I’m actually glad Project Silver was cancelled. Ford already had a history with LeMans with the GT nameplate, had brought the GT nameplate back once, and depending on when Project Silver was started, and based on projected development times, Ford could’ve easily planned the 50 year return, and makes so much sense…

Reluctantly giving you a star as you full well know that show isn’t Burn Notice.

You get a star for combining two very different cars that are also two of my favorite.

From what I understand, the 1995 model year is extremely rare as few were produced/sold, similarly to the 1995 MR2, so there is a bit of novelty/ desirability in it being a rare final MY car. And it’s a VR6 car, which drives up the desirability (even though the extra weight makes it handle worse). But even at $28k US…

And no one will buy it. They will look at the design and say “oh, that’s a good, sporty, looking car.” Next they will look a the specs and say “It’s pretty quick too!” Then they will look at the price, and compared to competitors, I bet they’ll say “This looks like a pretty good deal!” And finally they will look at…

I love that this article highlights distracted walking as it doesn’t hardly ever seem to be brought up. We, as a society, are constantly bombarded with the “distracted driving is bad” message (which it is), but we rarely hear the other half of this equation. I drive around my college down not terribly infrequently and…

I had the same question. It seems to only occur under downshifting, so it has to be related somehow, I just have no idea how.

This makes perfect sense. I probably would’ve been more surprised to learn there would be a manual option than automatic only. This thing is being optimized to do one thing, and one thing only. Go as fast as possible in a straight light down a drag strip. A manual makes no sense today if your trying to optimize a car…

Damnit NASCAR I’m getting tired of your shit. You over penalize for the smallest of crap like lug nuts (yes I know, wheels flying off are bad, but let the teams make there own damn decisions), and the smallest of variances outside of aero and mechanical specs that can’t make enough difference to matter, and then you…

No, people want it to not be a pain in the ass to use. Stef even said the sound quality was fine. Sound quality and sound equipment is not the issue, usability and lack of basic integration to the rest of the dash/design is.

I have never done this, nor have I ever done this. The idea of running higher revs than I need to JUST BECAUSE has never made an ounce of sense to me. I get that you can limit your speed but damn, as one of those young idiots we wished we could give advice to recently, I have always had the self control to be able to…

I will no longer watch this show. Admittedly I didn’t watch it much anyway because I found it rather boring. But as I’ve gotten a little older, I’ve grown to appreciate it more. I agree with many of the other comments that I’m tired of the same crazy deadlines and people yelling at each other, but for me,WD was to…

Not me personally, but my parents. When my parents met, my mom was driving a 1984 Mazda RX7, light blue. My dad did not like this car. At all. Now, at the time my dad was a good 6' tall and of a slightly huskier build, so the RX-7 was just a bit to tight that my tiny mother fit in perfectly. I believe it wasn’t long…

Because he hated it. There’s an emotional attachment there and the emotion is hatred. I don’t think he wanted to have the chance of ever having to deal with it again. So with standard David Tracey logic, he sold it to his landlord.

My first car was gold. Not beige or tan that someone will have on their Camery on Craigslist advertised as gold, no, straight up metallic gold. Since then my last two vehicle that were “mine” have both been grey, one medium, one dark. And my next car will be most likely be silver. Looking at this I hate how boring my…

I can’t believe I’m the first to post this (though no the first to reference it)

I remember that exhibit, almost 2-3 years ago now though wasn’t it? Drove up because my family has a ‘74 that I DD’d in high school. I also remember the teal-ish racecar (#66). I found it funny seeing it there because the last time I’d sen it it was running laps around Portland Int’l Raceway for the Historic Races.

Well shit. There goes my theory. 

I doubt Buick will go the “lifted and cladded version similar to an Audi Allroad or Subaru Outback” route. Subaru and Audi have a history in and are known for rally and their 4WD/AWD systems, Buick doesn’t and isn’t. Further, that would require extra capital to redesign the Regal to be lifted and cladded from it’s…

I’m going to plead ignorance on this one, but what the hell is a tire fee? I see it on both quotes and even though Tom says it expected and only a few bucks, that seems ridiculous to me. You have to pay a fee because a car has tires and a battery? Which are necessary components to the car? Am I wrong in my assumption…