Still probably misplaced or out of proportion advice. If the transmission can't take the additional wear of a *slight* deceleration, why would you expect it to take the wear of repeated full acceleration? At least it could be incentive to get your rev-matching down pat.

The right foot modulates the engine braking.

Let me shorten the logic for you:

I'm still dreaming of an analog CVT with a clutch pedal. If I had the right combination of mechanical ability, time, and money, I would have one.

And what should we have learned?

Bravo. This is where PDKs belong, as even the haters often point out. As much as it pains me to say it, you may find manuals exclusively on the vintage circuit before long. Practically an equestrian event.

Really brilliant. The only way to read the comments is to blindly post one first. This will do wonders for the signal-to-noise ratio, I'm sure. 

Click "Read More >>" and I get a 401 page. Click "Discuss," and I can post a discussion comment without seeing the discussion.

Waiting for the Bullitt edition.

The viscous limited slip diff in NA Miatas is filled with a pasty fluid suspension composed of Suntory single-malt whiskey and Colin Chapman's ashes.

It seems to me Nissan would be in a good position to introduce a manual CVT. That is, a computer controlled CVT like they already use across their line, BUT—with a manual lever that slides continuously and instructs the computer to go from the lowest to the highest ratio available on the CVT. This would allow things…

Firefly is the Aztek of television?

Shhhh... He knows what he's doing. The best way to ensure that there will be another Senna is to go around arrogantly saying that there will never be another Senna.

You, sir... Just... You.

Heart-click!

Somewhere, someone has found a Miata to be unsuitable for some task.

I'm not in the business of defending the Paseo, but according to my insurance agent, 2 doors and no truck bed equals "sports car."

For all the doubters out there....

What? No ridiculously awesome Paseo Spyder?

There is an ROC app for iOS that is actually good. It's my favorite racing sim on that platform. You compete "head to head" with the ghost runs of others around the world, and it advances you up and down the ladder with each race.