My first car was an 87 Cougar. It was a hand me down from my sister after it was her first car, after she bought it from the high school principal. All the weight was in the front, so even with the base V6 you could easily light up the rear tires. There was a sharp left turn on the exit drive of my high school, so one…

Have you been to OC? The cops there pull over everything all summer long.

A lot of these cars were doing burnouts or other shenanigans on public streets. Don’t assume they were all pulled over just for their looks.

Lots of cities have noise ordinances that stock cars can exceed if they get on the throttle. This isn’t unusual.

Uh, probably only a 986 Boxster or a 944 would be less than a Jetta.

The original Boxster definitely had a reputation like the Miata.

Just buy one with the clutch already replaced. I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone having to replace a non-OEM clutch on a street 944. 944 is relatively easy to wrench on, the clutch is literally the hardest job on the car.

Agree and disagree. Very slow in a straight line, but can do 60MPH on an exit ramp loop all day long.

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That looks super clean. Do it.

MD is actually pretty light on traffic enforcement compared to a lot of places. Ocean City is actively trying to force this event out of town, I bet these guys wouldn’t have nearly as much trouble if they went to OC any other week of the year.

Like a freshman girl at a frat house.

A budget for what? Hans: “Well this tune will pass the EPA test, but the power and efficiency really take a hit. Isn’t there some way we can pass but still get the power and efficiency?” Frans: “Hold on, I need to add a few lines of code. Done”

They have to have a standardized testing procedure so that the manufacturers can test their cars during development and it is hard to standardize an outdoor test. They probably should have added something about doing a real-world test that must be within X% pollution of the standardized test, but this isn’t as easy as…

In MD, you can get your historic plate at 20 years. No emissions, no inspections, and only vague language about limited use. If you get pulled over say you just finished some work on the car and were test driving it and you’re good to go.

944Fest was this weekend at VIR. An awesome weekend with nice people in great cars.

Its not a little more exhaust, it says they are putting out 40 times the allowable level in normal operation. That’s insane.

Yeah, the Fit is the new Civic.

Optional forged wheels with Michelin Cup 2 tires. Oh my...

Plastic impellers I bet.