You forgot the Crown Victoraptor
You forgot the Crown Victoraptor
Seems to me these brotards are more insecure about other cars being more ‘Murican made than their globally manufactured brotrucks.
792 ft/lb of torque, all wheel drive, and 5,500 pounds? Those globally made trucks are going to get dragged around like a Yugo.
I agree, the switch to a turbo 4 cylinder in the 718 was a downgrade in my opinion. Sure it has a little more horsepower but the normally aspirated flat 6 in the 981 sounds a hell of a lot better. (Full disclosure - have a 981 GTS in the garage)
I second that. My FD was very reliable but they ran hot which caused some problems. After 60k on the odometer the vacuum lines were pretty baked an brittle, and a number of check valves were toast. After replacing all those lines with silicone hose and replacing the bad check valves my FD ran perfect for years until I…
The light was for an overheating cat. This could be caused by fuel dumping in the cat from a stuck injector or a bad spark plug. The rx7 also had a pre-cat downpipe and a standard cat to meet emissions. With twin turbos, twin cats, and a small engine bay the FD ran hot to begin with.
Nobody is going to adopt that car if you leave it on their doorstep. They’ll have it euthanized.
Christ almighty that picture haunts my dreams. I had a 93 rx7 and ended up replacing a third of the solenoids, most of the check valves, and all the vacuum lines. The engine itself was simple but the sequential turbo control system was an ungodly rats nest.
I only issue I have with the dad is he went BACK into the car after he pulled his son out. That part is what probably pushed the race track to put him on probation. Other than that I would have done exactly the same thing.
I for one welcome our new raccoon overlords and look forward to their administration.
Cam guy was probably a bike messenger.
1. I agree.
I watched every episode of WD and Edd’s attention to detail on how to diagnose and repair cars made the show. Without him WD is dead to me. Whatever Edd’s next show is I’m going to watch it.
I would absolutely watch that if they did a show together! Granted it would turn into one of those Norwegian Slow TV shows but I’d watch every minute of it. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norways-slow-tv-fascinating-viewers-for-hours-or-days-at-a-time/
As a boxster gts owner with porsche torque vectoring (PTV) I can tell you it’s damn hard to break the rear end loose unless you turned traction control off. PTV was standard on the spyder and I can almost guarantee you he had traction control turned off so that he could smoke the tires (which he did).
If this isn't a good project for the Top Gear UK team then I don't know what is.
Back in 1996 I bought a new M edition Miata exactly like this one. It was one hell of a fun car to drive, but being 6'2" 220lbs it was a cramped fit and not good for long trips. It was also completely undriveable in the snow and the wheels acted more like skis than anything because of the wide tires and the fact the…