I always think the Z comparisons are weird because the Z doesn't come with an LSD unless you pay supra prices, and the supra is known to be underrated on power. But Bradley did mention the 86, which is obviously the correct choice...

If the 4cyl supra was priced closer to the 86 it would have made a ton of sense, though I know they realistically never would have been able to do that. The B48 is a lovely motor that stands on its own merits, and an inexpensive RWD turbo coupe priced in the 30s would have been compelling (sort of like the next step…

It truly is every industry either VC or PE touches, with a slight nod to publicly traded companies, and it seems to be getting worse. It becomes about money for this quarter and this quarter only with little long term planning, all other concerns be damned. Oh and next quarter do it again. It’s such a stupid way to…

Don’t sell a business you built until you’re ready to quit.

There is a whole class of investors who have never really had to earn anything, inherited their wealth, and have no clue what it takes to build anything. All they care about is maximizing their ROI, they don’t give a shit if that kills the company/venture in the process.

It didn’t used to be that way. Once upon a time investors understood that a stable long term return was a favorable outcome. Now it’s like everyone just wants to make as much as possible as quickly as possible, everything else be damned. 

VC and PE destroy every industry they touch. My (private, employee-owned) engineering firm in the past 2 weeks interviewed two mid-career engineers fleeing their company after PE took ownership and ruined the work environment.

And the irony of course is that often times the most successful ideas are the ones that are new and “out of the box”. That’s why they got everyone’s attention in the first place (including the investors). 

I used to love watching Donut.

The reasons people leave Hoonigan, and Donut are exactly the reason people leave Jalopnik and G/O. 

Man I hate the College Frat bro managers. The dumbest people alive are the ones with Masters Degrees, they just lack all form of sense.

It looks like a toy. 

I work in entertainment, and this is one of the realest and truest things I have heard someone in this industry say:

Private equity kills everything.

didnt a recently departed writer for jalopnik just post this on twitter saying

Wow. Seeing that with people in it, that is just COMICALLY little. Still, undeniably cool car.

There’s only one 208 A Spyder, but there’s 10 207 A Spyders.

IMSA multi-class racing is where it’s at.

The race series I’d like to see is one where the teams can build whatever the hell they like, but can only spend X amount of money per season to build the car, with the amount not being huge and the limit being rigorously enforced.

I really hate reading about longbed trucks being cut down to shortbeds.