Enforcement is at the discretion of the officer; they’ve taken to enforcing it as AWD only (or chains) more often than not recently, as the influx of folks from outside the snow belt (especially California idjits and Texas 2WD pickups with nothing in the bed) has resulted in shut downs of the city/highways with only…

We’re to the point that traction is the limiter, not power to the wheels.

Colorado. Positive traction laws - too many idiots moving here who don’t know how to drive shutting down the main highways when it snows.

Almost all of the manufacturers are moving to AWD for their premier, non sports-car models. AMG is, BMW now, Audi has been that way forever... They sell better that way.

Yep, there’s an altitude where you won’t make it to full anymore, and no it doesn’t come into play for most people, but it does for me :).

I’ve got a ZL1. So this is true, but try driving up there and then switching to an older B4 - it’s like that thing is a rocket ship now. Boost lag sucks like mad but when it comes on, boom.

Nope. Turbos boost to a manifold pressure, thus a density of air. Natural gas law (ignoring the small temperature difference) says that the same amount of oxygen is in the manifold at sea level or at altitude then. Super chargers are about flow. It’s 1bar over ambient, but if ambient was half sea level, you’re still…

The one that responds to altitude changes (turbos). Comes with living at 5500 feet. My fun roads are at 8000 ft. Turbos still make power, the super loses the same 20% to start, and then more as we climb.

Fuck me running. Maybe time to trade in the G37 in a year or so.

You can option one without that. Just skip the automatic crap and you get hydraulic :)

Make him not stupid to use and I’d not cheer. I got what they were trying, again, with him, but it was ruined by how much I’d been fighting the controls the entire time.

Far too much lag from input to response, especially when it came to dodging and “grabbing on” to not get knocked off. Jump button I got used to, but it was somewhat silly to start with. And the horse... it... didn’t ever do what I wanted. Ever.

Beloved companion? I left him behind and walked places when I could. Far more likely to get where I was going that way, and not be frustrated with his not doing what I wanted. He easily fits into my “most annoying characters in a game” list. I HATED him.

Eh. I dunno. I played the original, and while it was “decent”, it didn’t do anything for me. I understood what they were trying to convey, but the horrid controls and camera constantly broke my suspension of disbelief to the point that I just couldn’t get into it. It was a neat idea, and pretty, but ruined by the…

They’re very much an acquired taste. I like them now, especially in the summer - they’re clean tasting is the only way I can describe it. I also like almost all beers (not a huge fan of belgian style, don’t like that much wheat).

Yep. I used to do ALL the work on mine... got really really tired of it, in fact. Enough so that one of my projects (a simple suspension swap) ended up stalling for over a year... on a bloody 4th gen F-Body. Finally paid someone to finish that, and haven’t gone back since. I want to drive, not to wrench, thanks - I…

1. Why doubtful? It’s not just the cash value, but also the value I place on my time (which given how little of it is actually mine, turns out to be quite high).

My time (and his) are worth more than what the shop charges. Never mind that I like what little free time I have, and don’t feel like using it repairing a car. David/Torch/etc may have that as a hobby; mine is actually driving the car, not changing brake pads.

Quite the contrary, I fully support kids saving up and buying whatever they please. If I were buying a kid a car, I wouldn’t buy them this, that’s for sure, but if they wanted to save up on their own? That’s on them. Had the same arrangement with my folks, back when I was a kid; I could take what they gave me, or go…

Who said anything about wealth? And how do you know, again, that she took out a loan? Who are you to judge how another spends their money and time and energy, especially on hobbies?