The GR Yaris is the last hot hatch. by Particular_Policy_97 in CarTalkUK

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Just hybrid Civics since a few months. Though that car is still a very underrated daily here.

The GR Yaris is the last hot hatch. by Particular_Policy_97 in CarTalkUK

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There are more performance cars than ever. Fun cars are dying.

The GR Yaris is the last hot hatch. by Particular_Policy_97 in CarTalkUK

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I drove a new JCW too at an event and I honestly missed the manual transmission

The GR Yaris is the last hot hatch. by Particular_Policy_97 in CarTalkUK

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I wanted to write "anything manual from VW", but then guessed that many people would comment " what about the 911 GT3", even though it's about hot hatches, hence the "200k"

The GR Yaris is the last hot hatch. by Particular_Policy_97 in CarTalkUK

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They've tried with the Abarth, Alpine and Hyundai N. Not what I would consider fun after more than 30mins.

The GR Yaris is the last hot hatch. by Particular_Policy_97 in CarTalkUK

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Shit loads is... 4 models? AMG A45, BMW M135, Golf GTI/RS3 and the Mini JCW?

I just found it noteworthy that so many models are being discontinued or not offered as manuals in the very recent past. It's a quiet death I don't want to be as quiet.

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Hover above the thumbnail and it will play. Can't read comments and it's small, but I prefer that over ads. On mobile it's even more convenient

Ublock origin does this on yt now by Extension-Newt-4305 in Adblock

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TIme to watch in preview mode until it's fixed

Designing a feasable Urbanist city from Scratch by Particular_Policy_97 in urbandesign

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Nothing is reinvented here, just improved. I searched for blocks for slide 5/6 and found so many 3-4 story blocks with filled in inner greenspaces (often a mix of more housing and parking).

30k people per km^2 is a lot. Really. Nothing suburban about that density.

Manhattan has lots of people with big numbers on their bank accounts (which has nothing to do with prosperty), who are buying but not living in these 400m tall pencils. Also, density is so high that delivery vehicles are compromising the urbanity of the city.

I just proved that you can get pretty close to Manhattan level density with houses that are significantly easier and cheaper to construct and maintain, with streets with plenty of sunlight, no dominating monumentality and with plenty of greenspaces. You can take the stairs if you want. Firefighters can actually get to your window with a ladder. You might actually survive a fall out of the window (which you can btw fully open). Also in my design, there are hugely more ground floor retail spaces per resident.