An Escape and a Focus carry the same Footprint. Footprint is calculated by wheelbase and track width. Zero to with the height of the vehicle. So, and Focus and Escape are required to have the same standards.

Not as big of a change as I thought but post #2 has a good running list of all the changes. Looks like a bushing change, but along with the RF changes hitting the soft top it should help round the car out a bit. https://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=670912

I can see the headline now; “BMW Man Gets Turns Signals to Operate Normally.”

There is also a big suspension geometry change. So they bumped the power, and bumped the handling. The fun got bumped exponentially. 

I have the electronic e-brake on my Mazda 6. It’s nice. I like it. Cleans up the interior a little bit not having that handle in the way of the cup holders or something. I wish my Corvette either had an electric brake or a foot type like older trucks have.

Racer is reporting that it *could* but they don’t  have much time to get it done. There is a shorter configuration already but I can only think of one time it was used (V8 Supercars), and I don’t think Indycar would be thrilled with cutting off the back half of the track. 

It will certainly interesting to see where an Indy Car is compared to an F1 car. This is the only shared track for F1 and Indy Car in over 10 years. I can’t wait and already signed up for Pre-Sale email spam from COTA!

Bunch of poors. Why go through the hassle of buying new tires when you can just get a new car that already comes with new tires?

Are the tail lights a Nissan or Ford part #?

If that is the car I think it is, the picture is only showing part of the story. It is better viewed from the top where you see a very clear picture.

tl:dr Porsche paid the WEC well for a BOP bump for LeMans and their 70th anniversary, and the FIA changing the stint rule. Everyone knew months in advance the outcome of the LMP1 and GTLM-Pro classes.

I have a 2005 Corvette. 122k daily driven miles. Oh, I have that 1 hour commute (each way) you were speaking of. Dead reliable. And typical of American cars, the seat is nice and comfortable.

I love everything about the X6M. Usually I am a pretty practical guy, but something about it just gets things all tingly inside.

So, why don’t the automakers just follow the CARB rules and thus would be complying with the US Federal rules? Why does the government “need” to place the rules? Aren’t the automakers made up of good upstanding people? Obviously with their letter they care about the environment right? So what exactly is stopping the…

Pontiac Firebird Redbird

Are you in North Austin? Like Parmer area? I want to see it! How does the new rear suspension handle rough roads? The old one was jittery from the factory. I really loved my 2013 Veloster turbo, the interior was pretty nice for it’s price point with all the needed tech goodies. I have my eye on an N when they start to…

Go Hyundai N!!

Back in the days of AOL chat rooms I would enter the “Car Chat” and spew off all kinds of total bullshit. I usually had some 500+hp Corvette or Viper at the time. Usually I would have a friend pop in as well and we would just take those chats over will all kinds of fairy tales of what we “owned”, and at the time I…

Counter point, when done correctly it looks great. But I really don’t think color is the issue, it is application of said color that car companies screw up.