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> However unlike a traditional ICE, an EV has 100% torque with almost zero latency. Insignificant I'm afraid. A good track driver never has the engine outside the power band, even …

You're right, that is indeed correct. I'm not sure why I thought it was a cable. I have a 197/200, and before than owned a couple of turbo cars. I'd take the 197 - it's so much mor…

> Without providing a specific use case or criteria then it's impossible to say. The use case for me is for a fun weekend car with occasional track use. It must be fun to drive bot…

I understand what you're saying, but your generalizations aren't fair. What you're talking about are wealthy people who like to show off and do so by driving supercars fast around …

Sure! So an example is the old Renault Sport Clios. These had the 2.0 NA F4R 830 motor with cable actuated throttles. The combination of this and no turbo means the throttle respon…

Sure there is! The performance is just one feature of the engine. It has immense character, sound and response - possibly one of the best engines ever made. You don't need to drive…

That is more or less correct, look at the Aston Martin Vulcan, Ferrari 599XX, P1 GTR, or just about any street-legal car someone has turned into a non street legal race car. There …

I agree! I have no issue with better safety regulations, stricter emissions regulations, drive by wire, crash zones, etc - to make cars better for people to use everyday. What is f…

I live in the U.K, I pay $1.75 per litre.

I would quite like to own an EV, but are still too expensive for me! I also read that the batteries do not like repeated full-throttle accelerations as it causes excessive heat bui…

Yes and no. Cars are less responsive than ever as manufacturers insert artificial latency into electric throttle-by-wire to reduce emissions. However, at the same time cars continu…

I think one of the issues is that the Prius starts from $30,000 here - which is quite a lot - and a lot of cheaper, but still economical cars are available for much less.

Toyota Prius do not exist in Western Europe outside Uber. They are synonymous with Uber driver and rarely ever bought for private use.

Yes. I'm not saying that people in the market for a Ford Fiesta are instead going out and buying a 3 series. People who want a hatchback and going out and buying hatchbacks. But pe…

It's the same in Western Europe, the difference is that cheap lease deals and finance have made them affordable for a significant amount of people and so these cars are extremely c…

> Let me introduce you to the transverse mounted V6... Fair point! V6s were never really suitable for transverse layouts, but it did at least give us some wonderful sounding cars f…

As I replied in another comment: > Oil changes color as it captures contaminates such as soot, carbon deposits, etc. It can operate effectively while brown-ish, but if the oil is c…

Oil changes color as it captures contaminates such as soot, carbon deposits, etc. It can operate effectively while brown-ish, but if the oil is carrying too much it will blacken an…

It's interesting that a lot of readers here and websites in the U.S are saying oil changes every 3,000 or 5,000 miles. This is absolutely not the case in Europe where most cars are…

It's the same organization, Jaguar Land Rover / JLR.

Clutches will last 80,000 miles on most cars unless driven unsympathetically by either dumping the clutch or riding it frequently. Fluid and spark plugs are some of the cheapest ma…

It is true that a lot of synthetic oils are approved for 10, 15 and even 20,000 miles in some cases. However, if you actually look at the oil after 10,000 miles it's usually very d…

I don't have any data to back this up but I would think that most cars going into the dealership network for maintenance are still under warranty; are less than 5 years old and not…