Tripleskate

As cool as that is, the red 2002 looks total boss status.

It's not even geared well for freeway cruising. My rough math has that car sitting at 3,000rpm @ ~70mph, just like my 3.

Still want to see how these cars stack up against mine.

This. Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are tourist traps. Fortunately, 20 minutes out of town are some kickass mountain roads, but I assume this is a family outing and not a "let's make a detour to Tail of the Dragon" sort of trip?

I will mirror what everyone else here is saying. I have my Class-B which I need for work, fortunately I was trained through work. If you don't have a vehicle to practice with, I think you will be SOL.

Cool car, but I wouldn't trust anything coming from Hennessey. The guy is a total shitbag.

- Pretty sure he is from the U.K. - Also, those are abdominal implants, and that guy is a royal dumbass

InB4 massive amounts of people who voice their dislike of Ken Block with a touch of jealousy.

You'd be surprised how well represented this minority is. Got halfway through working on my suspension when the power went out the other day, and a few rusty bolts requiring impact power have defeated my car.

Care to line the Abarth up with my minivan? Genuinely curious to see how these things do.

This thread needs more pics.

Kill it with fi....Too late.

Gross.

My roomate said the same thing. We rode shotgun in the car while each other was driving to get videos. While he was in the side seat, he tried to listen for the in-cabin intake noise and heard nothing special.

Good thing you're (mostly) okay. The bike and parts of it can be replaced, for people it's a bit more tricky.

Ha ha, very funny Mr. "IHaveMoreRacingExperienceAndTurnFasterTimes".

Sounds good, similar to the unobtrusive sound of the TRD exhaust.

Nope. But they give you a sweet FT-86 hat, which I'm sure works just as well.

Just got back from the FR-S test drive event. Their cars were running TRD springs/dampers with a TRD exhaust. Even with the autotragic the car was a ton of fun to drive. We all took the cars through an autocross and the car was very competent, on this particular course, I think it would have been faster than my MZ3. With me focusing on turning quick laps, I was able to very easily pilot the car into a 50 second lap, with my roommate's intent on being the neighborhood Drift King, the car was equally willing with the TCS/VSC sport buttons off netting him 52-53 second passes. Edit: Video's uploading, here are some junk cellphone pictures in the mean time: http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k10/tripleskate/IMG_1521.jpg http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k10/tripleskate/IMG_1522.jpg http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k10/tripleskate/IMG_1523.jpg

Leave.

Mazdas are junk. If I had one, I would light it on fire and push it off of a cliff.

This needed to be quoted again.

Brutal.

It ended up being about 6 inches too short in terms of width, but provided I find a box, that packing material will really come in handy, I really appreciate it.

Might be interested in the 205/50/17, I will let you know ASAP.