Knew a guy who took his early 00s Grand Prix GTP to the drag strip and did this with the fronts. The result was basically just like this. Smokiest, most hilarious burnout I’ve ever seen, and I’m not a burnout guy. But it was absurd how the tire cloud he produced.

To protect against unnecessary and ill-advised engine wear.

No, what I was saying was the ‘14-19 Silverado/Sierra shaved ~250lbs from the GMT900 (07-13) trucks, and the new one shaves a claimed 4-500 more, thus about equaling Ford’s 750lb drop without going aluminum as much as Ford has.

Americans still do trucks better than everyone else, and when we started tarting them up with features, that was when the Germans and the Japanese really hit a wall. Say what you want about the well-selling Tacoma, a 2017 Tacoma Limited still doesn’t have the features an American mid-range full-sizer or GM full-tilt…

Once I saw how you spelled “Gyp” I didn’t need to read that one further. Ah yes, the Europe-wide haranguing of the itinerant poor. Makes lots of sense now.

This wasn’t just the period where VAG was going all in on diesel. It was the period where they created a corporate moonshot department:

CP.

It’s shit like this that convinces me the German automakers do that shit just to piss the world, and especially Americans, off.

Yes, I agree. People have fretted that eventually historical figures like Washington and Jefferson will be cast aside, but at least those men, for all their major flaws, also had major positives and worked to build a new society. GW and TJ weren’t just a couple racists sitting around that a bunch of other racists…

Don’t forget that you can get Chevy SSs all day long between 30 and 40k a few with a manual, and any 2015+ model with MRC.

The Ram is looking mighty interesting. I’d say they have as many advancements as GM does in the new Silverado. The 48-volt system is huge for them, and while they’ll be the heaviest American half-ton, they’ve spent some serious time on aero, the electrical system, features, and safety.

YESSS! I drooled over these GPs when they were new in the 90s. Give me a 92 GTP with either gold or color-matched wheels any time.

Any number of forgotten factory specials or up-trim models:

Burned at the stake for a Chrysler 300? You’re touchy. I’d be much more concerned about what others were thinking if I pulled up in a Charger R/T/SRT8. I actually like the 300Ss more than the Cs, myself.

The Jeep 4.0 was ancient and the design not able to be altered for stricter MPG regs.

The GN was more like 250hp, and like the Japanese “Gentlemen’s Agreement” of the 90s, the *stated* power of the GNX was 276hp, but in reality it made more like 300-320hp. T-types and 1984 Grand Nationals were the 200hp cars.

With an interior looking that straight, unblemished, and correct for a 32 year-old car, hell ya it’s $4k. The last time I had the chance to buy one of these it was that much for a car in near-junk yard condition. Well, the guy selling it felt it was worth that much, because even back then (early 00s) these things were…

I just used parts of CUE in a used ATS I was testing. Didn’t run into much of a problem at all, and I hadn’t used it before.

What are you talking about? Mazda’s fake leather now is miles better than what they had in the 00s. I had “leather” in my MazdaSpeed6, and that stuff was only a rung up from the back seat of a cop car in terms of give. Shit was so taut it could stop bullets. My 2017 Mazda3's leather was FAR more comfortable, supple,…

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