Increasingly, though, as I get older I'm finding my time becoming too valuable to spend a whole saturday hunting down a misfire problem when a mechanic with better skills and diagnostic equipment could find it and fix it in a couple hours. Life is too short and there are too many better ways to spend my weekend now that I am at a point in life that I can pay someone else to do it.
This is Jalopnik, and so I hold the writers to a higher standard than the evening news for vehicle identification, no matter how mundane. That would be a Chevy Venture and a Blazer.
EDIT: come to think of it, I think I might have paid 7.99 for the first one I bought.
Can anyone top this as The Most Boring Automotive Site on the Internet?
"Researchers recommended concerned consumers..." Way to take a stand, guys. From the language in the article I can't really decide whether to be concerned or not. Are toxin levels in car worse than ever or much improved over the past? I could use some more perspective. Toxins are everywhere, even the wrinkle-free slacks I'm wearing likely contain formaldehyde.
Notes (you didn't ask for feedback, but here it is anyway):
-as long as you're on a couch for the interview, you might as well have a drink in your hand (Ray and guest(s))
-Building on the first point, a cocktail or beer might help Ray relax--he seemed a bit nervous. Of course, anyone might appear uptight when seated next to the super-chillaxed Mr. Wood, so this may have been an optical illusion.
-Pop culture has its appeals, but how about more car-themed questions in the "toggle switch" segment?
Looking forward to the next one.
What are you waiting for? Hack away at the floor already!
Anyway, Jost Capito, Ford's global hot-car boss, has always said that 4WD adds too much weight for an RS, and that people wouldn't pay extra for it. Our contact says he hasn't changed his mind."
Bah! When the alternative to added weight is buttloads of torque steer from 320BHP FWD at may spoil the driving experience, perhaps you should at least offer it as an option. Otherwise there is a good chunk of VW, Subaru, and Audi drivers that won't even consider this car.
6th gear: There's still going to be an ATS-V, right?
Also, I know the R500 has the better power:weight, but it looks like the F430 is able to pull away on the straights. Either the F430 is finding a better gear and finding it faster (paddle shift?) or the aerodynamics are really penalizing the R500, even sans windscreen.
The R500 is awesome, but I'd settle for just about any new Caterham, complete with weather kit because by god I would daily-commute with that thing.
Funny picture, by the way.