Doug, I can’t concentrate because you keep constantly shifting your feet in this video. No Big Gulps before filming next time! :)

+1. I had a 2000 base model for several years and 50K miles, and it was a great car. Only needed routine stuff, with exception of some strut mount bushings that squeaked. Nowadays they are a great buy.

A 7.0 litre V12 that revs to 10,000 RPM? That is a LOT of reciprocating mass. Is there another example in existence of an engine that size spinning that fast?

Thank you for the Spinal Tap reference. I LOLed.

I thought the challenge setup was okay, but the guests were bland and the content was lacking. The SUV challenge did not include a mention a single feature of any of the SUVs, for example.

3 reasons:

Teslas will mostly charge at home. Nobody fills up gas tanks at home. Today’s gas station queues consist of everyone - the local commuters AND the long distance travellers - and the vast majority are local commuters. The Supercharger networks just need to fulfill the demand for the long-distance travelers.

“where we see a local guy on the phone. I would imagine he is calling the cops on Wilkey.”

Came to post this. Glad you had the same idea. :)

the way i read this... he’s telling Clemson they will be the next National Champion.

It sounds like “communications man Ezekiel Wheeler” has the easiest job ever created. Somehow he is allowed to answer every journalist’s question with “can’t tell you, just trust us”.

NP just for the fact that it is a running, turbo’ed, manual for under a grand.

Four smoke stacks for the win. Dual stacks is so johorribly plebian.

My friend had a 1969 big-block corvette with a manual. that thing was horrible in stop-and-go. No A/C, lopey vibrating idle, the rich carb mixture blasted unburned fuel stink up the side of car (sidepipes), clutch was heavy and difficult to engage smoothly since the pedal arrangement was awkwardly pushed to the middle…

What happens if you open your door with the front wheels at full lock?

There’s probably less chance of damage than two people manually opening normal car doors at the same time.

I can tell you I don’t have a Ford with a keypad. But what I do have are a very special set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people with keypads like you. If you give me the code now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you.…

Well, I say happily in response to the OP. For some reason, he wants to drive his exotic 1500 HP megacar AND observe a 25 speed limit. :)

That's why the engine can be de-clutched from the rear wheels. Engine runs at a steady speed, turning the front motor (acting as generator) and generating some kWs of electricity. That power flows to the other 2 motors to propel you happily home at 25 MPH.

This is amazing stuff. I wonder how many top speed runs before the battery can no longer assist. One? Five? The battery is good for 21 mile range at "normal speeds", so I can't imagine it lasts very long in "full acceleration" mode. Once the battery is depleted, it would interesting to know the performance…