I’m with CrymeLord here. This is really just making the car loud to be loud with no real performance advantage. Might as well tape a fart cannon to it as well because why not.

tell that to harley owners. they travel in packs. this is only 1 AM.

This is actually a great idea and would be crazy easy to do. Incorporating a switch from radioshack into the interior of an aston would be the hardest part.

I’m legitimately torn on this, and I know this won’t be a popular opinion, but at what point do you stop giving zero fucks about anyone and start being respectful of everyone else around you?

I have wondered this every time I’ve seen this commercial. THIS is why Jalopnik is SO GREAT! In my head I consider the possible reasons these louvers would be where they are, but I don’t have the energy to organize my thoughts around it. After a few minutes my mind gives up.

Need pics of the ratty Fiat! Actually, that sounds like a great name for a dive bar - The Ratty Fiat.

Yep. A car designed to appeal to high school and college kids, but priced for the 30-something crowd.

Exactly. By styling it this aggressively (disgustingly) they have effectively limited their target buyer to teenage boys.

This is very good advice. I have no intention of following it, but it is good advice.

What if the customers told the truth?

Materials engineer here with some expert advice.

RUN, RUN THE HELL AWAY YOU FOOLS!

These puns are lit.

That is a pretty big assumption to make about me. I’m not even a Porsche guy. Although I did drive a used 1st generation Cayman once and have to give credit where it is due. It was amazing even bordering on driving perfection.

I have an LS3-480 in my Cayman. Weighs the same as stock and with 480hp/490tq it’s fast in the corners and a rocket on the straight. http://caymanrsr.blogspot.com

What the Jetta has that makes it ok bearable, is that it has torque. I can take off amazingly quick, so, give me Tesla torque, and 300hp, and I’m good.

The high horsepower numbers is more for dick measuring contests...

That’s 428 at the wheels, which could be as much as 500hp at the crank. Considering the 5.0 only weighs about 40lb more than the Cayman’s 3.4 weighs, it actually seems like it’d be lighter and more reliable than trying to turbo or supercharge the flat 6. If done right, it won’t “ruin” anything about the car other than…

The new owner of your RS4 is probably bitching in another post about how his RS4 hit 94k and wen kaboom and he’ll never again get an Audi!!!

I bet this swap cost much less than the Porsche dealer would charge to rebuild your cayman engine.

The world needs more people like you.

Kind of a breath of fresh air to see something other than an LS swap.