RS3 should sell much better here than an RS6 Avant would. Aside from being much less expensive, a 5 door goes over much better in that market than a 6 figure wagon would.

Regardless of the letters on it, Civic goes in the GTI/ST class. No driveshaft no super.

I’ve long thought the 370Z (and 350Z for lower budgets) should be the go-to recommendation because they manage to do everything well: lighter than the V8s, but they don’t give up all power like the true lightweights.

Something something supply demand chart...

Leave Bruce alone!

Mega trucks with no mention of Jackie Chan? For shame.

Mazda has pretty cars but no engines. Putting wheezy Skyactiv 4s in every car while they get bigger than ever is a great way to waste their good designs and enjoyable suspensions. Since they can’t afford to develop modern engines, they should partner with a larger maker who has scale and tech. Like Ford...hm...

Leaping to the defense of...an outfit? You’re way behind on your victim groups. This week it’s “transableism”.

So is a 95% failure rate enough to fire them all, shut it down, and take that set of fees off our plane tickets? Or will it be “reformed” with even more money, control, and manpower, proving there is literally no level of failure that can roll back the growth of bureaucracy?

Yep. Just like when over the top “hate crimes” etc turn out to be fabricated, but that’s ignored while the professionally-offended insist we need a national conversation, more funding for their cause, and more finger wagging at people who didn’t commit the crime they made up. Their hearts were in the right place!

It cuts both ways: the “community” will either shake their heads or laugh at the violent idiots who got themselves killed, instead of burning down the city in a show of solidarity.

How exactly did your invitation to leave go? A brand rep saying they talked it over and think it’s best you call it a day? A lawyerly type informing you you’re hereby and henceforth discharged from the premises aforementioned? Biff the muscle saying let’s take a walk and guiding you by the elbow?

We can either join the world’s precious snowflakes in their arms race of victimhood (I can’t keep up with the pet group of the week), or recognize we can’t rid the world of everything we don’t like, and stop looking for ways to be offended.

Lol. Do white trash, mullet car, hog, or krautwagen offend you too?

Since the bleed screw is at the caliper, only kind of backup that would work is dual brake lines which I’ve never heard of. However, most split the reservoir into two diagonal circuits, so I bet he had FR/RL or FL/RR still working.

Because most people don’t put snow tires on, even moreso for AWD/SUVs.

I drive my 250hp RWD car through snowy winters with no electronics whatsoever. I also want AWD for my next 400+hp car, to put power down in non-winter circumstances. Jalop or not? You decide!

Level II, they’ll shoot to kill?

Just more proof that F1’s move to turbos was the right choice: the lower compression ratios should make bump starts a piece of cake.

I have two “Dear Doug” questions: