If they didn’t realize they wouldn’t go out of their way to block other countries.

VW actually does make a lot of sense. They are lacking in SUVs, and that is all FCA has. Decent synergy there. As long as they don’t combine the VW electrical systems with the Fiat mechanicals, it might work?

No Dino 246 GT yet? Come on, peeps.

I would imagine that the light weight and tiny wheelbase mean that you don’t need to do too much to keep it stiff.

True story, DC streets are confusing and impossible on purpose. When the city was planned, they wanted to make it as difficult as possible for an invading force to make it to the center of the city. That urban planner did a hell of a job.

Parts availability for the 928 really isn’t that big a deal. They are cheap enough that people part them out regularly, and Porsche is pretty good about doing new production runs of unobtainium parts.

Weight isn’t everything. Smaller wheelbase and suspension tuning matter too.

My 944 had running issues for a couple years before I got it worked out. On one occasion, I started it in the garage, then it died while backing down my fairly steep driveway. I parked it on the the street for a couple days while I waited for a new fuel pump to come in. Once I had the new pump, I got my tools and went…

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.

Orange Pie

‘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.