BMW's already do this. When you apply the breaks hard the lights come on brighter and flicker for a second. That is a better route than just going by ABS I think, which won't always engage under emergency breaking.

The 2000 and 2001's did. I believe 8100 rpm. After that they lowered it.

That's why everybody longed to swap in one of those early ecu's. I had a 2001, the car was fun as fuck. Although the motor was not boost friendly, it was a car made to be modded; looks as well as performance. Among other things I had coil overs on mine, and what a blast to drive this car was. Handled like a maniac.…

No you should keep your Prius. And you can also read my other response if you want to see what thinking more than 1 layer deep is like.

That is true, but current tech does exist to allow that much power and still get better mileage than my EVO had. That was 291 hp. Granted those are typically more expensive cars, but the EVO is not exactly a cheap car either. I knew getting into that car the mpg was going to be pretty bad. With very easy going driving…

This is awesome in many ways, but I cant help but wonder...considering the gas mileage of my last Evo X, this thing might literally lift one of it's wheels and piss gas.

This is what I am praying for this Christmas.

Not to mention that he apparently took the car to a road that Lotus' dream of. Dude you got a hellcat, do some redlight burnouts. At least until you learn the car. It's much safer.

Same here, it's mostly just a control factor for me. I've flown plenty of times and I generally do not have a problem with it. I have had some moderately turbulent moments up there and times where I was really not wanting to be up there. It's pretty frightening, but I really believe that if I was a pilot in that…

Not surprised. The Recaro's in my Evo were nice but not exactly top build quality. Fix your shit Recaro if you want to stay in the game.

Agreed, they opened themselves up to a wide array of easy comebacks here.

Not sure Planet Fitness was your best choice of gyms here. I would absolutely expect anybody who works out there to drive a Fairlady Beetle.

Don't they put traction control in those freaking things yet?

The Chinese gov does not like it's wealthy to show off? Does this not apply to Hong Kong or something, because I know a guy who just came back and said Hong Kong was like one large car show. Tons of high end cars, and tons of cars modified with very high quality parts on top of that.

I've seen an episode or two before but I don't usually see it on. I usually just watch things when I happen to find them on. Top Gear is always on. I should take note of when they show it and check it out again though.

If they can squeeze out 10, it should be the last one, as well as a prequel to the whole shebang. Follow Toretto as the hot up and comer on the race tracks, bound for NASCAR or whatever he likes. Then he beats in some skull with a wrench and the rest is history. Picturing emotional/awesome ending which we know leads…

Oh interesting point, I didn't pick up on that.

I think Top Gear USA is ok, I will watch it if it's on, but it is definitely missing things. One thing I don't get is why they don't do real reviews on new cars like the UK version. The whole thing is too much of their adventure, dicking around with random vehicles trying to with the right to drive a nice car. At…

Excellent work. I had a similar epiphany recently. I bought my car from a Manhattan dealer. Recently I was due for service so I brought it in on a Friday. They give out loaner cars if you want one but i said no thanks because on Saturday I intended on visiting a Museum in the city and I did not want to deal with…

Is this a serious comment? haha Yea I'm sure a guy who just got a Ferrari is like "oh crap, I cant climb over rocks in this with my whole family in tow. Must return!"