There’s a charcoal restriction filter in the intake downstream of the main air filter that comes out rather easily with a knife, might add a couple hp, but definitely lets in some welcome induction noise. It’s still no V12, but it’s a noticeable improvement and free (my favorite kind of mod).

Part of it is that people are used to modern inline 4s, which use balance shafts to cancel the natural imbalances. The boxer 4 is inherently balanced, so doesn’t use them, but it still tends to feel rougher than a balance-shaft inline. As for the tractor noise at lower rpms . . . yeah, it’s not a classic sports car…

A split Targa or T-top would be awesome—they could even retain the double bubble roof design, though I’m sure they’d have to charge a lot more and out of the range I’d want to spend.

I paid under $30k OTD for a manual base GR. If it helps, it was at Jaffarian Toyota in Northeast, MA.

How big are you? I’m 5'11", 175 and have plenty of room. I would prefer if the wheel telescoped a little more, but it’s not too bad. Seat was an easy fix with a couple dollars of upholstery foam and/or a knife. I’m way more comfortable in the GR than in any other bigger car I’ve been in since they started putting the…

As someone who has a GR86, completely agree about the seats, but it’s an easy fix. For lumbar, I added 1" of dense upholstery padding I had left over from fixing the stupid angle of the seat bottom on my Focus ST to the lumbar area (if you bevel the edges, you can’t even tell it’s stuffed). For the bottom bolsters, I…

I’ve driven and rode in a lot of junkers and “parts” cars and I am factoring those doors-flying-open-in-turns POS into my response: brand new 2016 KIA Rio rental. The cheapness, uncomfortable seat, questionable crash safety, and looks are obvious and not why it was the worst, it was the literal second or more of delay…

Polarizing looks, terrible use of interior space, with less power than a 10 year old Focus with the same size engine, yet lackluster mileage in spite of it. Hell, a ten year old Focus hatch is a better car all around and even one with the dreaded DCT would probably outlast the CVT in this stupid thing. It’s a real wond…

Now it has half the lifespan and eats more oil while getting the mileage of a V8, but with about half the power. People complain about their ubiquity, but there’s nothing wrong with a rotary that can’t be fixed with an LS.

If I was a member of an alien species visiting Earth and could communicate intelligibly with humans, I would totally tell us stupid, filthy primates some ridiculous shit just to screw with us, so . . . plausible?

Entitled garbage family raises entitled garbage son. Why is she even sticking her nose into little boy’s “fight” (where he’s clearly the asshole even if past actions and words aren’t taken into account)? Real Housewives of Formula 1.

Maybe the guy was eccentric, but I’m not sure that’s the word for a pretty standard boomer-bait (boomerbate?) collection that sounds and looks more like a hoard. The sharks, I guess, but they sort of fell in his lap and who wouldn’t keep those if they had the space? Not having them displayed with the Sting Rays,…

Turkey should let them sail through the Bosporus as they’re not war ships. They could hold a lot of explosives and I bet the Ukrainians could figure out how to turn them into drones.

Not software related, but this is why I never bothered patenting the few things I’ve invented—it’s just an expensive plaque I don’t need to impress anyone with for something that I wouldn’t be able to profit off of making or couldn’t afford policing if someone decided to steal it which, thanks to the convenient…

Cheaper than a manual Civic hatch 1.5T before markups and barely more than a Corolla hatch. Unfortunately, cars are expensive now, but at least the twins feel like more than overpriced basic transportation. I think the statement should be more like: just about everyone who can afford a new car can own.

As a former 2x S30 owner and GR86 owner, I both agree and disagree. I agree with your assessments, but I think the similarity is in the spirit. Back in the Zs day, average fleet braking and handling were much worse than today, so the Z wasn’t as deficient then as it feels today (or felt even 25 years ago when I had…

I’ve been saying this since I bought my GR86. It isn’t a modern performance car so much as a vintage sports car filtered through expected and mandated modernity. I had a ‘70 240Z and ‘74 260Z (earlier smaller bumpers) and this car is much closer to them than the bloated touring car Nissan is passing off now. Hell, I…

If it’s like the 2.0 Ecoboost, it’s a “normal” consumption according to the dealer, but really a design flaw that reveals itself in the need for a new long block. What the exact nature of it is, IDK as I haven’t been able to find out beyond a coolant passage from block to head might have been poorly machined or cast,…

FYI: some of those people swerving at you on your loud bike are only pretending to not see you.

I’d say I’ll never buy a BMW, but I never would have bought their overrated, overpriced junk even when they weren’t appallingly hideous and still offered a decent drive. But if I was a marketing parasite at BMW and very familiar with the BMW demographic, I would be surprised by the backlash. I’ll bet most of the…