Easy. When your world-view is based on how everyone else is fucking you - you don’t have to imagine that it’s in any way your fault. 

That’s why I’m not sure why they even did it. Why make the compromise at all, if it’s going to be a loser? This thing is going to be a niche seller within a niche segment. Even with the minimal investment, it’s going to be a money loser.

That review is all over the place. First they say the steering feel kinda sucks, then that it’s a GT, then that it’s as “agile as a Cayman,” which is mid-engined.

I don’t even know what “benchmarked” means in this context. Sounds like PR speak to me.

Except most two seaters in the segment come from premium marques. If I’m in my late 20s or higher, I want to be sitting in the BMW.

What reality do you have to live in to turn into someone like Sean Hannity? 

Different positioning. The Z4 is in the same class as the Boxster, but its options and trims slot it slightly under the 718 twins in both price and performance. The Z4 is also firmly positioned in the lower end GT portion of BMW’s offering.

I own a Honda, a Porsche, a Toyota and a VW. Toyota is still pretty reliable. But they do it with pretty under stressed components, in my opinion. they get less from their motors on purpose, and they last longer, with fewer issues.

The real story is, that the exterior design is arguably nicer on the 86 than the Supra. Like the last generation Supra, it looks oddly bulgy. I thought the overwrought designs coming from Asian cars were over once Infiniti simplified their lines into their now gorgeous coupes, but Toyota came roaring back in, in that…

Maybe I have to see it in person, but it looks overwrought. I’ll be honest. I’d have been more excited about a more special version of the GT86 with a Turbo. Spice up the interior a bit and charge 35K for it.

Polls for the elections pretty much fell within the margin of error. Most of the polls skewed in the wrong direction, because the sampling was off, but not THAT far off. Remember that polls are straight majorities, they don’t really account for the electoral college. Trump lost the popular vote.

Disagree on one big point. Legislators and company executives don’t need any kind of expertise to be good leaders. They need to know enough to have ideas, and a sufficient lack of ego to hire subject matter experts and heed their advice. There are schools of thought that suggest that representative houses based on…

So true. And yet, if people that weren’t going to buy it anyway were all proclaiming they wanted one, wouldn’t that be good for market demand? And if the opposite is true, isn’t that sort of bad?

You directly implied the latter when the former happened. Hiding behind “often” is pretty weak.

“Most de-badging looks like shit and draws more attention. It’s often accompanied by people who put extra large wings on their WRX (sometimes an STI) or their Lancer (sometimes an Evo).”

Why not the Evora? Some of the non S variants are down around the 35K range. Toyota engine, not as weird or old (platform) as the Elise. What’s not to love.

Why do I have to show you any data if you’re creating a faulty premise.

Not backed up with any empirical data. You’re basing your entire premise on the fact that if someone de-badges - they immediately add ridiculous shit. Clearly not the case, overruled.

See, that’s not offensive. That’s sublime. I’m not gonna hate on a guy that puts a Ferrari or Porsche sticker on something that is so obvious that it has to be either just an aspiration, or expert trolling.

You can get the SLK32 for that kind of money if you wait and look.