Dear Mazda,

Here’s some insight into the AWD system (and other various systems) http://www.vorshlag.com/forums/showthread.php?p=58381

No it isn’t. It’s a system that delivers power to the front wheels MOST of the time with the rear drive unit (RDU), decoupled. However, unlike some other FWD-based systems, it can send more than 50% of the power to the rear (which is cool), but the RDU is very undersized and overheats after heavy use. This disables…

The even better way to get a good deal on a Focus RS is to wait for the hype train to run out of steam, people to realize the AWD system is gimmicky, the engines and/or trannies to start having “issues”, and enough people to sit inside them and realize, “WTF, this interior makes me want to puke.”

The fleet guys are usually pretty chill too.

They make a huge difference on some of the modern BMWs, yes. On the m3/m4 the fixed dampers are just not quite right. They are a tad too stiff for most street driving situations. The adaptive option is only $1k, and it makes the car much more compliant with the option of dialing up the stiffness for buttery smooth…

I never said it wasn’t stupid. On the BMWs that DO have the adaptive dampers, the switch also controls the suspension. And really, the M2 should have gotten the adaptive option. On the M3 (from which the suspension is mostly borrowed), it makes the ride a lot more compliant for around town driving.

These are gonna be fun in 10 years when all the cooling systems have been neglected by the 3rd owners.

“Not in the M2. The ride was stiff regardless of the suspension settings.” ---Yeah that’s because there are no suspension settings. It’s a fixed suspension on the M2, not adaptive. Changing your settings from Comfort to Sport to Sport+ adjust the steering effort and throttle response.

Stunning? Get yo eyez checked. There isn’t a single, cohesive, design element. Nothing. It looks like a 12 year old opened up a 20 year old issue of Import Tuner, jacked off to one of the models, and picked every part that his splooge landed on.

They are just plain more enjoyable. I was a manual guy for all these years and two years ago I broke that trend by buying a DCT M3. Admittedly, the DCT was a fantastic transmission, especially when you were ripping it up in the canyons. But around town it was always a bit jerkier than I preferred and I couldn’t help…

BMW used their skills of creating artificial engine sounds to master the ultimate soundtrack on these new films.

I hacked their FTP site and found a prototype of the track-only edition.

When this debuted at (I forget the show), I remember thinking that it was about as cool of a thing as I could possibly imagine. So cool, in fact, that I day dreamed of shoehorning a v12 into my mom’s minivan.

The fact that my argument makes no sense to you, proves your lack of tire and tire compound knowledge. If you actually understood that there’s a difference between sticky z-rated street tires and tires designed to be raced on all day, you would see what I’m talking about.

Most people have no clue what a streetable competition tire is like. They see the option and go, “oooh...more better!”. I sure hope every single one of these drivers is well educated in how dangerous a tire like this can be when cold. When people actually BUY these tires aftermarket, they are purchasing them because…

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Oh man you got me rolling, you are comparing the results from your UHP Summer tire to a streetable track and competition tire. Straight up apples to oranges comparison. The A13C isn’t even a good tire by UHP standards. Nobody in their right mind would use them more than ONCE on their Evo because they…

Your factor of 3 is based on personal experience? Or assumptions?

what tires?

It’s amazing. In all aspects of the real world, 180tw tires are awesome at dry grip but not awesome at wet or cold grip, nor are they awesome at lasting for a long time. But all of a sudden in comment sections they can fly.