So what happens if this new Vette starts at over $100k? Does the brand survive the same way? Does the move “upscale” slash production volumes? If they can pull it off and keep it $60k starting prices (or whatever a current one is adjusted for inflation when/if this comes out), I’m not sure anyone will care where the…

The thought had crossed my mind to do a V8 swap as well, but I never looked into it too seriously. The truck was just having a problem with randomly dying at stop lights. It would feel like the torque converter would try to engage and it would drag the engine down and kill it. It was also just pretty worn out. You…

93 I think, or maybe 94, I can never remember. I remembered how the V6 was pretty much exactly a 318 with 2 cylinders cut off though (seriously, the heads are weird since two exhaust and intake ports are together and one is separate), so I ended up looking up 318 torque specs. Also had a Haynes manual at home, so I…

I wonder what the salvageable parts would actually be worth. Depends on the intensity of the fire, but the rims and main engine structure might be okay. Harnesses and seals would be shot, but the actual hard parts might be reusable.

This reminds me of rebuilding the little V6 in my brother’s Dakota. I was putting it together and looking up torque specs and the internet LIES HORRIBLY. The main cap and connecting rod torque specs were astronomical, but were listed as the same value on a few different websites. However, torquing them down that tight…

The buddy system solves the issue of not encountering enough unique Pokémon to evolve one you already caught.

Allow me to quote Fernando Alonso from the previous F1 race: “Hahahahaha!”

Dude, that Ferrari has an epic paint job. That is the best looking race car I have seen in a while.

It’s possible it might have started as a Gallardo for a development mule. The original Viper had one development iteration that was an old hacked up Corvette frame to test suspension dynamics. I wouldn’t put it past a company to start with something close to what they have in mind to potentially reduce development…

Ah, fair enough. I never played one as a main, just toyed with one my friend had started before he gave me his account. Was trying to level him up to get a mount and to be able to summon people way back when. I’m more of a giant sword DPS guy traditionally.

As I recall from reading about the series in the past, your points 2 and 3 were sort of on the way from the beginning. When the series first started they kept everything spec to get it going, but are slowly de-restricting components and systems as the series grows. For instance, the powertrains are no longer…

may result in yet another set of variations in the quality of how games look from one TV to another

Was it ever any different? It was pretty much dots and fear waaaay back when I played on vanilla and an expansion or two after that.

It’s totally a shaggin’ wagon. If it’s autonomous, all the better.

I think a fairly reasonable knowledge of Japanese probably helps a lot though. I watched a few episodes and had a harder time getting into it. I can tell that word play is going on and like puns and stuff like that, but it’s a lot harder to read the subtitles and get it compared to natively understanding it. Some subs…

This just tempts me to wrap my completely normal production cars in the crazy prototype “camo” wrap and drive it around to see what people speculate it is.

I saw something similar to this in the States, but for a much more explainable reason. There was a guy driving a bare chassis down the road from the IH assembly plant, presumably to another plant to get a body put on it or something was my guess. Was odd to see, but made some sense when I thought about it.

The ADR concept wasn’t AWD, it was just a widebody so they could stuff bigger tires out back. If I remember correctly, it actually had skinnies up front as well, so AWD is nearly pointless with that setup. That press release doesn’t explicitly state an AWD Hellcat powered version, it could very easily be read “Dodge…

Dang, that just looks like a blowtorch at the end.

unless it concerned the health and well-being of the car. Like mandatory maintenance checkups.