IT guy, weekend SCCA racer, new Subaru owner, Foursquare SU3, PSU alum, gadget lover, Apple user, all-around regular guy.
Toyota debuted the “FT-86 II” this week at the Geneva Motor Show. And I have to say, it looks good. Unfortunately, they’re WAY late, for me anyway. As anyone that has talked to me in the 6 months would know, I have my new car already. And sadly, the FT-86 wasn’t even part of the discussion. After rumor after rumor of delay, and no real news from Toyota on what was going on, I gave [...]
Let’s start off with what this is not: It is not scientific. It is not definitive. It is not perfect. And what it is: It is amateur. It is how I look at things. It is based on manufacturers’ numbers. There have been quite a few of these comparisons in the past by various news outlets and bloggers and anyone that felt like it. Thing is I don’t recall ever seeing the detail that I [...]
If there’s one thing the internet car world has been patiently waiting for in the past few years, it is the the Toyota FT-86. The design was practically an instant classic. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone that really didn’t like it (though they are out there). The promise of a fairly affordable, fun, good-looking, rear wheel drive coupe was salivating… it would just take time. I honestly can’t remember how far back the [...]
When this car was announced, even I could have predicted its failure. It LOOKS like a Corolla; is actually even smaller than a Corolla in many dimensions; and only gets 9mpg better city gas mileage (and even 1 less on the highway). Fail. It was all kind of confirmed that things are not going to planned when they admitted they were far from their sales targets so far this year. Their targets? 20,000 to 22,000 [...]
It’s kind of funny actually. I had this whole “draft” post started and ready to just fill in some details an hit the Publish button. Then I saw it… And I’m still kind of… confused. I mean, I think it looks OK. Sort of. I don’t know. There are parts I like and parts I’m not fond of – but I don’t think I’d say that it’s awful. I just don’t know what to think. [...]
The era of the first generation Scion tC is coming to a close. FINALLY. Don’t get me wrong, I love my car – but it is a bit “long in the tooth” as they say. Needs replacing soon. Very soon. Thankfully Scion has that replacement currently in their pocket… to debut in just a couple of days at the NY Auto Show this year. Even before that happens there have been various teasers unleashed upon [...]
If you do your own maintenance on your car – getting any of that done in the winter without a garage is next to impossible. If it’s not 10° outside, there’s snow on the ground or something. Thankfully today was one of the anomalies that allowed me to get some work done – using Jen’s parents driveway that is. It was about 40° today and sunny. Wasn’t going to pass that up. What did I [...]
On my way to work I noticed a 2011 model year Hyundai on the lot of a local dealer. 2011. Why? This bothers me for a few reasons. Mainly… it’s not 2011. And by that I really mean that it is not even CLOSE to 2011. It is still mid February of 2010. We’re barely into the first quarter! How can you even call that a 2011 model when it’s not even close to that [...]
Look… Scion… we need to have a talk. From all of us in the Scion community to you in the Corporate offices – STOP WITH THE SILLY RSs ALREADY. Just replace the damn tC. Or at least announce the damn replacement. You’ll have a lot more happy customers than you will just dragging this out year after year. It’s nice that you still want to throw a few things our way – but this is [...]
My tC will be 5 years old in just a few months… seems like a long time. Certainly the longest period I’ve ever kept the same car – but that’s not incredibly hard considering everything else was practically a POS. So here is my quandary… I’ve modded the crap out of the one I have – at least to my liking. I will continue to do autox this year (and maybe into next year) and [...]
