You know FIAT has a number of compact and small car platforms, right? If oil prices were to spike, they would bring over models like the panda and perhaps push other models through that platform.

Yup, I’ve maintained through this whole thing that VW didn’t cheat they designed the ECU to perform well on a specific test that has an incredibly narrow scope.

Not fucking texting while fucking driving.

I’m not watching because I don’t like seeing Lewis Hamilton win, I have better things to do with my time.

what about yellow motorcycles?

Wow, this sounds a lot like my childhood except replace the FIAT with an ‘86 Alfa Spider QV and your obsession for tuner cars with my obsession for fox-body Mustangs. My dad still has his Alfa Spider too.

it needs hydrogen or some kind of range extender. I think it would be more interesting if the rules dictated that only the motive power had to be electric and the CO2 emissions had to be near zero.

lol

I have a Fanatec GT2 wheel, an old fanatec wheel stand, AND the IKEA Poang chair as my setup. Currently, I store everything minus the chair in a closet, which is fine but it means that I don’t play as often as I would like.

asking for a friend...

How does one convince their wife/fiancee/gf/bf/person to let them have a wheel set up chilling in the middle of a common space or living room?

I would ride a fat bob.

I’m not the Volvo hating dude but I personally don’t get the Volvo hype. Some of the cars are cool but most of them are complete snoozefests and are often made better via LS-swaps.

Ex-Formula 1 driver finds Formula E boring, I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

It’s a VW product, who cares?

The first police car is an Impala not a crown vic.

This is never going to work, what are they going to do to punish teams that spend more? Pay a luxury tax? Mercedes and Ferrari have more than enough money to afford a luxury tax and wouldn’t give a shit at how much it was if it means winning.

Toyota’s accelerator issue was never actually proven to be an issue... so there’s that.

Is it worth buying this or a used Ferrari 550 Maranello with a gated shifter?

Better engineering, as in far fewer maintenance intervals and you won’t experience the odd and quirky failures of components that often accompany VW ownership.