We don’t use keys for repo. In fact in most places I’m aware of, the dealer and/or bank aren’t supposed to have keys to it. We just brute force it. One way or another, it’s going on/behind a tow truck. And believe me, the typical repo guy does not give a shit about damage. They aren’t responsible for it, and nothing…

If its a repo he’ll put it down someplace nearby, and they will likely have a rollback come scrape it up.

LOL, The dealership has folks brainwashed into thinking you gotta come to them for everything. No, most “modern” locksmiths are capable of reprogramming keys, usually if they have a reference key. Barring being able to reprogram the key they will just replace the entire ignition and pair with a new key/immobilizer…

Not for the door, dipshit, for the column lock.

Nah. It’s gonna stay that way for the duration. Unless he’s got a key.

Looks like a grab and run repossession. He’ll likely square it away once he is out of sight of the very recently previous owner.

I’m guessing you’ve never driven anything older than a 2008 because 6.2s 0-60 would have qualified as pretty fast 10 years ago.

I dunno how you drive, but I have no problem merging into traffic with my BRZ. I didn’t know you needed 500 HP to daily on the highway these days...

...but... the BRZ has a few benefits over a WRX... and to people who value those specific things (driving position, chassis balance, handling and feedback), the BRZ wipes the floor with the WRX.

Note to self: if ever buying a Mustang, get 2016

Seriously. Where are the droves of journalists and internet commentariate that are up in arms about power output of the Miata? Here’s the Jalopnik timeline for the 86.

Counterpoint: not everyone wants a larger (and heavier) car just to have more power.

I’d like to see the 0-100-0 test on both cars. The older Atom 2 won a 0–100–0 mph (0–161–0 km/h) test by a clear margin at 10.88 seconds. My understading is the Tesla can stop very quickly using it’s electric magic.

Yeah, that 'fact' has long been taught in entry level physics and it's just straight incorrect. Some materials have a higher coefficient of friction and some things don't behave as solid bodies when it comes to friction. I dislike that it's taught as some fundamental physics property because, for whatever reason, that…

and the Caterham Seven R600 0-60 mph 2.5

If your assumptions were true, no car could brake from 60mph in less than 120 feet (yes, in a vacuum, but cars still stop much shorter). After all, braking is just acceleration in a different direction.

Wikipedia says 1.20 at sea level and 0 humidity. Go above sea level and add humidity and it’s even less. That’s a huge difference in a key parameter.

(High-performance) tires can provide friction far above 1.

This is one of those things I could never quite wrap my head around, because the [admittedly basic] Newtonian mechanics I was taught in physics led me to believe it would be all but impossible to make a car accelerate faster than 1G when the car’s accelerating on a flat surface, and assuming the nominal coefficient of…

1.5 is too high for air density. Instead of having density as an explicit parameter, you might want to have your model estimate density based on ambient air temperature and elevation of ground level. Anyway, 1.5 is too high. (And if you really want to waste time on this, the air pressure is constantly changing…