I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.

Yes.

Why is either bad for society? Who peed in your cheerios?

15 minutes? Dude’s been on the top of his field for many years.

Financial success often doesn’t correlate to product quality. McDonald’s sells a lot more hamburgers than Five Guys but it would be hard to argue a McDonald’s burger is better. Not the best example, I know, but it’s hard to blame Saab’s financial failures entirely on the cars.

When did 100 become the threshold for fun? It’s still fun to get to highway speeds quickly. Power is about more than just top speed.

It’s adleavde?

“Ah shit, the electronics are on the fritz again. This stupid light is supposed to stay illuminated but it keeps flashing. Let’s just say it’s the heartbeat of a jaguar and go home”

and the start/stop button gently pulses with, I’m told, the resting heart rate of an actual jaguar as you lower yourself into the cockpit.

The soft is squishy, the not soft is hard plastic.

I have a GT, I’m a decent autocrosser, and I had the opportunity to pilot one of these around a course a few weeks ago. I was as fast in someone else’s GT350R that I was hesitant to push too hard as I was in my own GT on the same course. It’s wickedly fast, I loved it. Best car I’ve ever driven bar none

It’s the top of the door panel, where you’d rest your elbow if the window is open

Chevrolet Citation X-11 vs Cessna Citation X

The problem with the mentality of “it’s a corporation’s car” is that the interaction between you and the rental company isn’t one of an individual against a corporation, it’s you and the low level employees at the branch you rented from.

Funny enough this year’s theme was Cone Wars

It’s really not bad. This year’s nationals courses were pretty easy to follow. I think it always looks far more confusing than it walks/drives.

I don’t think I it’s the best we can do. We can figure out a way to remove bias from hiring/school acceptance processes. Make gender/skin color a hidden attribute in early stages

Kinda....there’s still a strong element of driver talent.

Right, and that’s where I agree it becomes messy. Do we want equality or affirmative action? How do we encourage participation with fairness so that some day there’s no asterisk next to a less privileged person’s success?

There’s feeder systems (other racing), but it all has a very high barrier to entry.