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I can't even get my wheel brush between the rim and caliper. I refuse to jack the car up every time I wash it. Lines must be drawn.

I bow to your wheelie impressive superiority. I am but an amateur. What ceramic, pro or retail?

This might sound obsessive/compulsive, but I've just taken the wheels off to clean inside and clean the calipers etc. I feel much better now.

Drive it, a lot. Get to know the beast, then improve what you don't like.

It's not necessarily a con. Manufacturers use engine dynos and very strict testing protocols. Wheel dynos are as variable as noses. Even different tyres can vary the whp on a dyno. And tuners fiddling settings are not unknown. I worked for a Triumph dealer who was famous for the huge power...

That's good turbo design. My VAG 2L E888 engine made 400nm from 1800 to 5000rpm. As flat as my ex-wife.

One explaination I heard is that BMW guarantee their power claims anywhere/anyhow ( within reason). So they tend to exceed those claims in favourable conditions.

I well remember reading about him. Another automotive icon, as is the Corvette. But, the Corvette struggled to compete worldwide with Euro exotica. Probably because it wasn't exotic enough, snobbishness, and not made in Europe syndrome. I think that still applies to a degree. But doesn't seem to...

Excellent info. I was wondering if that would be the case.

I'm in the apples and oranges group. The Corvette should not be there, or alse compare it to other mid engine rear drive cars. Something testers never mention, probably because they don't buy and run the cars, which would you want 10 years on, M2 or S650? I'm not a millionaire so I couldn't...

That's not really fair. I'm not a rabid Ford fan, but their motorsports experience is wide ranging and pretty impresive. It was probably convienient to farm it out.

Nearly all EV's are Edsels now.

Fair enough. I do like unusual cars, not what everyone else drives. Which would sound funny to an American seeing I have a Mustang, but they are not common here and the looks are unique.

Same here. I ran a plugged rear tyre for 1000km once, so that I could change both at the same time. But I normally get an internal plug fitted.

Cup 2's are a great track day tyre, there is a 2R available too. Neither are great in the wet and cold.

Very true. When my driving career began most cars had non synchro first gear. I did drive some really old stuff with crash boxes, but by then it was mostly older trucks, or cars with stuffed synchros. Everyone should have to learn to ride bikes. We'd have much better drivers, and less traffic...

Can I ask why?

Just for those that might have missed it, my last post was a piss take. But with a little bit of truth. If you really want to be purist, manual everything, heel and toeing. etc. Out of curiosity, who here has driven a non synchro box, having to double declutch?

GT3RS or GTD? Porsches are like a**eholes, everyone has one. GTD's will be like rocking horse poo, only much more fun. It'd be a tough call for me.

It's a public road for Touristenfahrten (all comers) and a circuit for track days and competition. Unlike most circuits, it has rough parts, super high speed sections, slow corners and two banked corners. It's also bloody dangerous. Plus it's iconic, like the IoM circuit, it separates the men...