If not, there's always this one.

Maybe this will help those geographically impaired folks who chose NWT as one of "America's" best plates.

I'm not usually one for trolling forums, but boy it *is* tempting to try to get on LEOAffairs.com...

There is truth in this. I'm 6'4", and I did manage to race one—basically by putting the seat directly on the floor. Even then, the left side of my helmet rested against the bar connecting the main roll hoop to the front hoop. I put a lot of extra padding on that bar, but I'm grateful that I was never in a serious…

That explains it! Yeah, here in the States, you would be really hard-pressed to find a manual 940. In fact, IIRC they were only theoretically available with a manual when equipped with a B234 (which was itself only offered for a couple of years), and not the B230FT. And even the B234 with a manual trans is rarer…

A regularly hooned car is going to break sooner or later, which brings to mind a couple of other positives for the first-gen RX-7: first, it's ridiculously easy to work on . My first racecar was an ITA RX-7, and I did all of my own wrenching on it. Suspension was dead simple, front and rear, the engine bay is…

I knew there was a reason I heart-clicked you!

Close, but virtually all U.S.-market 940s are automatics (I think there were one or maybe two model years where you could get a 940 with a stick, but the rest of the model run was strictly auto-only). Go for a 740 Turbo instead. The engine and suspension are the same, they're generally cheaper (because they're…

I would tend to agree with you except for the fact that LR has purposely moved the majority of its range so upmarket (price and equipment-wise) as to make the off-road prowess moot. Who is going to take a $80-$95K vehicle off road? Also, 19- or 20-inch wheels with 55- or 50-series tires are simply not off-road…

I have had a lot of cars with front-hinged hoods, and I have never found them to make servicing more difficult. If anything, they are often easier to work around than rear-hinged hoods. Many rear-hinged hoods do not open far enough (although older Volvo and Mercedes models are notable exceptions, while most…

What makes a boxer engine a "generally bad idea"? In the case of a four-cylinder, they have better inherent vibration characteristics than any other configuration, and they allow for a lower center of gravity and lower hoodline (or better packaging in a rear- or mid-engined boxer). The only real downsides are the…

Off-road competence in most SUVs, but I'll single out the Range Rover here (or just about any modern LR), because everybody knows they will probably never see a gravel road, let alone actually traverse any trails. They're just far too "nice" (and expensive) to every put that off-road prowess to work. It makes me a…

Always been a sucker for the later corporate emblem, too.

Love the Javelin emblem, complete with target.

I showed this video to my 740 Turbo wagon today. You know, just to let it know that although I love it, I know it could do better if it tried harder (and had one gigantic motherfucker of a turbo sticking out of its hood).

Yeah, but it's not that black-and-white (notice that your quoted text says "reasonably necessary," not "actually necessary"—there is a difference). In Illinois v. Caballes (the case I assume you're referencing), the officer with the drug dog showed up without being specifically requested and the entire stop lasted…

Right, but the key word is "unreasonably." It's not that the cops can't prolong the stop at all, they just can't *unreasonably* prolong it. Determining what is reasonable is going to vary from case to case, and introduces a subjective element. In my opinion, that works mischief against the person who has been…

I know what you mean, but the fact remains that it is a constitutionally guaranteed right to refuse an officer's request to perform a warrantless search (assuming none of the narrowly construed exceptions apply), and no inference of guilt is constitutionally permitted when a citizen exercises that right. So even…

I know you didn't weigh in on whether the search was legal or not (although the tone of both of your posts seems to indicate approval of the officer's actions). My post was specifically about the comments that have been left by people on the local news sites reporting on this story and the seeming willingness to cast…

2nd-gen, normally aspirated MR2. The 130-hp 2.2 just wasn't cut out to live in the back of a car that looked like a 7/8-scale Ferrari.