At this hour...back of the napkin math says:

Nice work!

The issue with this mod is that the pillars are part of the door frame itself (instead of being covered with a black trim piece) so it sticks out instead of being flush with the glass.

I’m going to disagree on that first point unless you have evidence showing a correlation between being able to drive a manual and also being a car thief. 

Still works too!

The problem is there is not much of a  market for just a “sporty” cars company anymore and the “luxury” portion is now for the most part baked in or just an option package away. 

This maybe explains why my Rav4 was such a rocket (relatively), but also returned a respectable 24 MPG. Curious if this includes that gem 2GR-FE 3.5l. (sans water pump issue)?

Not the "442s" one was hoping for

That Venn diagram is probably really close to a perfect circle.

I feel it boils down to people who feel inadequate casting their personal insecurities onto others. When it works, they feel “powerful” which masks their insecurities even more. Rinse and repeat until they have convinced themselves (and/or convinced others) that their opinion is the only one that matters lest they…

Apparently to use up all the parts they have laying around

Pre-covid I part-timed at a brewery in town and we’d play Convoy radio and talk CB lingo all day long.

Circa 2001 for me...also the last time I looked through a Crutchfield

Ladder bars is the only one I haven’t seen in an article on here or heard said in the past 3 months (probably a decade since ladder bars was referenced though).

The fact they are made with magnesium. 

They should make it standard...then add a Smokers Package Delete option for $500.

Hyundai would be smart to try and lock something in with the N cars coming out.

Lol at the "much bigger straps"

Geebus if you got a 1st gen CR-V for $5500 in 2002 that was a great deal. My parents purchased a new ‘99 in ‘00 and neither dealership in Omaha or Lincoln would budge on MSRP price as they were extremely popular. And they hold there value so well.

Their high-default debt amount, maybe.