The crazy part is that that was less acceleration than it would have been launching the car under its own power.

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I am feeling pretty good about being a car enthusiast that is also an electrical engineer. My current project car is 30 years old and even that has required me to tap my electronics knowledge (and high-end soldering equipment at work). The good news is that electric motors are very reliable, fairly easy to rebuild,…

Go to truecar.com and price one out to see what they go for in your area.

Way of the future, or assholes who undermine a system that's been in place for years and play dirty with competitors?

Just based on specs the Frontier Crew is still a pretty good value. I guess it all depends on how the interior is, since the Frontier's is plastic-fantastic.

I think 'transversely' is the word you are looking for. I agree, not the opposite of longitudinally, but English is a bitch.

Wouldn't surprise me if the agreement made the trademark cancellation "free" for legal and marketing reasons, but the domain names being transferred took a cash settlement.

You missed the most extreme 924, the GTR. It is factory, though not road-legal, but I'm not sure what you intended the rules to be.

Cruise control. Pretty standard these days, but a lot of compacts and pickups still have trim levels that don't include it. I always go for the lowest trim level that has cruise.

For sitting

An automatic Supra Turbo? Ugh.... how much for a tranny swap?

Europe is a local market for VW, so that's not really a fair comparison. The US is the largest non-local market that the two companies share, and VW is getting stomped.

They are cars for teenage gearheads, not just any teenager. The 944 IS easy to work on, though I don't really agree with them being reliable. Parts are still plentiful and, while more than common cars, not crazy expensive. I would say the 944 would be a good car for the most gearheaded of teenagers.

This article is about interceptors, which are not for killing people, they are for saving them.

What would all those 0-60 times be with modern rubber? These cars were so traction limited it's hard to get a feel for just how fast they were.

It hasn't been that way since the 70's. Everyone uses net SAE horsepower now, which is taken at the crank with all accessories and factory exhaust.

I didn't expect to be so conflicted over a 911 at this price. I went NP, but just barely.

When you figure it out let me know what to call my Kia Rondo.