For the love of God read my words. Go look on Tire Rack right now, go. Go look. They have a set of 2012 production tires for $188 each.

Stock they came with 225/50 r16s. That’s what I looked up on Tire Rack

That you have 18" wheels is your own problem, not as the car was designed nor could anyone have known what size you were personally running.

It’s just a Skyline, it’s putting down 320 hp. You don’t need $1200 tires (you can’t even realistically buy $1200 in tires).

A set of Trofeo Rs are $800 out the door. You don’t need any more tire than that.

It’s an American car. Here in Detroit you’re given an almost free pass if you’re in an old muscle car. The tuner guys have a much more difficult time with LE. It’s part age and part demographics.

Puts Super Sports on an M5...get’s fussy about $600 in tires.

I think credit got the best of you....

(In a legal environment)

Is it your car? No

Is he having fun? Yes

Get your judgment beams off me and let me enjoy what I spend my money on.

You got old and wealthy, not clever.

First of all you’re not putting a set of $1200 tires on a Skyline. Secondly it’s his car, let him do what the hell he wants (if it’s legal)

WRX owner being idiotic? You don’t say?

(I own a WRX wagon)

24 hours is the only answer here.

You’re all misty eyed. They’re parts made of of metal. A competent machine shop can do the work, if you were building/repairing it hot rod style most of the non composite parts are fairly simple to manufacture.

I owned one of these.

This is the most poorly throughout VW in their watercooled history.

The pedal box is microscopic, the suspensions VW cheap with Audi pain of assembly. The doors, especially the rear doors have a very awkward entry angle. In the sedans the trunk opening and lift over are the most obtuse I’ve ever…

If it keeps you from hearing about SETH RICH that’s all they care about.

Bingo.

Then why is it offered in the 7 series?

You can’t seriously think they’re going to leave their top tier engine out of their halo car.

Compressing the spring with unretained ratchet straps is completely unacceptable practice.  

I had this exact discussion on the V12 vs TT V8 S class article.
You’re bench racing, you can’t only look at hp/torque. The engines have very different mannerisms, they make the car feel very different.

I’ve been watching hydrogen tech for the last 25 years. I’ve work in the fuel cell industry. It’s a dead technology. It has some niche military and compliance applications but unless lithium mines get tied up in serious conflict it’s not going mainstream.

The original design used a double or single row bearing (depending on year) which was sealed on both sides (a rubber ring kept grease in and dirt/oil out). That seal eventually fails, this lets the grease leave the bearing on the internal engine side. This would be a problem however under acceleration engine oil…

I guess I need a better lawnmower.....

The factory piece is a permanent solution. The active oiling solutions are a money grab by companies who don’t actually understand the failure mode.

If you drive the car hard, even if the inner seal fails the bearing will last a very very long time, it’s when you poke around town for 30k that you have problems.