Clicked on the website just because of these comments. I was not disappointed with my level of disappointment.

Use a big enough engine and a brick can fly.

Easy CP for this. Sorry, but too much money for a frankencar. I’d much rather have a meticulously kept stock version to float around in, and can get that for a LOT less money.

Because the asshole in Kia took the tube with him.

Middle of the Pacific? Probably Fucked. No one really knows!

“I love deadlines. They make such a lovely whooshing noise as they fly by...”

Torch articles about Beetles take you to places you never knew existed, and make you stay longer than you ever imagined you would.

I just... I don’t get it. I’ve done ridiculous janky stuff. I road tripped a $1 junkyard Nissan Sentra 1000 miles. I used Mitsubishi parts and welder to make an ill-advised but very functional turbo setup on a 1.6 Miata. I have a 1977 Jaguar with a Chevy V8 in it. This is ridiculous and janky, but it’s ridiculous and…

Corbin is an awesome dude and he does good work, but I think part of the appeal of owning something like this is having built it. Not something I’d buy.

Also, being Californian, I’m not interested in finding out how difficult this thing is to smog. There’s a reason he registers his stuff out of state.

My dad was driving 90+ mph in his 1978 Monte Carlo to get to the hospital as quickly as he could for my birth. Somebody passed him on I-55. He loves telling that story.

85 doesn’t even exist around here. Is this some Mexican octane? I have put 87 into a WRX and it immediately pulled timing and prevented it from boosting over 7 psi (I was logging the engine at the time and saw it happen). One thing I have seen is that aftermarket tuners will often disable many of the ECU safety…

Compression ratio is meaningless without talking about timing so I wouldn’t recommend comparing one engine to another.

You have a basic misunderstanding of how insurance works. AAA makes more money the fewer claims you make. You also somehow seem to think that Bacon’s blog post contradicts AAA’s findings when it actually has exactly the same conclusion. It might make more sense to you if you realized Bacon uses “required” and…

Not only is this the cheapest I’ve ever seen listed, it’s also the most expensive I’ve ever seen listed as well. Along with the only one I’ve seen listed.

More than that, it’s a foregone conclusion that in order to develop a car you’re going to build prototypes that will be crushed. That is built-in to the whole bargain. This is how we come to have any Focus RSes at all.

Crush all you want. They’ll make more.

“An apples to oranges comparison, but explain to me how a new Chevrolet Tahoe is worth $50-60k+?”

Exactly this. There’s a reason that the bit about the disgruntled customer was tossed in there in the end, because you need to paint the picture to fit the narrative.

I mean, you have to be pathetic to do this for tax purposes. It’s less pathetic if you aren’t able to pass smog in your state and you never will be able to pass smog in your state.

That could be a lot of fun.