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No. Even if the air is already more polluted than a vehicle’s output, you’re still adding particulates.

Being popular was the definition of his job... buy the ticket, take the ride.

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No, it isn’t an excuse; it’s a manufacturing/marketing decision. If a given person within that 90% doesn’t want to enjoy the purchase & upgrade experience of bolting on an inch-wider set of wheels with some extra meat on the ground... they’re not really an enthusiast, are they? (I’m not sure what to say about the…

It’s almost as if they went cheap on the bits that enthusiasts were likely to upgrade anyway, in order to keep the MSRP more affordable, isn’t it...

Already tried Oregon and left, taxes way too high. And when a Californian says that...

I have a similar story. Recently sold the ITB’d M42 (1.8 twin-cam) out of my E30. It passed sniffer every time, because it’s not that hard to tune (c/)lean, but almost every smog shop popped the hood and said “noooooope, goodbye”. It’s going into my buddy’s smog-exempt 2002, where it will very likely be run with the…

Damn. Who do I have to blow at Gawker to get out of the grey? (Please don’t say Hulk Hogan.)

Sadly, if what you(/I) care about is MotoGP and WRC and that’s about it, torrents remain the best option.

Hell, even in a small organization.

True. LD50 for suicide jumps is reached at about the 10-story level.

Yup, my mom had a Trans Sport GT when I was in high school. The early, even-pointier model. I could have gone to court for some of the dumb things I did piloting the “away-team shuttle”.

there is a part of me that wants to take this thing, lightly mod it with respect to suspension/wheels, see if i can make megasquirt happen, do absolutely nothing about body and paint, and then show up at the local cars and coffee.

I sure wish you’d stated that a month ago, because the first payment on my new BRZ is due tomorrow.

I think it’s more likely that OP is just a dick.

Voting for COTD.

More or less, yes. There's a documentary on it called "Too Fast To Race", which is absolutely worth an hour of your time. If you can't find it anywhere, let me know and I'll make a torrent for you when I get home from work tonight.

'As for the infotainment system, don't get one. Period.'

Some of us Xers are old enough to remember the cold war.