Hey, fuck you, guy. It was a joke.

I completely agree with all sentiments expressed in the article, as well as in your comments, regarding the idiocy of street racing, but I feel compelled to point out that we seem to be ignoring that there is at least some added rush that street-racing provides over track-racing, which I think also factors into it:…

Tavarish, this is superbly written. You managed to get a very important, but oft ignored message across in a fresh and unique way, without alienating those who you were trying to get through to. I always enjoy reading your work, especially when it is about your own personal experiences with a vehicle; but it is posts…

Get out.

This made my day. Thank you.

Ahh, I see. Well, thank you for enlightening me on the subject.

Umm.. Am I missing something? Chicken Parmigiana is breaded chicken with marinara sauce. And the price he arbitrarily came up with is right about in-line with most decent restaurants these days.

More and more manufacturers are feeling compelled to incorporate their insignia into the design of lighting units like that just to make it more difficult for China to blatantly ripoff their designs, or at least so I’ve heard. Apparently, when they weren’t molding their trademark into them, Chinese manufacturers would…

Ok, I know I’m a few years late here, but after you brought it up for a second time, I simply couldn’t resist saying this:

Unfortunately, because ‘Murica.

As the owner of a twin-turbocharged, twin-intercooled vehicle (2001 Audi S4 with lots-o-mods), I too, have wondered how much the intercooler(s) can counteract warm intake charge. I am fairly certain that the intercoolers are good for a fixed amount of temperature drop, so even with them in place, the cooler the intake…

This is honestly a brilliant idea!

I like to think they were waving their arms in such a manner to get the tractor operator’s attention, not the rally driver’s attention. Not only would this make more sense, given the situation, but it appears that the two bystanders are even looking slightly to the right of the road way, in the direction of the…

Thanks for the tip!

Yeah, you clearly know what you are talking about. I am well aware of the (insane) state of the market for Turbos right now. Being the pedant that I am, I simply couldn’t resist pointing out that we don’t know, with complete certainty, that it is a replica. The points you make are sound ones though, and as I said…

It is my first! I wasn’t really ready (financially) to get another car, but this particular example was too good of an opportunity to pass up.

Please see my reply to rosslitman. I believe reasonable doubt remains.

Wait! What you said is correct, but I believe I remember reading that some American auto journalist famously made fun of the decals on the front air dam as being “childish, and silly-looking” (he was wrong), and BMW caught wind of it, and in a knee-jerk reaction opted to send the Turbo models destined for America over…

I just got mine a couple days ago (1972, 4-speed, Malaga), but I feel the same way you do.

Well, you are right that 50/50 weight distribution is 50/50 weight distribution regardless of engine placement. What you are failing to take into account is that air-cooled-era Porsches and Beetles don’t have anywhere near 50/50 weight distribution. They are actually 42/58, front/rear. That may not seem that far off…