Reality - the pain continues
https://jalopnik.com/the-chip-shortage-is-still-the-problem-1848424918
The Chip Shortage Is Still The Problem
"We aren't even close to being out of the woods" says Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo
The article is a concise education on what little the car actually needs to be not just good but superb. A lesson to those worried about the wrong things in modifying an already good car. Id change the wheels but that is a style issue. Mechanically Id be quite pleased with a duplicate. His...
I know if I was going tune a car for real world performance overall - Id be contacting that gent in the article. Refreshing to say the least that a 'tuned' car does so well in a real world major auto-mag review. Lessons to be learned for owners there.
Sounds like the more perfect Supra. The tweaks are concise and targetted. Glad the mag did say it needed a manual. Refereshing. The car is superb as is out the door. He cleaned up the edges.
One should read the owners manual and use the recommendations from BMW. Oil for the car that meets the spec is not difficult to find. The procedure to add oil is outlined in the manual as well. Its not a big problem to solve overall.
Most likely you are 1 quart/ 1 liter down. Almost 3000 miles. Thats more than in-line with BMW specs as noted in the owners manual etc. Ad a touch and remeasure. I check mine weekly. Its easy.
The Taycan is a nice looking E-machine. For a price of course lol. If on looks and performance/value and quality- thats what I would pick. Not ever a Tesla. Quality and Tesla are never in the same sentence unless you are expressing how bad it is lol :)
Enthusiasts going to the mall LOL. 1% might see some dirt on a road near a mall being fixed. They buy the picture lifestyle in the brochure and rarely live it. Thats reality. The office worker dreaming of a non office life. His or her 'Bronco' at least lets them think they are lol
Marketing...
Manuals are not the hottest thing in Europe. M2 as an example. The US in an outlier overall -
--When it comes to the gearbox choices, customers were also quite prone to the 7-speed DCT unit which accounted for 74.4 percent of all cars. The remaining 25.6 percent were, of course, manual gearbox...
Closely related -https://www.autoblog.com/2022/01/20/2022-subaru-brz-orders-closed/
2022 Subaru BRZ order books are closed
Whatever dealers have on the way is it for the 2022 model year
Subaru...
Future is here and the 'Boomers' are dying off and no one cares about what they like anymore. No loss LOL :)
Time for new. You dont need 'muscle' or bulk cars like those of the past at all. A smaller nimble Supra has specs most muscle cars never found except for limited production type models.