My best shot this year: Chevy 454 in a box truck that liked to shoot flames and do wheelies like Stubby Bob.

Drove my 50 mile each way commute in an E39 M5 in a place that gets 200+ inches of snow. Now I drive a 13' Mini Cooper S with no back seat which I drove several miles through a foot of snow last night. Anyone who says they can’t drive a particular car through the snow needs to get some real snow tires and learn to…

Put a tree stump and firewood in the back of our 86' M.B. 420SEL. Also loaded the car full of stones and steel tools and drove it 400 miles.... The one rear spring never recovered.

My Olds 88 autocrossing was more fun because I had white wall tires.

After talking to people who work on this stuff everyday, this is pretty much it. The EPA doesn’t rigidly define everything, so manufactures follow the rules as defined. There’s good reasons why the drive cycles exist.... they cover a large range of conditions and what is normally seen. Engines may not hit mandated…