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Is it more of an experience? I agree, a manual does involve greater driver input. Is it more fun? Not always. This will always come down to the dynamics of the car, which is more than just a transmission. A 3rd gen Eclipse is not more fun than a Ferrari 458. And I'm failing to see why we're...

I think it was some dude on some video clip (no idea if it was Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok, or something else). The video 100% was for clickbait, but I straight up had people quoting that at me (younger kids who are more influenced by videos). That's the main reason I've stopped with the "some...

Ah the "only manual drivers are enthusiasts" guy...I wonder when Internet explorer is finally gonna tell you that automatics and DCTs are faster, and that the human pressing the clutch pedal is the bottleneck in going fast. F1, WRC, the R35 GTR, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Koenigsegg...

I forgot that OBDII was made standard then. I was mainly thinking the economic crisis and the demand for SUVs. Makes sense the Z moved more. It did hit markets earlier, before the economic crisis.

Not surprised about lower pricing in Japan. I figured the non-Japanese consumers also had to pay the import tariffs, excise tax, etc. that got bundled into the sale price. I generally don't like "some guy said ..." as a datapoint, because they tend to be wrong more often than not. You...

Inflation and the Asian market crash is what killed them. They were all overpriced for the time. If you convert MSRP to today's money, the FD RX7, MkIV Supra, 3000 GT VR4, and 300ZX are all $60-80k cars. It was too much for the target demographic, so it was low demand back then. Now the...

I'm not surprised the Corvette outsold the Supra. Its target demographic has always been an older demographic who can readily afford a $60k+ sports car and can accommodate one at that point in their lives. I believe a Mk5 Supra forum poll showed most owners were in their 30s. Not as many younger...

The biggest one was the price tag, I'm aware. The $40k price tag is $75k today? And that was after the price reduction right? Not to mention the economic crisis in Japan that killed the market.

Guess we're just ignoring COVID shutdowns and the Ukraine war ramifications?

To be fair, the cars that are 2-3x the price range are mainly the "budget" Ferraris, Aston Martins, 911s (but I always leave 911s in their own class -- its hard to compare straight line speed metrics for a car that is built to corner like nothing else), etc. And the quality of car that Europe...

German cars have had complicated electrics for many years now, but with modern cars, I expect any bad installation can cause lots of things to go haywire, since so many subsystems are integrated. I especially expect to hear this when people poorly DIY or cheap out on electrical work (especially...

I certainly hope so. Downshift and refraction blue were rare and coveted colors on the '20 and '21, with no blue option for '22s. I think its just Toyota seeing the popularity of blue on this generation, not copying off the Z. The manual, however, is partly coming because all the reviewers...

One dude has put 75k miles on the Supra with no issues, just regular maintenance. I also perused the F30 BMW forums to get more intel on commuter cars with the B58, and no real issues to report. Basically all wounds were self-inflicted (some JB4 overboosted turbos that blew up). It seems like...

It's actually Portimao blue from the M3 and M4. https://g80.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1805700

This is overly simplistic thinking. Between redundancy measures, logging, metrics collection, and so much more, which any good software system should do, there's no way that someone who's looking for evidence of a ECU swap and tune is not going to find it. The average dealership may not check...

Age isn't the sole factor in reliability; mileage has a heavy hand too. There's a guy with a Mk5 Supra with 75k miles on it -- no issues, just regular maintenance. I also visited the F30 bimmerpost forum, since the F30 3 and 4 series are commuter cars with the B58 -- the only issue was people...

Lol the strut braces he says are unique to the MT have been in all the 3.0s since the '21.

Course they could've. Lower quality interior, toss in the old Camry V6, put it on the RC chassis, and it would've been a Z competitor. But they aimed higher than the Z, at the Cayman, and got help from BMW to achieve that loftier goal. Data suggests they did a good job if we consider sales...

No thanks on the V35A-FTS. Wastegate actuator failures. Several Tundras have failed while the car was on the lot and are $60k bricks. As for using the RC chassis or engine, the RC-F starts at $67k, and is much worse than any of the F8x BMWs. Glad they didn't try to compete with the Cayman on an...

Several dyno tests have shown that the B58 is severely underrated. It's pushing 375-385 hp at the wheels, which translates to 430-440 hp at the crank. So its higher hp, and higher torque. They did before, in a car called the Lexus LFA. Brilliant car, but hit the market 5 years too late and...