Also, Louis Chiron was a complete and utter scumbag and all around terrible human being. And he was a shitty driver to boot. Out of 15 entries, he only made the podium once, and he didn’t even win.

The Гараж 54 guys built one on a UAZ-459 too:

You’re better off getting the car it was a copy of: the NSU Prinz 4... which had the advantage of not being a total piece of crap...the Zappo is generally considered one of the worst Soviet-era cars, even by Russians. If you’re going for Soviet cars, anything made by GAZ is generally good and reliable as well as early…

I purchased a 2019 CX-9 GT almost 2 months ago and it is definitely a premium cabin, super comfortable and just a nice place to be. The car is quick, handles incredibly for a 3-row (hence its 3-time C&D Ten Best awards) and is easy on the wallet.

So having owned the Volkswagen version of this transmission, the Automatic Stick Shift, I can tell you it’s impossible to ruin the transmission by holding your hand on the gearshift. At worst, you’ll just keep the clutch disengaged as the pressure switch in the shifter will just keep the clutch out. Soon you would…

No, it's actually a bad design

“Nobody wants to have cars that are deliberately designed to fail after some amount of time”

The mispronunciation of Panhard is almost as bad as how plebs say Porsche

Panhard was able to squeeze over 90hp out of some variants of their 2 cylinders... Those engines are amazing.

A friend of mine recently bought a base spec version of this same truck that had been sitting on a dealer lot here in Anchorage for over a year... Man that thing is friggin epic. It's definitely a truck for a Jalop.

Counterpoint to Torch: you cannot simply convert a non-autostick to autostick simply by swapping the trans. They have: different carburetor, different clutch system, different frame, different wiring harness and then all the electrical doodads that are unobtanium that make the whole thing work...most of the time

I’m going with Tracy here... The Mercedes W123 is legitimately likely to be the best car ever made. These things are still everywhere, running incredibly well, and still looking good... Hell, there’s even a ton of them up here in Alaska, both 300s and 240s. The only car that would be better isn’t on the list…

My head’s not in the sand at all. If they’re going to make an official attempt at it, then by all means. I’m all for Tesla being amazing, cause they are...now if they could only lose that idiot that runs the company so they can survive the next decade...

It would be a LOL if it were an official track record, which of course, it isn’t.

I’m sure drivers just wanting to get around the МКАД to their destinations were pleased with this flagrant waste of money

Perhaps you missed the point he said they were doing a run at the Ring, only to find out they weren't and then did a lap record at Laguna that doesn't matter to anyone... Woohoo, fastest 4 door around a 2.8 mile track.

300 certainly sounds like series production to me...

More of Elon over-promising and under-delivering... Please Tesla, fire him and hire a new CEO

The Yamaha-designed engine you forgot: the Volvo B8444S, possibly the most beautiful V8 of the modern era...and yes, there was a Polestar version...with carbon fiber velocity stacks...

So, in Alaska, terrestrial radio is your best bet most of the time. Satellite radio only covers up to Anchorage, and it’s spotty at best... But if you’re behind a mountain range anywhere in the state (on the northern slopes), good luck. Streaming radio? Yeah, only in the cities and touristy areas.