The new Mazda I6 pulls very well and doesn’t seem like it’s working hard at all. The 2.5 I4 turbo definitely felt like it was stressed when pulling an enclosed trailer.

Top Gear demonstrated over a decade ago that a V8 M3 can get better MPG than a hybrid Prius. It’s all about how hard you make an engine work. A small engine working harder means worse mpg in the real world than a big engine barely doing any work at all. 

I bet it has to do more with turbo size. 

I had a CX-50 Turbo. I bought an enclosed V-nose 6x12 single axle trailer weighing roughly 1300 lbs. On the way home, I was getting about 9-11 MPGs with that turbo 4 banger at a constant 65 mph. Normally, I get about 21-22 mpg city and 28-29 highway. When towing an open U-haul motorcycle trailer with a…

Not as good as the Cardo. I wear earplugs and I can hear my music clearly, but the volume is on max. At higher speeds, I can still hear my music, but a lot is drowned out by wind noise. For phone calls, I’ve had conversations with people going like 50-60 MPH and they had no clue I was riding my motorcycle. And I don’t…

How’s the sound on that? I have a GT-Air II and the reviews for that generation of the SRL were bad...so I got a Sena 5S and am pretty happy with it (I’d be more happy if the voice control was easier to use).

Yep, I’d rather have a track bike even if they are slower around a track than a min-maxed car. Cheaper to run, easier to transport, and a more visceral experience.

Why would you care about the times? Especially considering you are comparing vehicles in vastly different classes. Experience is king.

I read that the K6 is ESPECIALLY hard to install a universal comm system on. Because AGV has their own integrated proprietary system you can buy for it. But it could be getting discontinued since they’re always sold out.

No argument there. But the perception of speed, and the fun that comes with it, tends to be significantly heightened when you don’t have any protection other than your race suite and helmet. So, dollar for dollar, I’d rather just buy a 600cc bike instead of a liter-bike for less than 10 grand and thrash the piss out…

I’m pretty sure that the K6 just wasn’t built with any consideration for coms. Like... at all. It’s definitely going to be a pain to install coms on the K6.

I do agree with your overall sentiment though. I think the biggest problem is that many helmet manufacturers are pushing more and more for their own proprietary…

Probably not, but that extra $100 grand in your pocket should make up for the slower lap times, and it will probably feel just as fast even if it isn’t.

Or, instead of blowing $120 grand on a track-only car you could spend less than $20 grand on a street-legal motorcycle that could smoke it around the track.

A stiff front sway bar with the OEM rear sway bar might have LESS understeer. My track car is running a Flyin Miata front without a rear sway bar for this exact reason

Yea nothing ever goes according to plan when working on cars at home. Which is why I switched to motorcycles. Everything is exposed(after removing plastics) and my time and sanity thank me for it.

I know someone who bought a new Telluride EX X-Pro for like $51k. Over $50k for a Kia sounds crazy to me, but times are changing and Kia is apparently upping their game, objectively speaking. Subjectively, Kia still has the stigma of being a Kia. This someone doesn’t need a 3rd row, nor the off road capability, but I…

Seeing how it’s CEO appreciation week, someone needs to show Elon some love. 

I was gonna ask, “where are the Altimas on this list?” But then I realized that there are an immeasurable amount of Altimas that have been so damaged that their occupants should have died, but are still on the roads. Endangering everyone they come across. Like cockroaches surviving a nuclear winter.

These are deaths/mile. Altima’s don’t die, they only terrorize.

No Nissan Altima? I haven’t seen one in months that isn’t dented up, duct-tape maintained panels or just general bumper car looking POS.