If you are going to do it by weight do it right. The tax should be based on the fourth power of the weight, because that is what road damage is proportional to.

I would feel a lot better about this if they made vehicle weight a factor as well. If we are going to get into the nitty gritty of taxing people based on how much they use the road, then it should account for the exponential increase in wear applied by heavier vehicles.

I’ve got what I think was pretty good insurance. They offered me about $3,600, less my $500 deductible. By all accounts this seems like a fair valuation given the milage, even though comparable vehicles with similar milage are going for about twice that. But they told me that’s not really how valuation is…

Not necessarily related to the charging network...

Oh no. My sea-monkeys.

It’s such a one-dimensional, narrowminded, troglodytic notion of car enthusiasm too. Mashing the ‘Go pedal’ and going fast isn’t the only way to appreciate cars.

Meh, let em run NA V10s on ethanol. Make it simple.

Oh hell yes. My Dad had a 2008 type-s, it was wonderful. I had the base 2005. We both exceeded 300,000km.
The type S was better in so many regards though.  

I think you nailed it.  F1 tracks are smooth as glass with miles of runoff, gravel traps, etc.  That’s often not the case with IndyCar tracks.

It’s a fair commentary. The world’s billionaires have added roughly a trillion dollars to their net worth through the pandemic. It’s come at the expense of all those laid off and under-employed people.

Reason #4,973,522 that we need to tax the rich more. Inequality was already at record levels before COVID and is going to be absolutely fucked coming out of it. 

*sigh*

I drove mine stock for a year, with the factory replacement camber bolts you’re limited to about 1 degree of negative camber (which will lead to excessive shoulder wear). My BRZ is STX prepped: coilovers, swaybars, intake, headers, exhaust and tune, a big brake kit, and wheels and tires. I also added an oil cooler…

I’ve driven all of them (I’m an instructor at the local tracks and with multiple clubs). The 86 twins are more poised than the Miatas, Mazda seems to like a bit of body roll to get their cars to lean in but the 86 brethren just grip and go. The NC is a fine car but the BRZ/FRS just do everything better, so as long as…

Besides the NA, the NC is my next favourite even more than the ND which I’m not a fan of the styling.  The NC hit the sweet spot for fun to drive and actually be usable (had a glove box!).  The worn soap-bar look was less an issue on the refresh IMO.  I drove an NC and ND back-to-back on a pilon course in a parking…

Correct.

Among more sensible presents, I now have a miniature wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man for my desk.

A bag of socks.  I love new socks.  And postcards and stamps, so I can send hello to friends.  Really made my day!

A set of AirPods, which will greatly simplify my life. No more switching between earbuds when switching between my iPhone and my Mac. No more snagging the cord on random things while listening to something while doing chores.

A better 3/8" ratchet and a set of universal socket joints. The ratchet turned out to be a little too long for my much-overloaded old socket case, but I soon fixed that.