It’s not all about the track, sometimes you need to pull away at a red light or speed up to merge. More power, especially some low end power would make it more enjoyable to drive daily and not get passed by minivans.

Is it really too much to ask for a 400hp STI? Now I realize it would be a menace on the streets considering the demographic that buys these cars but it just feels so pedestrian. There’s guys getting more power out of the 2.0 WRX engine with stage 2, Subaru is well within their ability to beef up the current engine to…

Hack them back in their next election?

I might just buy a second helicopter if they don’t win. It’s the best or nothing for me

This engine can complete an entire F1 race at full load. This car in its lifetime will see fewer miles than an F1 race, mostly at pit lane speeds. I think they will be ok

Also talk to the guys in the machine shop, I designed some dumb shit in school until I got in the machine shop. 1.0 and 1.000 are very different numbers

That CRZ looks like what it should have always been. I want one.

That’s outrageous. I love me some wagons but they are not that special. Certainly not going to pay 80k+ for the 2.0 ones. It’s not a bad engine but I had a 2.0 3-series, whatever they call that model now and it isn’t enough engine for American roads.

Odd that they didn’t disclose these as they seem like common things diesels would do. Reduced EGR under acceleration makes perfect sense.

That is some Hank Hill stuff

Ukraine can’t pay for any of these things. Even if all the money given to them by the west wasn’t scooped by for personal gain amidst the chaos and corruption they would not be able to pay for anything.

Don’t forget one of their lesser princes getting busted for smuggling amphetamines to isis

Twin rotors means more complexity and more weight. Chinook hauls a lot of shit so it is justified. I’m totally making this up as I go but an attack helicopter would be less maneuverable and more expensive to operate and would essentially function as a big bad aerial attack platform which may or may not be useful to…

All these weapons were built on government contracts, with the US as the primary customer. I understand the frustration of dumping tax payer dollars into this but the biggest cost is people’s salaries, there are a lot of jobs tied into this.

Educate me please. Shi’ites seem to be the more moderate of the two, at least in all the countries where shit it royally fucked right now, but problem arises because Iran is Shi’ite? And then at the same time they both still hate Israel? What exactly is KSA’s stance on Israel and vice versa. Bibi must be pretty pissed…

Not disagreeing but what are the strings attached with the THAAD system? My understanding is it is strictly defensive and I don’t see it ending up in the wrong hands like I’m sure a lot of other things do. Are you worried they will try to reverse engineer it?

How is this going to play out with oil production. Pretty sure we still want them to lower production, meanwhile their oil money is what is paying for this. I want to know the big picture of the negotiations.

So are they going to fight terrorism or add any stability to the region with this or just indiscriminately bomb the shit out of parts of Yemen?

It’s so much less orderly compared to other European countries, feels more spirited and alive, complete opposite of my dreary daily commute filled with lethargic drivers and people on cell phones

McLaren is cool an all but did you get to drive any of these common cars? What was that like? My only car experience was getting shuttled to and from the Rome airport in a van by a feisty Italian guy. The van was a stick shift and the dude absolutely hauled ass. I’m talking hauling ass by American standards, was…