I’m not sure about this. They aren’t depreciating quickly, compared to other cars - and I’m not sure I’d want to own a used one. I’d rather just pay the extra $5k and get one that hasn’t been ragged on and comes with a complete warranty and zero mileage.
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The lack of power is the only reason I haven’t already pulled the trigger on one. Driving it, and then driving the 500 Abarth - the FR-S just feels so much more sluggish than the Abarth due to the Abarth’s juicy low-revs torque. I just can’t go plopping down $27k on a car that I won’t be entirely happy with.
Absolutely. Or at the very least, shorter gearing. 1st is a pretty long gear and 2nd just seems to run forever. I’ve had about 5000km of seat time in the FR-S and about the same in the 500 Abarth. The FR-S is a better car when you’re thrashing on it and in a situation where you can -use- the revs, but the little…
Exactly this. My 1985 Chev S10 had manual steering - seven complete revolutions from lock to lock. Grabbing a right turn took about two complete turns of the wheel. Suicide knobs made a lot of sense! Also they're standard equipment on most forklifts for similar reasons.
Sorry, but it doesn’t work that way. You still need to get 2000-3000lbs of steel moving from a stop to a speed. That takes a fixed amount of energy to do - the size of the engine makes no difference in that respect. You then need the ability to bring that 2-3000lbs of steel to a stop, and need to be able to do it all…
Funny, but incredibly incorrect. I’ve got about 40 of them in my fleet at work. None of our other cars come even close to touching them for city fuel economy. They save us about $1500/year per car in fuel burn alone compared to the Corollas (and save even more when you consider they eat brake pads much less often,…
The whole place really proves that not all companies are evil to work for. Decent (not spectacular) pay, with great perks. We aren’t allowed to work on our birthday, for instance. We dress casually, treat each other with great respect, work flexible hours and aren’t micro-managed at all. Ethics are a big first…
Not always the norm though. When we lay somebody off, the CEO asks me to take any personal data which is on the computer and put it on a usb stick / dvd-r and include it in their box of personal items. Her point of view is that if she took photos of her kids with her work phone, she would want to keep those photos -…
Sounds like a micro-managing hell hole to work for. No thanks!
At 3:32, the windshield is busted and there are dents all over the A pillars and roof edges. It’s sad - I have a red 2015 Abarth with an automatic parked outside right now. It’s not mine - it’s owned by work. It’s so stupidly fun, and it’s been tugging on my wallet very hard. Sucks to see three of them in the perfect…
You see this in the tech sector very often. Walk into their office. Old, mis-matched furniture in a low-rent office, with obviously happy employees and modern computers? They're spending money in the right places: employees and directly-pertinent-to-the-job equipment. Expect project completion with good quality at a…
Yep, used to have a 2008 Fortwo Passion as a company car. Once I learned to drive the transmission (there is a definite learning curve - it lets you re match downshifts but you have to do it on your own, and you tend to use it in manual mode 100% of the time), it’s a fantastic - dare I say very fun - car to drive.
I used to routinely drive my 1.3L 5spd 1986 Civic without using the clutch. I bought it in 2005 or so with a _ton_ of mileage on it for less money than it was worth as scrap metal, and drove it for two years. 2nd gear syncro had been completely destroyed in it's previous ownership. You COULD NOT shift into 2nd without…
Yessir it does, and it's probably wildly out of adjustment or broken altogether.
Yeah, you absolutely can drift them. They do the *cutest* little donuts, too. Just have to hold down the two gauge cluster buttons while starting the engine to disable ESP / traction control, and go play in the snow! I used to daily drive one as a company car, really had a lot of fun with it!
I used to own an '85 2.5L S10 with the 4 speed manual. 55mph was pushing it, due to the really short gearing
funny - I remember when those were all the rage in Vancouver about ten years ago. Hardly see any on the roads anymore, and nobody is bothering to import them anymore - people are importing R33s, R34s, Delicas and the occasional kei truck now. Seen a few diesel E39 BMWs recently, too. A friend recently bought a 1999…
I'm a fleet customer who buys small trucks. I recently bought a few Frontiers for the fleet. Why? Because I KNOW it works, and when it doesn't, Nissan is quick to step in and offer warranty support without hassle.
Modo in Vancouver is freaking excellent. Incredible customer service, Fiat 500 Abarths and Scion FR-Ss in the fleet, and it's by far the cheapest of the car shares there. Car2Go is really convenient for one-way, too.