Dude, I notice that on every single Explorer from that era. It is weird - I always wondered if there was a class action suit against them because of it.

Agreed - I won’t have to worry about it either, since wife does not agree with me having bikes again. We have a compromise - I bought an Abarth Convertible.

They should make them as disposable parts -just about everyone will replace those. Thanks for the explenation

I am not sure I understand that - what does placement of the mufflers has to do with sound compliance?

It is the placement - 848 underseat pipes looked great, and 899 underbody pipes looked awesome too. These look weird.

848 and 899 and pieces of art - if I had money, I’d buy one in white and hang it on my wall.

I rarely do it, but I am chuckling for real on this end

Hm, I wonder who the attackers were?

It is not just the exchange rate - it is import fees and taxes as well. Check car prices in Singapore for example -but make sure you are sitting down.

Because he is in Australia?

FIAT 500 Abarth with 1.4L turbo - all the dyno tests I’ve seen seem to indicate very modest gains with intakes, maybe up to 5-6 HP and same for torque, but only above 2500rpm. It seems that they actually decrease the performance under 2500rpm, although the car really doesn’t have much juice to begin with in that…

They could probably use a bit more power, but there is something to be said about cars that are not super powerful, but still fun. I bought an Abarth for that reason - thing sounds like it is on a race track, exhaust backfiring, engine whining, and when I check my speedo, I barely broke the speed limit. All these 400+…

A huge reason why I bought my Abarth was the sound. I bought the GQ which has a muffler, and I swapped it with a non-muffler, non-GQ model from the regular Abarth within a week of ownership. It is glorious, for a 1.4L engine.

I read the fucking article, and that is the first fucking paragraph. Being on internet doesn’t mean you need to be a dick, ya know?

But...he is a student? Am I missing something? If he has the mental capacity of a toddler, how is he a student in an ethics class??

Following that logic, buy an Abarth 500 or FiST and smile all day long for $20K.

Integra is the only car on that list that was exciting - others were just ...cars. Never any better dynamically than German RWD competition. Never better interiors. Never exciting exteriors - well, TL-S looked good. Their cars now are just as great, and they have the same identity - nice comfortable upscale Hondas,…

Just don’t tell your wife she was wrong based on a comment from a random dude on the net ;)

When was Acura any different than it is now? They had one exciting FWD car in their whole history, and they had NSX. They were always the purveyors of boring, nicer Hondas, and that is what they are doing now as well - and the NSX is coming back too.

When I said up there, I meant Canada - I found those stats, not sure how I missed that in my post.