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It's a remake of the old joke, why do BMW's have big nostrils? Because air's free

Move here, you'll save tens of thousands. Buy one with your pocket change

Don't take it so seriously. The Jag example was of the old days when car makers lied through their teeth. They were so bad it was laughable. There's no way I'd use that as an actual example. I could also use the old European system of rating horsepower by capacity. EG, Ford Ten, ten was the...

2030 What's a car?

Good one! You nearly got me there. Does he spin the front wheels by hand up to 1500 or so rpm?

I wasn't talking about as new restoration. Just keeping a car going in good order. And, it's quite amazing what some restorers can do. Like rebuilding a 1980's Alfa dash display in "Home Built by Jeff".

OK, we don't get those. Imagine trying to recycle all these Chinese Ev's in 15 years time? I reckon there'll be quite a few LS conversions

OK. So don't you think the GT's 486 HP is real? One problem is all the different testing protocols for engine (crank) HP. Europe has DIN and KW, US uses SAE, BHP or, back in the day Gross HP, where all engine ancilliaries are not driven. It's a minefield. And, speaking of manufacturers BS...

No doubt, but I want less complexity in my car, not more. Imagine trying to revive an old hybrid or EV in 30 years time? Yet we still have F40's, Testarossa's and any number of classic 60 plus year old American iron running around.

It does, until that 4 litre N/A engine gets going and the megabuck chassis tuning gets to work.

Go ahead GM, ram a wooden stake through it's heart with a battery and electric motor.

I'm currently using sport mode around town to see how it feels and if there's any increase in gas useage. So far, so good, just a bit of hanging onto gears a tad too long. It certainly wakes the car up.

V1 Gen 2 plus JBV1 phone app as a display/controller. Unmatched by anything as a countermeasure suite. It'll even combine with some Lidar jammers.

Reviewers won't pull an engine out and bolt it to an engine dyno, and I don't completely trust inertia dyno caculations of crank HP either. I'm also amused when they do a dyno run to see how much power an older car has lost in X years. That's like estimating wind speed with a wet finger. Just...

Was that the same dyno used on this video?

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...