way to be an ally.

I’m not trying to justify anything. I’m saying that if they were to build a coupe with a fixed roof, something I would like to see, added rigidity would come along with it. Analysis isn’t necessary, it is a fact.

All of that is true. But as the Miata is not a carbon-tubbed hypercar, adding a fixed roof will add stiffness (torsional rigidity) to the chassis, and that’s rarely a bad thing.

I tend to disagree. The BMW Z3 was designed entirely as a roadster as well, but when the coupe came out it was the stiffest car they made. Having owned one, I can say it felt extremely solid and non-bendy. I haven’t driven an ND (only an NA and NC) but a more rigid chassis in a small sports coupe is rarely bad.

Here’s a better, less sketchy, and original source link.