Meanwhile Porsche charges $30K to not give you a radio and you’re fine with that. It’s an OEM engineered track weapon with a warranty, not some random corvette that someone threw a blower on without adding any support to handle the heat, etc.

What exactly is it about a 755 hp, 212 mph, near as makes no difference racing slick tires, on a convertible strikes you as something done by “sensible” people?

Buckle up, this is going to be a long post. But I promise you, it’s going somewhere.

If you think “stancers” are the only ones who’s vehicles wouldn’t “adhere to Maryland’s vehicle safety standards”, you couldn’t be more wrong. Where the standards exist and the laws allow, roadside “safety” violations are merely a tool used to extort money from anyone with a modified vehicle.

I’m generally with you, but I had read about people getting ticketed for stock vehicles. The OCMD police are extremely aggressive and I believe there are some vehicle safety rules that only exist in that town.

Please note: Australia does not have HOAs. In fact, most of the world does not have HOAs. We’re not that stupid.

Montana looks like its doing its part,

VW killed zero people = $2.8 billion criminal fine, on top of any other settlements with other agencies.

THIS......

*The best looking wheels you can get from the factory

Also, I prefer black wheels. Only old people prefer chrome/ not black. Fact.

Counterpoint: Ohio License plate.

I’m gonna guess you’re from Maryland and counter with: a Maryland license plate.

Don’t you mean Maryland?

What I picture when I see three figure horsepower gain “kits”

You don’t mention the big reason to buy from the dealer: getting all the mods financed with your car. I can easily afford a $32k car and even more easily afford a $25k car, but I can’t just whip out $7k cash to drop on a turbo kit (or at least can’t convince my wife that’s a good idea...)

Probably gasoline and oil and coolant, which would be all over this thing after a tumble like that. “Biohazard/chemical” might be one rating as opposed to “biohazard AND chemical.”

You just made a strong case for INCREASING the budget to the EPA’s testing and certification department. The EPA can barely test a few percent of cars to check that they actually meet the standards, and that’s before the head dumb fuck cuts their budget by 99%...

OK smarty.. How many problems will be caught if #1 there is no official testing agency and #2 there are no longer regulations to test for?

Aussie born and bred.

So THIS is how you end up with an unwelcome tuxedo passenger seat.