As RatMR2 mentioned if it’s a 21MY then they would have done or would be revealing soon.

Love me a good hot hatch, and this is definitely the most well received modern Toyota badged car I’ve seen on Jalopnik in um decades? I honestly can’t remember...

I would be fine if it wasn’t a 5 star crash rating yada yada yada (to today’s standard), there’s much worse used cars out there that would not do well in any impact scenario. Minor mods to pass everything, and meet all emissions regs etc. and I’d be putting in a pre-order. 

Any snow tire will be an improvement from all seasons for the most part, the ones rated for Ice etc. perform the best but are also the softest. I’ve used the Michelin Alpin PA3 and the Blizzak WS80 for snow/packed or fresh, or Ice the Blizzaks are better but other winter driving the Alpins were phenomenal for light…

I’ve had zero issues with shopping carts when parking beside a corral. Issues with people leaving the carts between the parking spots then hitting my car, or hitting it with their doors has been a much higher occurrence.

Have definitely had people perform a double take due to the exhaust on my bike at an intersection, have also had people try and merge into my lane when I’m directly beside them as well.

awesome, I imo when having a discussion of engine systems would state that instead of saying a generic job title like mechanical design engineer. Mine is mostly with BIW, and chassis engineering, none with power train.

As a Mechanical Engineer I’d say you having 33 yrs of Mechanical Design Engineering experience is moot unless it was within engine systems designing etc. You could have spent your entire 33 years doing sheet metal, wiper systems, (who knows what really...) etc. The recommended break-in procedure as you should know…

9 & 3 are the recommended hand positions, the whole 10 & 2 has been debunked for a number of years to my understanding. 

outside of U-turns and the like, with a proper steering ratio you shouldn’t need to go hand over hand for a track focused car. Not having driven it and live with the car for everyday driving, imho it would be better to hold off on assumptions. Perhaps they’re using steer by wire so the steering angle adjusts pending…

The Grom and Vespa comments however valid they may be, there’s other questions you may want to ask yourself. There’s also a Honda Ruckus that could fit the bill.

It’s b/c it’s a slow track. It’s a technical track and is very short. You can try it out yourself on any Gran Turismo. 

if you’re on PC you’ll just get aim botted by the ps4,xbox owners anyways lol

He dives into the physics of Helicopters (obviously), a nice amount of learning can be had. 

In addition to what OP says there’s also the weight/heft of the motorcycle when stationary or even on the go, it’s less much less intimidating than a 300, but when you step up to a 600 etc. that’s a significant amount of power from the motorcycles you learn on in the MSF course (usually a thumper 250 honda rebel etc.)

Good read, it’s nice to show how the dynamic and that the blame of such a mishandled ambitious project was multi-faceted.

it’s an awful position for anywhere that has any sort of road grime that gets kicked up and caked all on the backside of a vehicle. That’s why the GM versions have a washer with them, except on their trucks which is a little more out of the way. 

50-0 vs. 56-5 I'll let you guess which is Mayweather and which is Ali. 

My VFR800 is a bit porky at 493lbs give or take, with the saddlebags definitely skirting 500 lb mark but I don’t find it unmanageable in the least. 

cheap electronics stuff like iPhones and what not from China must all be terrible quality manufacturing.