GM engineering sucks? Seriously... it’s about the ONLY serious failure mode that a hood can have. How bad are your engineers and analysts not to figure this one out? Every front trunk emergency release I’ve seen is a pull handle. That makes it that much harder to foul with internal cargo.

This is not at all a question of “where the engine is.” This is a question of failure analysis and terrible quality control.

Somehow not a problem for Porsches, that also have safety catches and prevent you from opening the frunk in motion with the fob or interior switch. GM quality at work.

Honda F20Cs and Porsche Mezger motors don’t agree with that assertion. And 1qt/1000 isn’t even on the high end based on some forum reading I did. Sheesh.

I thought the same thing until I saw some of the oil consumption rates for Voodoos. Good lord. I’ll give you that it sounds exquisite, but I’ll listen to someone else’s motor before burning nearly a quart per 1k miles.

Curious if graphics delete is an option.

And like that, NASCAR has become more progressive than the... *checks notes*... US Army. Well ok then. You do you, 2020.

If there is a comparably sized company so badly mismanaged, I can’t think of it. Jesus Christ GM, get your shit together.

That would undisputedly be a good thing.

Really want to electrify my Fiat. That’d be about a five-fold increase in power. The total cost of these systems is still just too high. EV West wants ~$16k all-in, and this looks to be about the same range. When these conversions get to <$10k I might bite.

Anchored to the ground? No. But there’s no need. They are absolutely solid and, so long as you line up the jack points with the blocks, the car isn’t going anywhere. I’ve even had both a 4Runner up on them and shook the shit out of it; didn’t even budge. And that was on a crushed rock driveway with 1/4” plywood under…

The QuickJack BL-5000SLX should work for both. Fits my Cayman well and is shorter than necessary.

This is the point that should be made in every single reply to his whinging. He wants his 3/4-bil payout and doesn’t care how he gets it.

So now a 986 can have CarPlay, but to integrate it into my 2012 987.2 still takes non-OEM adapters and living with sound limitations... or a completely new sound system. Porsche’s tech integration is certainly a whipsaw ride.

So I feel like his question stands. Offering to swap it or allowing it anyways is about the most milquetoast approach they could take. A ban is well within NASCAR’s power to enforce - they just don’t want to. Look at their politics and it should come as no surprise why. Those people are their bread and butter and they…

I really wish they’d sell it as a crate motor. I have so many prospective projects I want to throw one into.

WTF? I'd this some weird Michigan thing or is the frame VIN-less?

You know what’s more intrusive? The clusterfuck of ads that is the Jalopnik mobile experience.

The tiny steering wheel that still manages to *completely* mask the cruise control stalk so you have to look around the wheel to see wtf does what, the lack of tilt adjustment in said steering, the seat height and corresponding rearview mirror directly in the driver field of view (vice elevated), the…

Currently driving a rental shitbox 308. A nice reminder how far their styling has fallen.