100% agreed. As long as the rules are written such that they don’ inherently penalize enthusiasts, I’m totally fine with mandatory safety inspections. We have them in NY though its quite easy to get around them. NY also uses the inspection to target enthusiasts with tint laws.

make sure the rear shock towers have had the reinforcement done. If it hasn’t been done, spend the money to do it ASAP.  Also, recognize that this will have a lot of cowl shake as would any early 2000's convertible.  Other than those two gripes, i think this is a pretty strong NP.

Yea it was just a thought. I’m sure one of their engineers probably has considered it and dismissed for one of the reasons you’ve stated. My guess is that the energy recovery is just not efficient enough. Over road, the recovery system would be useless but Ijust thought that the long suspension travel that happens…

I wonder if any of these electric motorcycle companies have considered using linear generators in the shock tubes?  one would think that, especially on the rough stuff that causes long suspension travel, a fair amount of energy could be recaptured and sent to the battery.

remind me to never get on your bad side.  you’re quite... original... with the punishments.

My go-to is a set of Craftsman sockets and my battery-operated tools are Dewalt. But most of my toolbox (including my actual rolling tool cabinet) are Harbor Freight. If i find a deal on a good hand-tool, and its something that I’ll use often, then yes, I’ll spend a bit more. Or if its something thats particularly…

I see a lot of Toyota Tundra in that new face.

i’d love to see Kimi vs. Loeb vs. JEV

Don’t forget about the economies of scale. Subaru makes and sells at least one order of magnitude more WRXs and STIs than BRZs. Also the WRX is just a more complicated Impreza, of which they make several orders of magnitude more.

because those features are soon going to be required by law on new car sales...

skip the turbo, keep it N/A. But minimum of 250hp. And base model should be under 25k, top-of-the-line premium should be under 31k.

I took a quick scroll through and couldn’t find any nominations for Talladega Nights. Eminently quotable, but just SOOO cheesy when it comes to the actual racing.

oh i know. I was simply answering the question that Erik asked. The likelihood that the $25k version of whatever car it is would even have the desired range is even more remote...

a $25k Tesla may just be the ticket. I’d love to get my wife an electric car since her commute is 5 miles round-trip. That said, she doesn’t want an expensive car because she sometimes bumps into things (thankfully only hard enough to scratch paint). This car would also have to function as our long-distance trip…

Jason, I’m with you. However, I’ve noticed something that does annoy me a bit. My older car that was my daily for a long time (2004 WRX Wagon) had normal wipers but my new daily (2016 Cooper S) has automatic wipers. I have noticed that the “automatic” wipers don’t do as good of a job in addition to not wiping at a…

you think THIS car is pretty but you think the ND Miata isn’t? Oh man. You need to recalibrate your pretty-sensors...

Incorrect. His job is to win races and do what he can to make the car go faster. Its the PR and Marketing teams’ job to make the sport more popular and/or make money (you could also add the FIA’s rules development team). He is at a point in his career where he can be selective about the sponsors he, personally, has…

Honestly, its Haas, Alpha Tauri, or Formula E.

you linked to a Z4 M coupe.  Those are cheaper than Z3 M coupes.

yes. my friend bought one for high $30k a couple years back. It was lower mileage (around 50k miles IIRC) but the prices don’t come down much with higher miles.