What are the odds Olive Garden stays in business that long?

I think if BMW could build a Z4 that truly competed with the Cayman they would, but more than likely they’ll never overcome the advantages of mid-engine. Sure it’s best at the limits, but you feel the engine placement in everything you do, and that’s what makes the Cayman engaging.

Faster....in a straight line? 

I don’t know about new cars, but for classic cars, I’m seeing the big wheel trend scale back a little, and people that used to stick 18s and 19s on vintage Porsches, BMWs and trucks are going back to having some more meat on their tires. It looks so much better.

I have jack stands and a floor jack. And I’d totally do this job.

I didn’t say it would be easy, but as someone who did an engine and transmission swap and rebuild in my garage - and who knows people that have dropped engines alone in their garage - for mid engine cars - I can tell you that - yes... you absolutely need a garage, and a lift would be nice, but tall jack stands and a…

If you have a garage and some mechanical inclination - a clutch replacement on this car wouldn’t be outside a possibility 

I did mean the E9. No idea why I typed E7.

Nice! My least favorite argument is the “they need to solve the problems in their own society before they start blaming white people,” as though the systemic poverty that people of color and especially the black community in the United States live in has nothing to do with hundreds of years of oppression and abuse. 

Every time I look on an E30 or E28 or the E24 - my heart keeps going back to how amazingly beautiful and simple the E7 is, and I realize that anything else to me, would be a compromise. 

I’d agree. But we’re comparing to the C8 here. It’s both much lighter, and much smaller - 400 hp is a lot of HP for that car.

The C8s listed weight is the dry weight. The Evora’s listed weight is the curb weight. The C8 is going to be ~400 lbs heavier.

I’d never get a C8 over this. Almost no one has a chance to really wring out lap times out of a car, my enjoyment is 100% about how the car involves me and how it feels. The weight difference alone makes a huge difference in the steering. Size makes a huge difference in involvement. Doesn’t mean other people wouldn’t…

Yep - fair - I can amend my thought to say that some people change their minds but only when it impacts them personally.

They don’t care until it personally impacts them specifically. Then they care. Empathy is a real bitch.

I have a MKVII GTI with 40k miles. 2015. Can confirm engine and trans are fine but not only has some ticky tacky bullshit broken - but the glass surround around the sunroof has a ton of microfractures from heat cycling.  

“You asked my dislikes and I told you. I also shared what others have said. Enjoy your car, despite those things.”

I don’t have an SC? 

Being in that I have a 3.2 - I’m not sure what I’m supposed to take away from this? I’m aware of the compromises in my car - and the horsepower in the SC. I enjoy it despite those things. I was just curious. Freddy isn’t really my measuring stick. 

The 915 is definitely a transmission you have to get used to. I don’t have an SC but I know the 915 and I hated it for about a month. I feel like the cars push in the corners for a long time before you get oversteer. Tires and wider wheels help. No idea about the not especially quick. I traded an AMG for my 3.2…