I think these are popular in Australia. There’s a dude I follow on YT that swapped a Prius engine into his, made some custom parts for it, and ended up making a mid 13s pass in one.

Maybe because nobody forgot that the Probe existed. It lives on as The Car That Almost Replaced the Mustang.

so that makes it almost impossible to short

Dealerships don’t “order” them either. They take what Toyota “gives” them.

The past two times I was out of the country this year, I just told the customs agent what I bought and they told me whether or not I had to declare it.

Also: Don’t try to smuggle shit across borders;

Arnold got caught at an airport.

Yeah, you have to pay customs on imports. This has been a thing for centuries. What Arnold did is considered smuggling. Contrary to popular belief, smuggling is not just bringing illegal goods into a country, but illegally bringing any goods into a country; and it’s illegal to avoid paying customs.

All-seasons are never a suitable substitute for real snow tires, but these worked way better than all-seasons should.

Exactly. This should be bought with the expectation that you’ll spend the difference between this and the market value of good condition ones on immediate repairs.

These have always been race cars for the street.

What do you think it involves? I say transmission.

If I had the space, I’d buy it.

Dedicating a team of engineers to “rotary development” is a marketing exercise.

Good, but I do not see those comments on jalopnik.

Miatas need some work to be track rats, as the factory suspension is clearly setup for making the car feel fast at street speeds instead of being fast at track speeds. At least the NB/NC did.

I’ve not driven one myself, but apparently the GR Corolla overheats like mad on the track. The next gen is supposed to get new pistons that won’t melt and much better cooling all around.

Early models had some teething issues around the transmission. But given how advanced DCTs were when that car launched, nevermind AWD DCTs propelled by 400+HP, that’s somewhat expected.

Do people mock track cars not on the track like they mock jeeps not always being off road?

I also can imagine how may inattentive drivers would accidentally handbrake when trying to shift.