It's that red-backed stuff I'm referring to... you can stop the video around :17 for a really good view. Can CF be made in different thicknesses, and the red stuff is a binder between 2 thin sheets? *shrug* never really cared enough to find out...

...Because Not a Volvo.

...to my untrained eye, the nose looks a lot more like fiberglass, and the obvious CF bits really don't seem to do much of anything to absorb impact energy.

Hey! It's simple, and it works....or would you rather replace it all with a touchscreen, and proceed to wrap the car around the nearest solid object because you were busy staring at/trying to navigate the controls?

It's a blast, and I don't necessarily miss the 3rd pedal.

...so console yourself with what you *can* get...

Coming from a Mazda3, I neither noticed nor cared...

Perhaps it's a good thing I drive a Volvo...?

WHAT THE HELL, IT IS APRIL. STOP SNOWING, AMERICA.

Let's not forget the immediate irritation from having shaved off all that hair *and* the resulting few days of irritation as the skin adjusts.

...read my mind.

...and for just that reason, like me, you build a SFF HTPC for those big-screen gaming sessions. Granted my system is pre-7.1/HDMI, but I see no reason to upgrade yet (Denon AVR5700 ftw!)

I had a set of these for a while before I upgraded to the Vanatoo Transparent One.

For something more high-end, the Vanatoo Transparent One.

This car from Florida (wow, even back then) is using some sort of modified Fox-body Mustang front end and Eklers Corvette aftermarket rear fenders, and what has to be some really potent and terrifying drugs. It sort of looks like someone parked a Beetle in a race car bed and then coated the whole thing in glossy black…

Quite frankly, I don't care if my car attracts attention or not, even though it might be considered a rolling ad for Polestar/Sweden/Smurfs depending on who you ask...

Funny you bring this up, since a couple years ago I had seriously considered using that same line to turn a short trip to the GABF into a real vacation by visiting my brother in Montana. Having to be at the local station at o-dark 30 and burn an entire day in Chicago both directions drained the enthusiasm for that…

When I was young, I usually saw these 85 mph speedos in cars like the Buick Century and Ford Tempo and assumed 85 was really as fast as that car would go. That's totally believable. But then you remember that fast (for the late '70s/early '80s) cars like a Corvette or Porsche had these things.

I personally hate the front license plate. It's useless, ugly and costs the taxpayers extra money.

I haven't seen this in the US, but definitely existed in JDM and Asian market cars. Growing up my parents had a variety of Toyotas, and once you hit a certain speed (it was either 80 mph or 120 km/h...which are 50 or 75 mph WTF!) the car would start making this stupid chiming bell sound. Imagine that on a long stretch…