Probably the best fwd car ever made. Had a lot of good times wringing one out to 8200ish rpms. But 100k? Fuck off.

The Z8 is gorgeous. However the maintenance costs are absurd! I am a valet and one of my regulars used to own one... Until he had a multiple-thousand dollar tab to replace a $17 plastic piece. Can’t remember what exactly needed to be replaced but it was buried in the engine bay somewhere. And at 150+k miles you better…

It's pronounced dipSHIT. 

As a valet, you are absolutely right about the “contract” holding no water when a customer unwittingly agrees to when handing over their unsigned-for keys. Yet when the business owner is found to be negligent it comes out of their pocket. I completely sympathize with the S4 owner. The fun part is arguing who is…

Is it’s transmission still chattier than my aunt Cathy? Drove an ‘09 and the tranny sounded like like it wanted to commit suicide.

Probably for fitment issues. Replacing a motor that is twice the cylinder count as the original would be a tight squeeze as is. Let alone throwing in two turbos and all of the associated plumming.

Benny the Cab from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”

You actually have the option to use whatever pattern you’d like. Real constellations included.

If you put a manual in it, as they did in 1966, people will be more inclined to track it. Just like they did back in the day. There were stories of Hertz employees getting cars back from customers who had temporarily fitted roll cages, only to remove them when their time was up, leaving holes in the floorboards. So…