Recent content by Rupes

I've heard cars with those stickers prevent paint bubbles / door blistering. Remove at your own risk.

This is funny. But had me wondering... Porsche sold 320k cars last year Lotus sold 12k cars last year. Even if every one of us went the Porsche route instead of Lotus, it would only represent a ~4% increase in their total sales. I suppose a claim could be made that Porsche has the potential...

I don't drive it often, and not concerned about fuel economy, so usually hanging around 3-4k (unless just cruising on the freeway - then 2kish). It sounds so good at 4k that I find it hard to resist. Having an engine run at 4k vs 2k will produce twice the amount of wear on some components, but...

This is the kind of review you get when Porsche isn’t your main sponsor.

Don't you think a Cayman is a better comparison than a Corvette? I haven't seen a lot of journalists complain about power to weight ratios. The Miata and BRZ/FRS often win praise for their driving dynamics and place in the top of their comparisons despite having lower power to weight than their...

“Antony finds the steering exaggeratedly jittery.” Maybe the up-and-coming younger generation of auto enthusiasts and writers have only experienced electronic steering, and when the road noise isn’t muted, it now feels jittery to them. I’ve driven both the mustang and the M2, and I can assure...

Tons of water builds up in my doors after a good wash. I drain, and then put fans near the drain to further dry before going back into the garage. Have no idea if it’s helping , but it certainly doesn’t hurt.

I actually am pleasantly surprised we haven’t seen more bubbling claims from newer model cars.

I went with the 3rd cat delete and no valve controller. I'm happy with the sound, especially above 4k RPM where it howls, but sometimes I wish I had additional control over the sound at a lower RPM. It seemed that many of the Milltek early adopters had problems with the valve controllers...

Cheap insurance - can't hurt.

Wish the F355 wasn't a maintenance hog, or I'd be driving one right now.

It's a great time to be a "journalist" and create a hit piece about a brand under financial distress and talk about all the things (in hindsight) that should have happened to prevent this. With all this business wisdom, you'd think they would be running their own car company instead of looking...

Yeah, certainly the concern, but Burger said they would want “additional testing” to determine if that happened (specifically using 92 vs 93). In most cars the ecu would limit power slightly on lower octane to prevent knocking, but not sure if that’s the case with a tune.