I rented an Abarth 595 Competizione in the UK using Europcar prestige for like $35/day. It was great fun but pinched a nerve reaching for the seatbelt. The Sabelt seats are super cool but ridiculous for a street car. Not livable at all.

I’m waiting for Fastest Sedan on Low Rolling Resistance Tires then every owner will claim they’re better than performance tires. Oh, crap, that’s Tesla owners. Never mind.

It’s not exactly stealthy.

I’ll be entirely honest with you, I think Darkwing would be a badass car mascot (similar to a Roadrunner from old days).

I’m going to do 1000 miles in my Exocet at the end of next month. I’m looking forward to it, but not looking forward to the ear ringing, blindness, muscle aches, bone aches, and allergies I’ll have after 4 days of driving open wheel. An NB looks like a serene experience. Moral of the story? It’s all relative!

I don’t know about state vs federal. Federally, exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is 200 nautical miles.

Thanks. There is some truth to that. I genuinely enjoy a good discussion how much I learn in the process - though I underestimate how badly triggered people can get when faced with an opposing viewpoint. I could certainly do without the name calling, personal attacks, gender assumption, etc. The fellow who added this…

Since 1963. That was the first waiver for CA. Trust me - my original post has generated about 150 replies to comments that I’ve made. That’s not including comments to other people’s comments. I’ve gone through and actually re-read the history of the clean air act, the California exemption waiver, etc.

Define success. If you want for nothing, are you successful? I’d venture a guess to say yes.

Yeah, popular vote is freaking mess. There are some hilarious studies on trying to a popular vote for everything.

Yes, I understand the reasoning. It also somewhat predates the stricter laws put in place federally in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s.

Not a republican but pro-business and pro-car. I’m also against states wielding power over other states. What if Washington state decides to enact tougher restrictions than California and applies for waiver? Do they then get to set the emissions for automakers doing business in the US? This is EXACTLY why you have a…

Nah, I just don’t have all day to look for it. 

There still are California cars. Most of them are a just a different tune or simply a sticker. Fact is, both regulations are are not far off from each other currently. The big anger of this is that the Trump administration wants either a future divergence (equal or more restrictive than current regs federally) and for…

12 is a lot less than 50. I can get 12 people out of 50 to do a lot of things.

Like I said in a different thread, no one is willing to sacrifice money for morals if there’s perfectly good stumping to do instead.

Yep. What’s even stranger is that space law is similar (and probably loosely based with a solid mix of cold war). Satellites belong to the country they launched from - even commercial satellites. So a satellite built in the USA by a US company launched from Japan is a Japanese satellite. If it hits a Chinese satellite…

You’re assuming the tuning was modern and the original cats are in good condition. I’ve seen plenty of cars with clogged cats that just eek past smog. There have also been pretty significant advancements in ECUs. A good tune (standalone ECU) and modern cat on a 90s car is likely better than what it came from factory…

My friend failed a smog today because her car reported a fault (no check engine light) for dirty transmission oil.