...and it's actually... you know... American.

This trim looks terrible and doesn't match the curves of the vehicle at all.

They sound more like BOVs to me, and I've heard both. They're great sounding from inside though. Lots of whooshing turbo soundtrack on top of a very healthy V8 and plenty of road noise.

If we can establish a Mars colony, we can almost certainly colonise the whole Solar System, because we'll have created a strong economic forcing function for the improvement of space travel. We'll go to the moons of Jupiter, at least some of the outer ones for sure, and probably Titan on Saturn, and the asteroids.…

Seems more like matzah-da to me.

My '98 V70 was a T5 AND a 5 speed. I think I looked it up once, they only brought seven or eight-hundred of them into the states that way. Oh, it also had 241,000 miles on it when I sold it, and it ran fine. Silver on black leather. I still miss it.

I'm sure it's happened.

Agreed. When I was younger and straight out of school, I drove a 10 year old used Volvo that was well past it's peak depreciation and had 200k+ miles on it. It was a far cry from a beater and actually got quite a few compliments for it's age and mileage, but even so I was always playing the guess what is going to…

One of these with the 2015 WRX drivetrain would be so awesome. It's basically a bolt-in swap too. I don't know what they're waiting for.

I still think this looks like 4-wheel-steering.

That looks like 4-wheel-steering, especially considering the front wheels look to be at full lock.

Subaru's are certainly known for their rattles, especially the STi since it's the firmest of them. Considering that you can get a new STi for about $36k out the door, they're a real performance bargain even though they lack the interior refinement and snob appeal. At $46-52k for an S3, I'm not really seeing the…

The valve body is actually what I had in mind when I posted this. Hydraulic couplings aren't so bad, and gears are gears, but those rats nests of fluid passages and ball bearings are nuts. It's an analog computer from hell.

Actually, I have no problem wrapping my mind around the torque converter for some reason... and I understand planetary gearsets. I had to work the numbers for an engineering class a few times for transmissions. It makes my head spin. I'm mostly amazed at the packaging involved to make it all work within a…

Automatic Transmissions... that shit is sorcery, and I'm an engineer.

They sound much more turbocharged from inside. There's plenty of waste gate and boost noises right behind your head. Sweet sweet turbo music.

This road, as mentioned in other comments, isn't actually the Tail of The Dragon. It's nearby, and fully in North Carolina. Fortunately it hasn't been that famous, but unfortunately it's getting a lot more known. This was one of the better kept secrets of the area until recently.

So we have this rampant problem here in the United States of idiots behind the wheel. Listen up, Canadians, because this means you, too, based on the number of drivers I see with Ontario plates who seem to think "green light" means "keep looking at your phone until the guy behind you honks his horn."

The story on the inside is the same as the outside: It's more Mustang. The materials are better, the toys are numerous, the knobs are pleasant, and there's a brace of toggle switches at the bottom of the dash to swap between driving modes, traction control, and other stuff I didn't bother with. The steering wheel is…