“The rationale varies from team to team, but it’s often used to optimize how the car uses its power on track—just like any other race car’s gearbox, really.” 

This is silly. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are fine. Google and Apple won the war. Just give it to them. Every car infotainment system is bad anyway. Stop trying to do it all in-house, car companies. Just give up.

I liked Top Gear USA.

I’m going to go on record with this. I didn’t mind the ‘original’ American incarnation, once they’d gotten rid of the stupid studio segments (which are shit in the UK version too by the way) I thought it was a great way to spend an hour.

I’ll reserve judgement until it airs, but I don’t have high hopes.

Because it was the standard transmission [gearbox? ;~] on base models. Back in the day.

Listen Yankee (I don’t care which part of Amercia you’re from, you’re all Yanks to us!), it’s a box full of gears, hence gearbox. What the hell does transmission mean anyway?

I think we should start saying gearbox as a way to differentiate good transmissions from CVTs.

But you wouldn’t say “Flappy Paddle Transmission”, now would you??

Gearbox gearbox GEARBOX!

I say gearbox. I say boot. I am American (but lived in Europe for several years). I do not apologize. They are better words. I shall remain insufferable to my friends.

I REALLY dislike the way that looks. At least Ferrari did a decent job of “hiding” the fin with the livery scheme.

Seriously? How is this post-worthy. How do people own cars and not know what these are.

“Cut springs” immediately discredits any other work done to the car. The price might be right for some, but I wouldn’t go higher than half the listed price.

Total hero.

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...

BRZ/FR-S does to 0-60 in 6.3 sec, exactly the same as a Focus ST.

Yes... I understand torque. Do you understand power-to-weight ratio? Do you understand weight distribution?

Can we stop with the stupid roof boxes? They seem to only serve to take a good looking car and fuck the lines up so hard that it may as well be an Aztec.

Rocket bunny = purist.