Even on gravel it's probably faster to keep both ends pretty firmly planted. One problem, is that driving a more traditional racing line on unfamiliar roads is INCREDIBLY difficult. If you overdo the entry speed, you're done for and you hit a tree. And it's very hard to find that ideal entry speed because you…
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It's ok. It has a driver. What could possibly go wrong?
If they were not nude, HOW WOULD ANYONE I KNOW THEY WERE WOMEN? You ever think of that one, smarty pants?
No, I really don't think I'd be surprised....
this. I'm 99th percentile in terms of driving skill, but throw a moose at me in the middle of a 4 hour drive when I'm a little zoned out and I really, really want the electronics to take care of the issue. Humans are really bad at this shit.
There's a one-way restrictor valve in the clutch hydraulics that prevents the clutch from engaging quickly. Lots of cars have them (my M3 does, for example) to prevent morons from dropping the clutch hard enough to shatter everything in the drivetrain, but the one in the Fit is VERY VERY aggressive. It probably…
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A few months ago I decided to sell my '95 Miata (set up just at the lower limit of track slut, springs/brakes/shocks/tires/roll bar/etc). With two kids, it just wasn't getting driven much, and since we have a third on the way I figured I'd rip the bandaid off and get another 4/5 seater. My normal daily is my E36 M3,…
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No, dude, it's as bad as people say it is. You're just delusional. Can you name a car with a worse shifter made sometime after 1980?
Not to mention that the accident rate has also come down considerably. It's not just that cars have gotten safer, but that we're some combination of better drivers (hahah), that all this technology is saving our butts (quite likely) or that our roads are just plain better designed (definitely true).
The parody doesn't start until 1:40?!? Oh god, I thought the whole thing was a parody.
For the average american that doesn't care how their car drives, a minivan is great. For the average Jalop, there is hope. You can make whatever the hell you want work.
Oh, and FWD minimizes drivetrain frictional losses.
BMWs aren't as bulletproof as Hondas? You're kidding me!
It may never be a particularly rare classic, but it's certainly a cult car that's loved by lots of people who are (financially speaking) slumming a little bit by driving one. Lots of people drive Miatas who could just as easily be driving something that costs ten times as much. For a guy earning decent money that…
Either way a car like this has custom spring rates and dampers, and who cares about OEM electrical functions in a race car?
This is the thing people miss:
George Tevzadze, yes. And while I'm not usually this mean spirited, it's good he died before he killed someone innocent. A big posthumous "fuck you" to him.
Wouldn't call them particularly unloved within the BMW world.