Recent content by Wintermute

Well I've never driven a Subaru so I can't give a comparison, but I can vouch for the prowess of the MS6 AWD system in heavy snow and ice. This weekend the soon-to-be wife and I decided to take a little ski trip up to Sunrise in the White Mountains of Arizona. Not the most glamorous...

Such is life with concept cars. There are sooooo many concepts I would buy outright if they were put into production unchanged, but alas that is not the way the world works. :-(

So how would you rate their ice/snow performance?

So I'm somewhat torn between the Goodyear Eagle F1s, the ContiExtreme Contacts, and the Yokohoma AVID W4S. They all seem like good tires, with the Continentals being the cheapest. But I was reading some reviews that they have soft sidewalls and can blow out rather easily. Anyone had this...

That is because there are two service intervals for the car, based on your average driving conditions. The shorter interval is for "severe" conditions: Hot weather, dusty conditions, heavy stop and go traffic, aggressive/spirited driving. The longer interval is for "normal" conditions (i.e...

Thank you, I do try my best. And don't get caught up on the clutch. A new clutch is moderately expensive, but far from the worst thing to replace on a car. As long as you know how to drive without slipping the clutch all the time you should be fine for a long time. I've seen a new clutch run...

Well at least we know that they are KUMHO ECSTA tires. I was a little worried that we wouldn't know what kind of tires it would be using if they didn't put BIG RED LETTERS on them.

Well the Lexus IS350 is a nice car. Lexus has outstanding reliability and their customer service is second to none. The cars are flawlessly built and everything in them is of the highest quality. However Lexus is Toyota, which tends to be conservative in the styling and performance...

I vote silver, but then I just don't like black wheels for the most part. However in this case, they both look good. I guess technically these are dark gray so they look better than some I've seen. Good choice on the Falkens. The FK452 is one of my favorite summer tires. Good price, grippy...

Absolutely. You'd probably want to rotate the older tires to the opposite set of wheels (i.e. front-to-back or back-to-front), unless you recently had them rotated. But with only 10k on the tires you should be just fine getting a couple of new ones. Then just get 2 new tires. You can mix and...

Well I haven't had my MS6 very long so I can't comment on reliability, but I can give you my impressions of it as a daily driver. In a word: Exceptional. I do a lot of highway driving to/from work and the power the MS6 has really helps deal with heavy traffic. I never have any worries about...

Edit: Sorry if this was a duplicate, I misspelled "Furai" so nothing came up in the search. :-( This thing is just pure sex and raw speed rolled into one. You know how they sometimes say a car looks fast standing still? From this moment on, this is the car that they will show as an example...

Yeah I think they only got beat by the Pirellis due to more road noise but that does not bug me thanks to that kick-ass Bose stereo! And NP about the chains, even people in snowy climates don't know how or why they are used. There are very few times you actually need them. And often...

NP. I don't want to turn you off to Porsche. In my opinion they make the greatest cars in the world. But owning one is like owning a thoroughbread racehorse: It requires a bit more care and money, but will knock you socks off at the track! If you are buying new, go for it! A Porsche under...

Glad to be of some use! Ah well the new Boxster is quite a different beast from the old. Ok so to be clear there are 2 Boxster revisions: 986: 1997-2004 987: 2005-present The 987 is a much improved machine. Completely revamped interior, more powerful engine, restyled exterior, etc. Better...