I guess some people mistake it for an Altima (or Altima's which try to look like the GTR), but the GTR is a pretty big car and has a definite presence about it.

Respectful nod in your direction.

I'd say this is true of a few AMG cars. Mercedes has a ton of vehicles and configurations, and some people don't realize how powerful the upper end of those vehicles are, which share platforms with lesser (more common) variants.

But which one are they driving?

I'd argue that the LED daytime running lights on Audi cars have done more to lift the brand, than anything the original V8 R8 did. The R8 is nice to look at, but people go after what's attainable. For most, that meant their favorite looking entry-level car with cool LED DRLs.

It was intentional, and also meant to test sales to an ultra-exclusive group of clients. People are kidding themselves if they think even cutting to 1/5th, would have changed anything.

Strongly disagree. Clarkson is a moron (in general), and I've both heard one myself in person, and chased it around NJMP. They sound and move amazing. This is my friend recording, as one leaves the lanes.

"It's a cost/benefit analysis"

Agreed.

MSRP would largely depend on the market bearing price, and ability to sell versus other brand competition. Competition between dealers doesn't benefit the consumer as much as we'd like to think, because they're not going to play a game which doesn't favor their bottom line. The fact that they resist direct sales so…

We're on the same page. The entire "fault" thing is a semantics game the OP is playing, so I'm trying to navigate around it.

If you get all that, why the follow-up question? We both understand it wasn't the dealerships fault, but it's within their express interest to fix it, given it was under their watch (and especially if it was an inside job). The entire point was about customer service and it representing the dealers business, not who…

"I'm not really sure why it's the dealership's fault that someone stole this person's car."

The IS F is definitely a hot rod, and also plays the part of Japanese muscle, but it's an amalgam of things, really (LSD was 2010+).

How else would you count it, when their combined effort helps move a car forward? All they're doing is splitting their work, just as your computer splits work among its multiple cores.

This topic was discussed on the local radio today, and they took callers who burn candles in their cars. The most commonly stated reason, was for the scent or to kill a smell in the car. Not only that, but one of them held the candle between their legs, as they drove.

That video shows that high altitudes can choke NA engines, when compared to their FI counterparts. :)

I hear you. That's the thing about these types of cars, though. They compete in a territory where numbers matter, and so things like top speed, 0-60, 1/4th and all of the above, are all engineered (active areo, for example).

I'd argue that it (1/4th+) is among a list of design targets. When cars are coming with fully dialed in launch control programs, they have a very real intent to get off the line and produce straight-line bursts of power. That's pretty much the definition of a drag race, in its practical application, and then some.

Just to throw it out there, yield just means that you don't have to stop, but that you also must be willing to, to give right of way.