If you only have 1 drive, you have to read the original first, then write the new one, then verify the new one. And you didn’t have nearly enough RAM to store the image back then, so everything was a disk access too.

Nobody would be complaining if they did this with beaters, even if they were inappropriate for the terrain. A group of people go out and buy 15 year old Civic Si’s with their ‘fuck you’ money to do this, nobody would bat an eye. These guys do it with their ‘fuck you’ money and they’re idiots.

Maybe a wind sheer.

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‘8-bit Mario’, as opposed to ‘N64 Mario’

Do you bring bread with you when buying a toaster? Cars are appliances now, differences are subtle so people just buy based on features.

The 924S is an early (83-85) 944 without the hips. Same interior, same engine, slightly different styling on the outside. They are a little faster than a 944 since they are slightly lighter and more aerodynamic, but you can’t fit as much meat inside the wheel wells. They generally go for significantly less than a…

You realize that VW/Audi/Porsche do the same thing with their SUVs and some of the car platforms, right? The Cayenne is a Q5, the A3 is a Golf, etc.

The old guy disagrees with you. He can leave his stuff to whomever he wants.

GM tried that. It didn’t work out.

I agree, especially on the car side. An IROC style series, showroom stock except for safety equipment, and with a really high homologation requirement to keep everyone honest. Say, 10k vehicles a year?

Yes, the US had lower compression and had only 143hp compared to the rest of the world’s 160hp. The US finally got the full 160hp in ‘88.

FYI, you can buy a brand new Mitsubishi Mirage in Maryland for $9100. Safety is not what is driving cost increases. When technology like this is on all cars, the hardware becomes a commodity and is super cheap.

You are wrong. I will offer no evidence or insight to why, but you are definitely wrong.

The problem is that the EPA isn’t interested in testing your car to see if it is still compliant. They say that if you change emissions equipment, you are out of compliance regardless of actual emissions.

To be more precise, I believe it was the driver circuit for the injectors, which is an issue on older Bosch DMEs.

I bought a $1600 Porsche 944. It had rough paint and interior, but ran well, so I was fairly happy for a well-running car. Turns out the engine computer would work fine for about 45 minutes at a time, then would start overheating and leave me stranded. Took me a year and a dozen breakdowns to figure that one out...

It’s always been racist.

Don’t speak for me. You’re just an asshole.

I agree, the size of track certainly makes a difference. As for 918 being the benchmark, all 3 of the hypercars are very close in lap-times, but there are more 918s out there for running comparisons.