I've only been racing once, and it was at big willow. I did 1:43 on all season tires in my WRX. I'm going back soon and hope to do better.

not a fan of capacitive touch glove box and dome lights, mostly because they seem to malfunction a lot, and really, what's the point?

Meh, the lock/close combo button on larger (and already heavy) cars is pretty useful.

Also terrible is how none of the manufacturers have standardized if you push the flapper in to engage the brake or pull it, which makes every rental even crappier.

Interesting. I just figured it'd be tough the first time. I know my first time at the track it surprised me how bad my mileage was (not that I expected good mileage though), and it was handy to have a gas station nearby.

This is cool - we saw a Model S at Big Willow a few months back. But really in a HSPE like this you're mostly seeing driver ability. It's routine to see awesome cars get overtaken by good drivers.

I actually sort of like the new Panamera keys that look like the car. Cheesy, but at least not boring.

This article has a few other typos as well - "bases" instead of "basis", "on" instead of "only". Looks like they skipped the editor for the Friday afternoon push.

I consider myself a Jalop, and I just bought a new '13 WRX hatch. I loved my '05 WRX Sedan for 8+ years, and wanted something I could fit more stuff in, so I just bought another WRX. It hurts that it's essentially the same car, but it's still awesome, and has always been dependable for mountain biking, snowboarding,…

That Forbes article is pretty terrible - it's just a big whine that would only really resonate with a person who's never owned a car before. I'm sure his article will have the desired effect of getting him a new car though, so good for him =/

Swing through Santa Barbara and meet up with ALG!

my question as well. Sure looks like one to me, although mounted in a weird spot.

Agreed @TeeJayHoward. My insurance on my '05 WRX Sedan was reasonable, my insurance on my '13 WRX Hatch is even better (b/c it's 5-dr). I'm insuring them both now and it's hardly more than just the sedan alone.

How do you get the crazy screen interface? My wife had one of these through work last year, and I was disappointed that it had the standard Infiniti nav system. No crazy playstation style graphics. I assumed they had gotten rid of them for the 2013. Are they back now, or was that car just missing an upgrade option?…

Just rode in a new SL550 - was surprisingly sporty and fun. Give it a shot, you might be surprised!

Are the cards physically broken, or can you store files on them after reformatting them on a PC? I'd think it'd be more likely that they logically had bad data written to them, which is why they're unrecognized on your PC. Obviously you know better though since you have the card(s) on you. Either way it means the…

Wow, reading that article makes me realize how stuff like The Daily came into existence - this article is worth the dozens of failures of people striving to do similar things.

why didn't you test to see how it worked before the RT?

yes!

well, I put it in place of where Maps was on my home screen. If I use Siri it will open Maps, if I am tapping to open I'll use Google Maps. Seemed like an acceptable solution.