I guess I wouldn’t have considered that special, but I suppose special comes in different forms.  That’s a got a Guiness record of the highest volume 2 seat sports car in the world, so I guess I don’t really consider it special in the same way as a low volume supercar.

That’s almost exactly what the Viper was.  They built around 1000-1500 a year and it would beat most cars that cost even 2-3x as much around a track.  I do have my cake and eat it on a regular basis because I have an 04.  It’s cheap because it doesn’t have all the extra tech and frills, it’s a mechanical performance…

China?  Because they have 4x the emissions of the US based on 2017 reports at least.

Just out of curiosity, what are you thinking is a special unique vehicle from Mazda? I’m not that familiar with their portfolio.

I get that, but I think that’s part of the problem.  Auto makers have lost the idea of a halo car that’s the one fun thing in their portfolio that doesn’t have to make them tons of money.  I know that doesn’t make the most business sense, but it’s one thing that draws me to certain brands more than others.  I applaud…

Really this should be “Advertising is everywhere”. It’s not necessarily fair to step up that chain to capitalism. That’s like saying if a teacher is bad that a school is bad. Capitalism has done plenty of good things along with bad things.

It’s not nearly as significant of a difference in the Vette, but it’s still there in my eyes. When the difference between base model and top trim is over 50% power difference, that’s pretty huge to me. I’m not necessarily saying that’s a problem, just that from my personal preference and opinion I think it dilutes the…

Yep, you can tell who uses a unit converter and who does the math.  I had this same issue when trying to do some certification testing.  We were looking at a change in temp of some amount C and when one guy kept converting that to F it seemed way off.  Had to try to explain that units of C and F are one thing, actual…

I think one thing Ford has done differently with the Mustang is that is has always been an “everything for everyone” car. That personally puts me off, but I can understand why it has been so successful in that regard. Back in the day is was everything from grandma’s economy grocery getter with a 6 cylinder to a fire…

I imagine a lot of the tuning that has been done on this hybrid system may have been with that in mind too. It would be one thing to put a boost motor in and just wire it to a button that said “electric NOS” where you had full power at the push, but I’m guessing there is probably a lot more to it than that to make it…

You can’t compare to ABS sensors for misfires though. You have to monitor at the engine level as you would never see a misfire at the wheel as it would be too damped by then. They basically monitor crankshaft acceleration to see if a cylinder didn’t fire right. There are other things to watch like injectors and coils,…

Same goes online. If you do want to express blank disdain to someone online, you write formally, use a period to add finality to your words, or make your words as low-effort as possible, to signify you want to waste zero time on this interaction.

Yeah, in that regard I agree with you.  But there are some things that OBD monitors super hardcore that I could see this being an issue with.  Maybe it’s only unique to some engines though.  For instance, I know putting an aluminum flywheel on a gen 3/4 Viper can cause misfire codes because the engine can rev faster…

Somehow a 10,000 rpm redline seems far less impressive when you idle at 5000 to start with.  Even 13,000 would only be an 8000 rpm range, which is up there, but not insane today with cars.

The company won’t let on what battery chemistry it is using but says it is “military-grade” and is already in use by an OEM EV manufacturer. It’s lithium-based and focuses on power density over energy density.

Yeah, I don’t necessarily want something super loud as much as a nice hum/lope. I have cutouts on my 67 Dart and honestly I love the way they sound wide open when the car is idling, but it’s way too loud when actually driving to leave them there. They are fully adjustable though, so I kinda have a volume switch for my…

Fair enough, though if I have a choice I would probably get neither. I daily my wife’s 09 Malibu that’s a V6 right now since we carpool to work and it wears on me for similar reasons to the Jag. It’s quiet enough that you don’t really hear much of an engine note and it rides okay, but it’s just numb and boring to…

The funny thing with me is the silence and smoothness is what bores me to death in cars and makes me want to get something else. I daily drove a Jag XKR for a year or two and while it was a really nice car by all means and had all the features I’d never had in the classics I was driving up to that point (like 60s and…

Yeah, more and more electronics in cars is more of a turnoff for me. I like gadgets and toys to some degree, but for daily use things get a little different. Where I work just started producing electric industrial trucks recently and it is the biggest headache to get them working and keep them working sometimes. You…

Easy, “green image”.  They wouldn’t put in tons, but a few spots with an EV charger is an easy chance at a press release about “going green”, even if they don’t support them or keep them maintained.