True the Abarth is a bag of laughs, I actually almost bought one instead of the FieSTa... I’m glad I made the choice I did, but you’re right, I not being fair, the 500 Abarth *IS* fun. I haven’t ever tried a Cooper S, but I was somewhat unimpressed by the plain-jane mini a friend of mine has.

You make assumptions, the same assumptions most people who drive(drove) Golf Rs make. I said I own a FieSTa because it’s FUN. Not because I’m poor (though in all fairness I am *CHEAP*). Drove a Golf-R, boring. It has limits far too high for every day driving and it isolates and coddles like a luxury car. Drove a Focus…

/puts on old man hat, which hides his bald spot and makes him less likely to see, and therefor yell at clouds, so shut up and get off his lawn!

I said nothing about “serious”, what I said was “fun”.

I’d like to see a full one-on-one fly off...

You and I, we aren’t that different...

I mean, I can understand (if not agree with) the DCT-only 4C, it’s mostly a track car, and the DCT is a good choice for that use profile... but the Giulia is a sport sedan, this is a car that “good” drivers will want to own, a car that people want to feel like a hero in, something they can live out their midlife…

/researches 2.0T specs some more... this seems to be the case.

Seriously? Not just the QV isn’t coming with a manual? No 2.0T with a manual?

I’m on the email list at my local Alfa dealer... hury the fuck up and ship those things out to dealers!

2, 9, 10.... Seems there should be adequate market to justify development to me...

in other news online gaming shown to offer inconsistent experience! Also, water wet and fire hot!

I’ve always been a fan of those too, but I never realized they were running that much boost! INSANITY! :)

OK, I missed that decimal... the world feels less insane now...but the idea of 82PSI of boost... it still amuses me...

BRM-v16: 82 psi of boost? Jesus-tap-dancing-Christ...

At my school there was basically the one guy with the Immaculate VW Squareback that he loved better than life itself, and me. My nickname was Speed Racer and I had an ‘89 Mazda Protege LX, white-with-red-painted-wheels that was known as The Mach 5. I also borrowed my mother’s ‘89 100 Quattro a bunch. In high school I…

Although the ABS could be calibrated to deal with this issue, the handling tests bear out your assertion that it’s primarily a weight distribution issue (compounded by soft suspension). Just look at that thing understeer!

Using crappier tires with less braking grip would solve it too...

ESPECIALLY with ABS, because the Computer can keep the front tires at maximum threshold without lockup. Without ABS the fronts would just lock immediately, break traction and skid. With ABS they are kept at maximum friction threshold which, in conjunction with the forward weight bias of the Renegade and it’s squishy…

Damnit.