In ground trampolines are where it’s at. Plus they don’t blow away when winds come rolling through the midwest.

I drove a rental Kia Rio once which, on the surface, is cab forward. The A pillar ends practically dead center on the front wheels. However, once you get in the car, the dash is 3 fucking feet deep and a pain for forward visibility. I think true cab forward design can only be accomplished with electric drivetrains,…

With as many Crosstreks as Subaru sells, it’s astonishing to me that they didn’t want to bring the Focus Active over, even at a slightly higher price. I guess you can still get the EcoSport, essentially a lifted Fiesta.

I’ve had a few troubling experiences with ECS, but nothing I haven’t experienced from other large online retailers. I just make extra sure an item isn’t backordered, and if they inform me it is, I cancel my whole order and reorder without said item. Once I ordered about $500 worth of parts for my GTI and they delayed…

VW: GTI TCR, Audi: S6 Avant, BMW: M2, Porsche: Cayman but with 911 looks and a return to the NA flat 6 (you know I’m right), Ford: F-150 but you can’t buy one unless you can prove you won’t just commute to work by way of Starbucks, Chrysler: Pacifica (It’s all Chrysler’s good for), Chevy: Bolt (Yep. I said it.),…

Throw an IS38 turbo from an R on a 4motion S with a manual and install a better aftermarket suspension and you’re pretty much there. Maybe a mechanical LSD. Gearing will be different, but that’s not a huge deal.

The cool thing about VW’s current lineup of Golf versions is pretty much everything is interchangeable. The bigger turbo from the GTI or even bigger turbo from the R can be swapped in pretty easily, and the 4motion wagons have true dual exit exhausts hidden under the bumpers, so an R Estate valance shipped over from…

Not at first, but swapping in GTI seats isn’t too big of a hassle, I did it in mine! Find a totaled GTI from the same model year, swap seat covers on the rears so you retain the cable-actuated seat release, and boom. Bolstered Tartan seats in a manual wagon.

It needs bigger haunches. I could see a full M version having wider fenders all around and looking much better.

I’m on board with the S5. My initial thought was an M240i, but those are pretty common, at least in my area. I see a lot of S3s and S4s, but the S5 is fairly uncommon. Not rare, but uncommon enough she’ll still feel pretty damned cool. Plus Quattro.

I kind of wish Porsche would just put their new tech into a classic 911 shell, even if it means increasing the dimensions of the original to fit it all and abide by pedestrian and safety standards. It’d still be hundreds of thousands cheaper than a Singer and would look better than this.

I know they’re attainable in the states, but they’re so much less expensive in the UK. When I was interested in an Elise I came across a bunch over there for 15,000 or so Euros, and here in the U.S. you can’t find one for less than $30,000. Oh wait, there’s a completely wrecked one for $16,700. Kind of the reason I…

Rear sway bar on my GTI. It went from understeering like a pig to practically rotating through corners. 

Once my other cars are sorted out I think I’m going to pick an E30 up in just about this condition. Or a 240Z. As long as it’s a 2-door without a sunroof with a black interior and a stick, I’m good to go. Yeah, it’ll cost a pretty penny to fix up, but shitty cars give you a reason to tear them apart and rebuild them…

Oh man, THAT’S what these are? I’ve seen a few Chargers/Challengers around my area running these, and just figured it was a decal package from Dodge. I’ve got to be honest, they look pretty cool on destroyer gray.

But seriously, give me Raditz.

Classic design, Kaioken, Spirit Bomb? I approve of base Goku. It looks like Vegeta also has a classic design, and I see a tail. I’m wondering how they’ll change up his moves. Maybe an Oozaru super move?

How did I not know the E36 M3 had such bitchin’ seats? Sorry, that’s all I took away from this story.

I like it. That being said, I wish it were a hair on the lighter side. Can you imagine a 10 pound per horsepower Hyundai hatchback? I’ll have to look into the e-diff they’re using as well. Sometimes I wish manufacturers would just slap a mechanical LSD in there and be done with it.

This is pretty common knowledge in Iowa City. As soon as you step out of a bar, you’re fair game for campus police. It’s the drawback of having a plethora of bars literally across the street from campus. If you don’t get a public intox during your time at Iowa, you’re not doing it right or you’re damned lucky. When I…