Thanks for the share Bradley. We’ve only done an all-Mini race at Revival once before in 2013 so it was amazing fun to do it again. We had nine Le Mans winners six WEC champions and an Olympic gold medallist on the grid! Just wish it had been a two-parter now.

The only thing more joyful than watching Minis on track is driving one! 

The race as cute as a basket of kittens. 

Fuckin yikes. Glad they’re all ok.

Stellantis, who famously can’t afford to update their platforms and also famously keeps having to buy credits from Tesla just might not have been in a position to throw money at PHEV development 2 years earlier.

Arrghhh. This is worse than the slideshow.

For speed bumps, yes. Speed humps however are less annoying for drivers obeying the speed limit, but they’d straight up yeet that truck. 

Since Subaru’s system for all of that is camera based, they essentially would be installing cameras that use only half of their abilities. Subaru probably determined that cost v benefit didn’t really make sense and that all the forward-based stuff wouldn’t really be missed by the enthusiasts who want a manual car…

Oh I didn’t even consider the Z. I’m not entertaining a forgettable brand’s “new” car built on a platform developed before I was in high school, no matter how good it looks.

Same power to weight ratio as my SVT Focus *shrug*

The engine in the 86 is about as low as they could possibly get it. The exhaust goes underneath, so adding a snail would push the CoG up quite a bit.

Subaru doesn't make a flat 6 anymore, so there's extra R&D and tooling costs, which is passed down directly to the buyer, which is already a small number of people already. Offering a turbo 4 would require it to be heavier and bigger up front to make room for the extra piping and cooling, which is all in the front and…

The Z will be significantly heavier and more expensive. Not really a reasonable comparison. However, even if I had a comfortable amount of cash to throw at either of these, I’d choose the 86. High-revs from a responsive NA engine in a lighter car is a rarity, especially for under $30k.

I’m pretty excited about the BRZ/GR86. From everything I’ve seen, they have fixed the issues I had with the original. I’m happy that they stuck with a NA engine, as I think it suits a sports car much more, and they are becoming less and common. A NA engine just suits the character of the car much more, and I don’t…

P1 Volvos are seriously underrated. Here’s my 2011 S40 R-design.

While admitting that a convertible can be problematic as a DD, I counter with this:

I bet you’re fun at parties. 

We (wife) own one - 2011. Works great with the grandkids for ice cream/shave ice/chicken tender runs. When older couples visit us geezers, it’s lower the top for the olds to get in the back, then top closed. Mechanism still works great without any real maintenance. People still stop and point during the origami…

This is such an obvious NP that it makes me wonder what is secretly wrong with it.

This is an absolute NP for a tidy little hardtop convertible that looks to be in good cosmetic and mechanical shape. They’re unique enough that I still take a nice long look whenever I see one parked or driving around. Quirky top, quirky interior, quirky 5 cylinder engine.