Now that the entire thing is paved and the speeds approaching the corners will be higher, I feel like it would be even less tolerant to mistakes at the limit now.

Hah! I wonder if my friend will remember what he said.

Doing the Pikes Peak run in a video game (I think one of the Dirts?) I drove off a cliff probably about 10-20 times during the initial hour long practice stint. Mad respect to the people who can drive up it without killing themselves while still establishing extremely competitive times.

I approve of this hustle, sir! I never really took him at his word, but I’ve never bothered because I don’t plan on owning a 6 pretty much ever. Thanks for the info.

My friend told me his 2005 Mazda 6 wanted it. I never followed up to see if it really did or not. About the only case I’ve ever found for it.

I hate when people cherry pick data sources like that.

Well, yeah. I didn’t say anything otherwise.

Someone will sue anyway. They always do.

Well, I didn’t say it was a *good* argument.

They see the term “hybrid” and for some reason think that it should be making 40 mpg for some reason. Also, they always compare them to the C7 highway mpg rating of 29, even though that’s done with cylinder deactivation and extremely tall overdrive.

Thanks! That was helpful.

I’d like to know HOW the new engines make more power with a little more detail. Are any other specs available?

Bark, it won’t. Critics have issues with the hybridization and weight, the price point, and the computerization of it. All the GT3 proves is that a dedicated race car with all that stuff thrown out is much more superior, which is why they’ll continue to criticize the road car, since they’re so vastly different in…

I’ve never had to turn off the water going anywhere or doing anything unless it was to actively maintenance the plumbing. I’ve never worried about salt on the road, or black ice, and I’ve never had to deal with other drivers on summer tires unless they were already a danger for other reasons. I’ve never had to de ice…

OOH BURN

We do have air conditioning, and I have used 0 heating in the last 4 years. And I’ve never had to shovel snow off of a driveway, or deal with iced pipes.

I bought my NSX at the dealer and I got this sweet Acura sweatshirt out of it. Nice clean monochrome design with non-ostentatious logo. I have a Lexus now but you’ll have to rip that sweatshirt out of my cold dead hands. And yes, if I ever bring the Lexus into the dealership for any reason I’ll be wearing that…

Full disclosure: I own a Crosstour, which is like the poster child for shitty crossovers. You are totally right in it being a Denial minivan. I own it because it was about the cheapest preferred-brand 2012 with the largest interior room I could find at the time with a V6. They’ve always been unpopular and I got mine…

Oh, that’s a good point. Although I hadn’t considered that because I like to take mid engine coupes to bulk-purchase warehouses. I could distill that crossover requirement to “I have 2 kids and they need so much toilet paper!”

I assume the train of thought goes something like this.
“I want to have a tall driving position/ride height. I want to be reasonably fuel efficient. I don’t want to buy an expensive SUV. I want something more interesting than a sedan. I don’t want a lame minivan or wagon.”
Crossovers tick all these boxes.