That’s pretty good looking, and I’m not a fan of most EVs or Kia.

I would guess its 74 inches wide, and 70 inches tall. Maybe ~200 inches long

One of the apparently only 7 specimines ever created was listed on Cars&Bids just two weeks ago but never met the reserve price

Many years ago I once wrote a post on Oppo (rip) about how this car is probably crap and not worth $250k. When you googled “Falcon F7" it was the third hit for a long time. That says a lot.

My thoughts on this are from a mechanic perspective so hear me out, often the person screwing you is the service writer, not the mechanic. Service writers upsell all kinds of crazy stuff (flushes are the big money maker) and often lean on the mechanic to try to steer their opinion towards a big money job. Also…

I was actually involved in some of the initial development. AFAIK, I’m the only one to have driven one on track at full speed. Granted, it didn’t have the final engine and a lot of other improvements that came from the test, but it had good potential.

I’ve got 2:

And as for the Celica I mentioned....

Okay, I have an actual story of my own, besides the one I stole from Ron White. :)

The last time I went to Jiffy Boob for an oil change ‘bout 20 years ago they tried to screw me by charging me $60 for a synthetic oil change but they never drained the pan - all they did was change the filter and add about half a quart. I got home, checked the oil as I normally do after a change and saw the oil was…

#1 blue oval dealership in sw michigan. sync sytem in the f-150 was acting up and gps was showing us driving in the middle of the lake. they quoted $1150 to replace the gps antenna. saying the dash had to come out. the antenna was $85 new from ford and all i had to do was remove 2 screws to remove the top of dash tray…

Well, a couple of instances spring to mind:

The “mechanics” at Belle Tire have tried to screw me twice.

Well I had been going to this mechanic for years and thought he was pretty solid. A lot of other people went there too, but after awhile his work went downhill. It was gradual so it took awhile to realize the reason I was going was to talk to the other customers in the waiting room. In the end we realized he was just…

Apparently it isn’t meant to be used as a valet mode, but rather an anti-theft mode. Which further begs the question: Why let the engine run at all without that code?

The long term plan is 996 Turbo engine in the back (around 600 horsepower) and Tesla Large Drive Unit in the front (around 500 horsepower).

Correct. I should be able to drive about 50 miles on electric. The idea is to be able to drive to the track on EV power, race around all day, then drive home on EV power.

If we get the motor controller working right, I should be able to drive a few laps in regen to charge up the battery, then flip a switch and have a…

Hah! I don’t have that kind of money.

Nissan Leaf motor powering the front axle through Carrera 4 uprights and axles. 

I like mine

We all do terrifying things sometimes, and then vow never to do them again. And then sometimes we do them again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯