My old boss was bombarded with emails, so he would skim, missing important information even in simple bullet format. Adding dry humor to the emails made them longer to read, but he would actually read them. Small sample size, sure, but so’s the one used to reach the conclusion put up by The National Academy of “Science…

Who is suggesting that? Is this a reply to someone else? The DeLorean—as commented multiple times here—was SS over composite.

So’s working with 3mm thick SS and the production of it. He could get the same effect from only using it as a decorative finishing skin. And it only eliminates a paint shop if it’s built in its own factory, not in one shared with cars that require painting. Not only that, they’re eliminating a cheap and easy way to…

The panels are supposed to be 3mm thick. What cost savings are there other than with production ones self-imposed by the abjectly stupid plan in the first place? The whole idea for this should have been a throwaway drunken “what if?” conversation. If this asswipe just wanted SS (because of the common abbreviation’s…

Because the stainless steel was only a finishing skin over composite with the DeLorean and Middle School Musk intends on building his stupertruck out of the stuff, including really thick body panels (I forget the measurement—3mm, maybe?—it was something absurd that made me laugh when I first read it).

And too dumb to look into how DeLorean used it—as a skin over composite panels.

I said the same thing when my Focus ST blew a smoke screen at 180k. No sign of head gasket, so figured turbo coolant seal. Replaced that—which took a month to get—and no fix. WTF, a cracked block?! How? Nope, found the TSB that lists 2.0 and under Ecoboost engines in pretty much every application except Focus ST (I…

Damn, that’s rough! I get feeling bad about dumping it, but it’s not your responsibility to fight the billion-dollar corporation that screwed up to get them to make it right. Plus, the next person will probably never buy another Ford again after what’s coming, either. Ford had their chance to make it right and chose…

Yeah, I was interested in a Maverick hybrid, but it seems the waiting list is measured in evolutionary timelines. Worked out well for me, but it wasn’t Ford who got my money (not that it was a high profit item).

Thieves with USB sticks rejoice! Finally something worthy of the term “joyride”!

Engine failure recalls, transmission recalls, and can be stolen by a 12 year old because they’re too cheap to put in tech even semi-competent makers have been using for years? I can’t imagine being the sucker whose insurance is now the amount of a cheap car payment only to be driving one of those bland POS. Not to…

They’re just betting on an economic downturn to take hold before they spend the money then claim they can’t survive unless the government bails them out, which they will. Then they’ll take our money and use it to somehow find new ways to make air travel even worse.

Nobody is going to give their CUV up because of a theoretical loss of maybe 5% or so of range vs a lower version of basically the same thing. That electrics are so heavy and have even less personality than your average ICE only makes it more likely for people to keep buying CUVs. Even for me, if it weren’t for the…

My idiot father survived driving at high speed off a mountain highway head on into a tree in an Opel GT while not wearing a seatbelt (which allowed him to end up in the passenger footwell so the engine and transmission could take the driver’s seat). Like this LLV, it is testament to luck, not engineering. Look at…

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…