BIG agree on the interior of the Mustang. The last one felt special, and the gigantic screen takes up so much space that there’s none left for actual DESIGN. Makes it feel very generic inside. Reminds me of the Camaro interior, which is NOT compliment. 

Not necessarily. I’m 6', 250 lbs, and it’s less the height you have to worry about, and more the pedal box. I wear a size 13, so I have to wear some pretty lightweight shoes to drive a Miata properly. 

Same. I’m 6', about 250lbs, built more like a linebacker. I do NOT fit in a Mazda 3, as much as I’d like to

I think 6'5" is pushing it for a Miata. The problem isn’t height, it’s the shoe size that goes along with said height. I’m 6' and wear a size 13, and I feel like that’s pretty much the upper limit for a Miata’s pedal box. At OP’s height, I’d be surprised if his shoes were anything less than a 14. 

I’m fully aware. That’s what makes the C8 Z06 and ZR-1 so awesome. 

And? The ZR-1 will probably beat a 911 GT3-RS too. That doesn’t make either the GTD or the Porsche any less impressive. The GTD is legitimate racing tech on a road car. That makes it more exotic (and expensive) than the ZR-1. Ford probably wasn’t even THINKING about the Corvette when designing the GTD. It’s clear in…

the Mustang GTD is going to cost a hell of a lot of money (especially for a Mustang)

Ford had a refresh of the Fusion in 2010 that DRASTICALLY improved the interior quality. I had one, and I was surprised by just how good the materials were. I think it was part of their efforts to improve after they almost went bankrupt. The buttons on the center stack still had the tendency to wear away after time…

The design and layouts are largely fine. With the American stuff, I’m more concerned about the cheap materials warping/fading/breaking/chipping. The thin plastic will start to get brittle, clips will snap, there will be creaks/rattles, buttons fade or get sticky and gross. A lot of cars from that era use cheap…

The Accord of that era may have had its dash machine gunned with buttons, but the quality was still head and shoulders above the American stuff. Yeah, I know that Accord was built in the US. My sister-in-law had one of those a couple of years ago, and everything still felt really well put together. It’s ugly, not…

Yep. The Global MX-5 Cup is straight from Mazda. No longer street legal though.

Exactly. Why the FUCK would you want to make your head and taillights worse at the ONE JOB they’re supposed to do?!

I mainly hear this from non-enthusiasts, but Miatas. People still think they’re feminine and wimpy, and don’t realize it’s the most raced car in history, and for good reason. For $60k, you can get a turn-key, track ready MX-5 Cup WITH a sequential gearbox.

After I saw Papadakis Racing make 1000 hp with a stock bottom end, I was sold. I haven’t even heard of many problems they have. It’s like the Toyota badge is keeping the BMW-ness at bay. 

Unfortunately for us, our duty statements leave the state with a way to force us all back into the office since the remote work is “dependent on business need and/or departmental policies”. Living in Southern California, the remote work hasn’t really affected the small-business landscape as much, since the types of…

I work for a California government agency, and we had to start going into the office 2 days a week back in May. Now I’m back in the traffic, wasting 2 hours a day commuting. The stupid part is they’re ignoring the fact that a lot of us have ZERO reason to be in the office at all. I work in IT infrastructure…

This is one of the reasons I like my union job. Guaranteed 5% raises until you top out in that position. The union negotiates a new contract with the state every 4 years, so the top out pay is always going up. 10 years with the state and I’ve never hit the salary cap. 

I refuse to acknowledge the fact that the Ioniq 5 N is a CUV. To me, it’s just a big-ass hot hatchback. Frankly the hottest hatchback of all time. 

The regular Ioniq 5 starts at about $45k, and is still a great car. $70k for an enthusiast car with over 6oohp is still quite a good deal. There’s nothing that gets you that level of performance for the price. Maybe a Corvette? But who’s cross-shopping a mid-engined sports car with a 5 seat hatchback?

The more recent reviews seem to give the impression that a lot of the software foibles from the first revision were mostly worked out before Fisker went belly up again.