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Andrew Fails
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Fails is a freelance photographer who sometimes pretends to be literate. You can see his portfolio at www.failsphotography.com. He is talking in third person because it makes him feel mysterious.

1. Depending on where you drive, this is a reach. I live in a major city where highway speed maxes out at maybe 65, not because that’s the posted speed limit, but because the number of cars on the road prevents anything faster. The Covid lockdowns were a brilliant exercise in this because of how many more accidents Read more

This is ridiculous. The proper way to measure EV range is in Changlis. Read more

Subarus in general have a lack of power compared to where you think they should be (even the WRX and STi, though there’s a huge industry around making those have exactly the power you want). It’s especially egregious in the NA Boxer 4s mated to the CVT; at least with a manual you can wring more out of them, but the Read more

I’m not disappointed about the lack of turbo, fixing the torque dip seems to alleviate much of the power issues. I’m more upset with the lack of a rear hatchback and some T-tops.
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If you “enthusiasts” want to see this car continue to exist, leave all your financial sense and logic behind and go buy one new. Borrow, barter, and loan using whatever means you can put up including but not limited to hard labor and body parts. Read more

If your only criteria for car shopping are the power figures in the brochure, you were never going to understand the appeal of a handling-oriented car anyways. Read more

Besides being wrong wheel drive, the GTI weighs 300-400lbs more. The BRZ has significantly better power to weight ratio.  Read more

Maybe because it weighs 300 lbs more (2022VW GTI curb weight 3154 lbs), which chews the livin’ Hell out of that “extra powerful” 13 freakin’ horsepower. The torque number is significant, but a lot of people prefer the handling of a lightweight, rear wheel drive sports car to a nose-heavy, FWD box. Read more

RWD and sports coupe form factor, versus FWD hatchback Read more

“Created” is a strong word here. “Did some exploratory renders” is more apt. Read more

He's right. Established RV brands are simply not innovative enough to charge 50 grand for a shitty pop up camper with Alexa slapped on. You can buy a hell of a nice full size pull-behind for that, and have enough left over to make a sizeable down payment on a new truck to pull it with, cyber or otherwise.  Read more

Never give your money to a guy who uses the verb innovate. You know better than that.  Read more

We think it was necessary to not be in the RV industry to create a truly new and unique product.” Read more

Now we’ll finally get to see if the “It’s a Jeep thing. You Wouldn’t Understand” defense will stand up in court. Read more