klone121
klone121
klone121

$30,000 used Regular cab long bed F150 with 5.0 and 4x4

I’m all for increased range per charge and the capabilities of solid state battery technology.  The questions I have are will that range be consistent over the lifetime of the battery, will these batteries meet U.S. crash standards, and will these batteries have additional fire risk associated with them due to thermal

Or the UrS6/S4 avant which they actually sold in the U.S. the sedan also works and actually had a purpose built pass through for skis (I had a ‘92 100cs):

2nd Gen MR-2. They are the most normal RWD mid engined car that I know of.

My 4runner came factory with some pretty decent size TRD rims and tires so I never felt the need to upgrade. I think you are probably right about the EPA testing, that seems to have not been a factor with the 4runner as they get slightly above 18 mpg on a good day.

Good to know, it seems silly that Nissan would spend all this development in the engine and not develop/buy a good LSD to put the power down. 

Seems like a great car that makes some compromises to be used as a daily.  My big wish is that the base model came with an LSD as that’s a deal breaker for me.  400hp with a RWD open diff seems like a bad idea.

I believe your assessment is correct. Much in the same way Mazda is late to the game I think it comes down to funding. If you look at what Subaru has done thus far in the EV game or any time they take a big swing it has always been with a partner-Toyota. The Solterra and upcoming 3 row EV are both via a Toyota

I read this has 8.7" of ground clearance, the same as a Subaru Forester. My 4Runner has 9.6" so I hope they come out with an off road package with a factory lift.  I’ve never scraped in my 4runner but that may be because of that extra clearance.  Really curious to see what the new 4runner will look like

Belt, and its a DOHC V6 so 4 cams to time. It takes about 8 hours

This is a pretty rare combo, also manual wagon.  NP.  Guessing it is coming up on a timing belt replacement (usually recommended is 75k) I would definitely want to get that done sooner rather than later.

There’s a couple of big problems with Stellantis. 1. Chrysler has 2 models the pacifica and the 300- which will be ending production soon and doesn’t have a stated replacement. 2. there big volume cars 300, challenger, and charger are all going out of production. They sell a lot of these to rental car companies and

I had a ‘79 XS750 which was known as the “poor man’s BMW”. It had a shaft drive, disc brakes all around, DOHC, and was air cooled. Awesome bike, very smooth and very comfortable on the highway and plenty of power.

no Hellcat? The Challenger Hellcat came out in 2015 and was literally all anyone talked about. Then came all the other Hellcat models afterwards which reinvented (relative) cheap performance.  700hp was and is crazy.

The Aviators (and the AWD explorers) of that vintage ate through wheel bearings like it was their job.  I literally had to do all 4 wheel bearings on an Aviator.  They require a press and are not very fun to do.

Cost?  I’m guessing these will run quite a bit more than the next tier down BRZ.  I’m also not sure if the brake and suspension upgrade will be enough to make the additional price worth it as those parts (rotors, calipers, and suspension) are all available aftermarket.

No, but on the road I know which one I would choose.  One is a balls to the wall race car, the other is a street car with the soul of a race car.

I like my Quattro to be road worthy. How about the practicality of a wagon, only available in manual, with a 0-30 time faster than a McLaren F1.  I present the Audi RS2

The obvious answer would be the one that’s getting all the press now- the 22B STi

The CX-90 is a whole different beast than the CX-9.  The CX-9 is FWD based transverse engine platform with a turbo-4.  The CX-90 is RWD based AWD with a I6.