I encountered a late model Boxster with full snows on Saturday. Driver was a woman in her late 20s (I guess). I commented on the snows and she told me "it's great until it becomes a snowplow".

I can't even imagine. My wife is not particularly interested in cars (she drives a '91 BMW 318is she bought in '98) but when I was on the fence one time: "Why are you so indecisive about buying a Ferrari? You want it right? Just get it."

I leased an '11 Volt. I never leased anything before but it seemed crazy not too. Depreciation was an unknown (remember the "it caught on FIRE!!one!" debacle? - what if it was a real problem?) GM threw 2k into the deal when they were offering no incentives on buying. Factoring in the tax credit, I …

The Hellcat driver decided to screw around after he red lighted. That's what happened here.

Tom,

They trashed 2nd gear in the Esprit in that '95 article too.

Additionally, Lotus was insanely optimistic about the number of people who would buy the Elise, to the point where they pushed aside the head of Lotus USA (Arnie Johnson, who kept them afloat on a shoestring all those years and understood the true market for the car) in exchange for a sales exec from Mazda who filled…

38->50. More than 30%.

That is exactly what a Michelin tire engineer told me years and years ago and it has been observed by me time and time again in the real world. Airing down from 35+ to 25ish is a notable improvement when dealing with fresh snow.

That picture you showed multiple times exaggerates the effect. The center of the tread is NOT physically coming off the road at low pressures.

GM sold cars at a loss for years. Was that part of the grand collusion too?

I've noticed other cars with multiple MAFs doing the same thing. Ferrari certainly does.

I'm friendly with a BMW independent. He specializes in M cars but works on all of them. He loves V12 BMWs because a conscientious owner is a steady source of income.

I had no problems with normal shoes in my S4s. Wear 11.5 shoes. No dead pedal was the only real compromise.

FWIW, the supercharged cars have a different transmission. The Mercedes 722.6 IIRC.

FWIW, the supercharged cars have a completely different trans that's very durable. The Mercedes 722.6 IIRC.

2000 Jag XJR. 370hp. Current bid: $4050. Selling price probably in the low 5s:

It's a MK1 GT3, not sold in US.

I had one for ~3yrs. If you're not bringing it to the track (and I never did), you'll tire of it. It's not much fun to drive at sane speeds. It's the wrong kind of loud - gear whine, shit banging off the underside, stock brakes squeal like pigs - it's really damn stiff, and crazy low. I thought the gearing sucked…

People often say that but it's just not true. Building a replica body is relatively easy - rent a real one and make sure you get most of the mold residue off it before you return it. Conceiving, designing, creating a unique one-off is a whole different league.