Agreed, have always loved Doug, but good grief, the microscopic analysis of interior minutia is over done with so many ‘quirks’ being such crazy things as a piece of trim or a graphic equalizer (which he didn’t know the name of and seemingly hadn’t ever seen before).

Yup. Why the hell they didn’t go that route is beyond me. They already have 42 generic SUVs, vintage American SUVs are hot, the Wrangler and 4Runner sell well, why not use the legacy of the Blazer name to build on that with a cool retro looking body on frame SUV with legit off-roading ability? 

Why the hell they didn’t go that route is beyond me. They already have 42 generic SUVs, vintage American SUVs are hot, the Wrangler and 4Runner sell well, why not use the legacy of the Blazer name to build on that with a cool retro looking body on frame SUV with legit off-roading ability?

I understand completely, I’m just a revvy engine guy, I guess - blame it on my childhood love of F1. Different strokes (get it, get it) for different folks.  

I recently was set on fire regarding my comment in the last article about the new Miata power increase because I dared to say that a 23 year old Honda engine put out more HP than the current Miata engine and that seemed lackluster to me. I was told I have no idea what Miata owners actually want (I was told they don’t…

‘Blame it on the Rain’by Milli Vanilli, duh.

The wedge shape, the haunches, deep dish wheels, super wide tires, turboesque stuff hanging underneath (reminds me a bit of the Ferrari 288GTO - yes I know those aren’t turbos on that car). What more do you want?

I have never driven in CA. Not sure which other states have the same law. I suspect CA is like this due to their notorious traffic/congestion situation.

The number of people in the general populace who don’t understand this is astounding. It is a PASSING lane. Not the ‘fast’ lane as people call it. As someone points out below, the speed is relative.

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I worked at a small engine repair shop during summers in college (best job I’ve ever had, by the way). We used to take traded in old Briggs and Stratton engines whose best days were well past them. Granted they are far from super precision machines, but we would marvel at the amount of sand and debris we could drop…

How was it clear that it was hungry?

To your point, I feel the Japanese perfected this. If I recall from the reviews back in the day, the relatively inferior 0-60 times for Ferraris were put down to the gate shifter.

Perhaps a blasphemous question/topic that never seems to come up here, but can someone explain to me the rationale for a high (if not the highest for decades) performance car manufacturer to have made their shifters with a gate and city bus length throws?

Cool, thanks for the insight. I loved my Integra, but, good grief I can’t believe that was 23 years ago.

I don’t know what ‘normal people’ means, I was just under the impression that as a small sports car, a Miata owner would value performance in a small/light package. I know many Miata drivers are enthusiasts who track the car, making me think peak power would be desirable. In the peak power (particularly given the…

I was under the assumption the Miata was a light weight sports car driven by devout enthusiasts, many of whom track their cars. I know the Miata is understandably a popular track day car. Thus, I would think a fervent light weight sports car owner would desire peak performance out of a limited displacement (read:…

I take HP/liter to represent two major things: I use liter as a proxy for weight. Seeing as low weight is a major draw of the Miata, I would think increasing power to weight would be desired. Second, I take it as a symbol of engineering improvements: I’d guess every manufacturer’s fleet has seen hp/liter improvement…

Come on now, let’s be honest. Every other engine manufacturer is getting substantially more hp/liter in the last 20 years: Ford’s F150 gets 375 hp and 470 ft/lbs of torque from a V6, Subaru is getting 260hp and 277 ft/lbs torque from a 4 cylinder in it’s new SUV (granted it’s a turbo), Chevy is getting 335hp from its…

We’re not comparing a Ferrari to a Chevy, these are mass produced Japanese 4 cylinder engines. As I point out in another post below, the bottom line is that the Honda had 170 hp and 128 ft/lbs. A 2018 Miata has 155hp and 148 ft/lb. So the Honda had 10% more hp, 15% less torque out of an engine 10% smaller. In 23…