My sketchiest rental car was kind of a surprise for me. It all began with my first DSM getting totaled January 4th. I was dead set on replacing my Spyder with an AWD DSM, not really stopping to think that $2000 won’t get you very far in that market. I found a manual one for sale in my price range a month later at a…

So if you’re a diehard V6 Mustang fan

Came here expecting to be confused. Left satisfied? I don’t think that’s how transmissions work, Raphael.

Aren’t stereotypes fun?

Holy crap! What did you do to your poor 4G63? Despite my autocross runs and heavy AWD system, my Talon averaged 27 mpg over its life and regularly returned numbers in the low 30s on long trips. Fuel economy at WOT was reported as ~2.7 mpg by the ECU. I can’t compare that to an NA car because I’ve never owned a…

Seems like someone broke into my folder of desktop backgrounds again....

It’s a combination of operator error and number manipulation. For instance, the higher gears in the Performance Pack require another shift to get to 60, which is not mentioned in this article or the one originally reporting the story. Additionally, this presentation omits the trap speeds for the four drag runs, where…

http://www.focusrs.org/forum/13-off-t…

It’s there. They put it under the floor because why the hell would you ever just stick a sub loose in the trunk?

My winter beater (NA Miata) seems to fit this description. It has no door panels. Or any interior panel for that matter. The rear window is opaque from UV damage. The speakers don’t work. The A/C is broken. It doesn’t even have the reservoir for wiper fluid. It is SIGNIFICANTLY down on power compared to my other NA.…

January 6th my beloved Eclipse was totaled by a Caliber. February 8th I drove 9 hours from Terre Haute, IN to Storm Lake, IA to pick up my new car, arriving there 7 hours late due to a delay at Enterprise. My new Talon had straight pipes, maximum performance summer tires, no attempted alignment after the lowering…

The only one that is (soon to be) in my garage.

I have always wanted to swap a clutch and a torque converter. Have an automatic transmission that required some attention to the clutch pedal to shift. Then also have a car with two pedals and an H pattern. Just to see how bad it would be. Also the best way to teach someone to rev match.

After making this exact argument and potentially showing a video similar to this one, I always get the same response.

I think production started in 1991. I know with certainty that the MazdaSpeed AZ-1 came out in 1993, so 2018 here I come!

I put Hawk HPS pads on my Eclipse. It was great until the first time I tried to stop and ripped the upper wishbone out of the strut tower. Those pads are the shit!

Oh. Oh damn. I love it when you talk to me like that.

I am so sad that I cannot recommend this more. I am horribly distraught that I cannot get the Focus RS in Tangerine Scream or Molten Orange. How much is a vinyl wrap? I need more orange in my life...

Glad to know I’m not the only one that used the term “irradiated” to describe this car...