I feel like I’m alone in disliking the GT3 style solid-sided wing. The new GT4/GT3RS/GT2RS wing looks great, this just looks ... old. 

PCCBs should definitely not be standard. They’re a ton of cost (new and maintenance) for something that’s not really an improvement unless you’re heavily tracking the car, and if you are, get a GT3 or a Cayman GTS.

Depends - if Leclerc is more pliable than Kimi with team orders, it’s not necessarily a bad strategy. 

In terms of large collisions, no. I think there was some question that the Halo wouldn’t necessarily stop small flying objects (springs, for example), which the aeroscreen might have done better. Of course, would the aeroscreen have stopped this?

My hope is that they’re aftermarket wheels/tires without TPMS sensors.

When the BOF Explorer platform was replaced ~2010 with a unibody based on a lifted Taurus X, it switched to FWD base. So a (relatively) recent change.

Living the dream. 

Yes, that’s why I specified them as “a resurgence of an old brand.” The old brand didn’t have any SUVs, but the resurgence certainly does, and they’re selling very well. 

You think this is bad? At least you know what to search for. Try a kit car. Some of the parts are rare, and some aren’t, but you don’t know until you figure out where they came from (if anywhere). Engine mount? Off a 1970s Jag. Brakes? Spitfire. Clutch slave cylinder? Small North American aftermarket supplier. Clutch…

I’m holding my breath to see it in person, but the Nurburg Green on the Canadian configurator might hands down take the best sport sedan color palette I’ve ever seen. The green-grey with grey Brembos instead of red (the only color to get them) is just perfect. 

Because sunroofs are silly, and a sunroof in a truck is doubly silly. I’m with you on that diff though. 

Regardless of how long Hyundai has been building vehicles, Genesis is a young brand. As Alfa has demonstrated (as a resurgence of an old brand), starting in SUVs can be a better option. 

They’re (probably) not painted. They’re just not pre-machined, so they seem more matte silver than raw metal, and it’s a bright room.

Oh, no question, I’d love to see a classic BMW naturally aspirated straight six in the current 1 series 5 door chassis. If I could get one of those with a manual in the US it would be my daily forever. 

If it makes it any better, I spent a few hours in a 2018 M140i with the manual ... and was sort of wishing it had been an auto. Because of the monstrous torque curve, I never really felt I was getting to a better place for the engine by shifting. Maybe it was because it was RHD and I’m used to LHD, but the whole…

I may be wrong, but I believe European Rangers are actually built in South Africa.

Unless the 718 GTS is worlds above the 718 base I drove, 981 GT4 all the way. I was a huge fan of the 981 GTS, but the 718 base I drove, even though it was close on power, was hugely worse overall.

I’m assuming you didn’t ask to drive it? I made an appointment specifically to test drive a Stinger, they didn’t say a damn thing then except “Sounds good, we’ll see you then, ask for X”. Then I show up and literally the first thing they do is sit down and want to talk numbers and run a credit check, and give me a…

Bullshit. At least for an R53. Maybe they’ve gotten better.
Signed,
A former MINI owner and maintainer.

Don’t. (As in don’t wait, not don’t buy. Do buy, they’re great driver’s cars.)