The Exigent Duality
Pure Car - 08:51 CST, 11/25/18 (Sniper)
You know the world's State actors couldn't give two hoots about the environment when they are taxing diesels at higher rates than other kinds of cars.

I used to work with a guy who had a "TDI" Volkswagen, and it got 45 miles per gallon on the highway. Deliberately killing diesels is all about the mafia governments shuffling money to their "electric cars" cronies, and not about "saving the planet", or any of that absurd rhetoric-- because the market had spoken, and the Europeans especially wanted their diesels.

I also agree with this commentary. My 350z was sold in 2002, as a 2003 model, and it's essentially just a car-- a pure driving machine. It even has a physical throttle mechanism, which is greatly superior to the very artificial, indirect "rev hang"-sensations of cars like my wife's "drive by wire" 2014 WRX-- which I still can't shift smoothly due to the unpredictable RPM behaviors.

Other than the purely mechanical "limited slip" differential, the only electronic assists my car has are in the form of anti-lock brakes, and what Nissan was at the time calling "vehicle dynamic control", or VDC-- which is a combination of traction control and stability management. And guess what-- for track days, it can be completely disengaged with the press of a button.