Did you watch the video at all? she linked it at the time stamp to show all the turns. The sketchy one was the last aborted left turn. The system didn’t detect a truck AND a truck towing a boat as a moving target (yellow designation instead of the blue in the other attempts) and was literally about to pull in front of…

Skip the rest until the end. That last turn was sketchy as fuck and the system didn’t detect the giant chevy truck towing the boat and the other dodge truck until way too late.

It didn’t detect the cars at all while trying to make that badly judged left turn...

OBDeleven, goodbye fake engine noise.

my cars can’t function without a “TOP 10 MUST-HAVE-THINGS TO BUY FOR YOUR CAR, YOU WON’T BELIEVE NUMBER 2!” slideshows. it just refuses to start until i bring in that ad revenue.

A slideshow. Always makes makes my wrenching take twice as long as I need it to, and is rarely enjoyable. Win-win apparently.  

Not until they fix this:

Haven’t black wheels jumped the shark for everyone not named “Bro!”?

It absolutely is when the chassis can only fit AWD with a 6-speed that requires a hump bumping against your leg. Not to mention the IS350 with 311 HP V6 will get smoked by a BMW 2.0T. Oh, and the base IS300 with the 2.0T gets worse mpg than a BMW 340i. The chassis is trash, the engines are trash, the interior is…

The original IS came out in 1998/1999 so probably not lol

Jalopnik: “silver is boring...”

Wait, I read the article, but didn't pick up the excitement. What were the magic tweaks? Grey paint? What did I miss?

Yes, I’m going to buy a fire-breathing, 472-hp, V8 sports sedan—and I’m going to have it painted the color of a dreary afternoon in February. Fuck that.

FWIW - usually “satin” is the term. 

I’ve been referring to that type of color, flat but shiny, as pastels. And I don’t like them. I’d have to wrap or re-paint that immediately, but if there’s no actual performance upgrade then to me there is no point in paying more for an uglier car, IMO.

It’s like shooting a gun for the first time. It’s nerve racking and intimidating, but once you do it once, it’s super fun. Then every time after becomes more comfortable and fun. Until it eventually kills you (kidding).

Depends on your policy. Some companies will let you do a track day/weekend if you tell them and also pay an additional amount for the higher risk.

If possible, go to the track’s racing school. They will usually let you use your own car and will teach the basics for performance driving. Then they will throw you on the track with an instructor to walk you through the best lines. It’s pretty great learning what your car can do and makes you a much more confident…

The Mercury Villager has a non interference VG30E compared to the Nissan Quest which has a normal VG30E.