Revenge for the DeLorean time machine.

So what have I missed, why won’t it work? Okay, pouches are supposedly better than cylinders, but why specifically besides weight?

I’d only recommend a Toyota Rav4 XA41 to a person who hates cars with a passion. It’s uncomfortable, it’s numb, it barely handles and it’s no more reliable than my 2012 Focus with a powershift, on which the first clutchpack lasted 105k miles for me, btw (you have to drive it like a manual and do something called…

Only if I get an $80 discount because I am a child.

That beard looks like an elaborate disguise, rather than a beard.

I consider this a challenge. I have set up my car to understeer at corner entry to increase mid-corner grip, thus a corner like that would put my skill at the limit.

Guilty as charged.

On top of space constraints, I also have questions about crankshaft stiffness. I expect some impressive metallurgy from this one.

It’s the worst Evo I’ve driven (I’ve driven the V, VII and X), but it’s still by a large margin one of the best cars I have ever had the pleasure of getting behind the wheel of. 

Easy: the XA41 Rav4. When my wife became pregnant, she instantly decided to toss my 2.0L Focus Wagon (that I’ve owned for two years before we started dating, mind you) out and replace it with an SUV, in particular an XA41 Toyota Rav4. I hate SUVs, I instead offered we get a used Focus ST wagon if she hated my car in…

I was convinced you can’t properly fit a retro look to a modern FWD car due to the front overhang being massive, thus throwing off all proportions, but Mitsuoka keeps proving me wrong.

It’s not that difficult. You approach a turn, left foot brake, blip the throttle still in gear and quickly slip it into neutral. Find the gear you want, overrev slightly and as the revs descend, slip the shifter into the desired gear. It just takes persistence to eventually get right, some modern cars will even blip…

Left foot braking simulates LSD behaviour on an open differential, on top of more conventional upsides like weight transfer into a corner. Some people, me included, left foot brake on a manual too. You don’t need to brake when you shift up and you can downshift without the clutch pedal by blipping the throttle, so it…

I have one question left: have they had A/C on the trip? If yes, I am positively gobsmacked. If not, I am just impressed.

I’ve never felt any less sympathy for anyone.

It looks like Lightning McQueen’s crash was modeled after McDowell’s crash. Doesn’t even need to be a series of close ups to feel the weight of the vehicle in that one.

Every place with cameras ever makes you jump through a dozen hoops before they let you anywhere close near the footage. Almost as if the cameras are there to protect the establishments, rather than the individual rights.

For Grid Autosport I created a custom control scheme based on the Analogue one (the right thumbstick takes care of throttle and braking instead of the trigger buttons), take out the deadzones out of the sticks down to 1% and enjoy a driving experience that actually handles. Don’t forget to switch off driver assists,…

That bit of trivia at the end of the Mini story is metal AF.

On top of that, I don’t think the fact he’s black has any bearing on the fact a man has lost his child, something I can’t see myself going through no matter my race or age.