*checks current HD truck prices*

The lesson they should have learned from this car is “make it cool first!”. Instead, they’re worrying about fitting two golf bags in a C8.

This is, without doubt, the correct answer. God the RS6 Avant rules. 

That's kind of the point: most people won't take these to tracks so they'll punch it to 100-110 on the highway to "feel" the performance. In that respect, the EN is a way better deal.

Interesting that the Elantra N smoked the CTR. For most people this is probably a more relevant metric than lap time.

For all the disagreement that exists in the automotive space, I think we can all come together on this one:

H2 is bad, but the new one is worse. It makes a bro-dozer look like a conservative choice.

Eh...it’s just that you need to have more skill. Someone who knows what they’re looking at when logging the vehicle combined with the fault code can figure it out quickly.

As someone who has done benchmarking, it’s very expensive and time consuming. I’m simply pointing out it’s a legitimate reason for an OEM to want to keep telematics to themselves, keeping IP close to the chest is no small thing.

I’ve written DTC lists and regularly develop diagnostic systems. OBD gives a ton of data, you could reverse engineer an entire engine calibration from it if you had the time and inclination.

On the one hand, I’m totally in favor of right to repair. On the other, having access to telematics makes “benchmarking” a competitor’s vehicle much easier and cheaper. If I’m a manufacturer and just spent billions coming up with some new calibration techniques, I’d be loathe to make that public too.

Seems to pretty consistently be Ferrari. They’ve got all the branded gear, they’re part of the owner’s club, they never drive it hard. Worst of all, they take is SO seriously.

While I’m not a crypto nut, it’s this sort of shit that makes it appealing.

I fly a lot, and I’m still surprised at how slowly people get off of the plane. It’s like they have no where to go, it’s like they aren’t sick of being compacted in a tiny space with a bunch of smelly humans.

It would be really nice if the IIHS would give a comparative score with older vehicles, this constant moving of the goalposts leads people to believe that the car companies aren’t working on this stuff or very little improvement has been made. In reality modern vehicles are orders of magnitude safer in any test than…

1st gear: it would be better if you talked with an ICE emissions expert instead of quoting the guardian. The guardian has an agenda, and clearly knows little to nothing about NOx emissions.

I’d go any late 60s/early 70s Mopar. Hemi Cuda is probably number one, most boomers just can’t get one!

Uh....$50k EK Civic Si? $80k ITRs?

Ford will sell you a regular cab with the 6.5ft bed and a 5.0L V8. It’s a really fast truck, surprised they don’t offer some kind of “sport” version with a lower suspension and stickier tires. Would be a simple thing to do and a cash cow, the base already exists.

This is not the experience my Tesla owning friends have had, they’ve all switched brands.