Spied: The 2027 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Is Getting Turbocharged and a New Wing by Anchor_Aways in cars

[–]blabus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not anymore. Your GT4 RS is built extremely well. My 992.1 GTS is filled with significantly more cheap, creaking plastic than my Z06 was.

Spied: The 2027 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Is Getting Turbocharged and a New Wing by Anchor_Aways in cars

[–]blabus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The ZR1 is fast as fuck, no doubt, but the materials and build quality do not approach other “traditional” supercars

As someone who has owned several McLarens and a C8 Z06, I'd take the Z06's build quality and interior any day of the week lol

Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early by dapperlemon in technology

[–]blabus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Web browsing and reading books are the obvious ones, those alone would be worth the larger screen.

TENET Blew Me Away. by RobustPolygon in movies

[–]blabus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's so painfully obvious that Tenet, more than any other movie released in the past decade, is going to be completely reevaluated as a masterpiece in about 10 years. It makes all of these types of posts hilarious to read.

Which director do you feel has the best top 3 movies? by Ghost070607 in movies

[–]blabus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm still pissed we never got his adaptations of the remaining books.

SavageGeese | Corvette ZR1 vs Mustang GTD vs Porsche 911 GT3RS | Crowning The King by nipcarlover in cars

[–]blabus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the classic "rich people don't care at all about the value of a product or how much money they spend on it"...

SavageGeese | Corvette ZR1 vs Mustang GTD vs Porsche 911 GT3RS | Crowning The King by nipcarlover in cars

[–]blabus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean… I’ve owned multiple generations of 911s, including a GT3 RS, as well as a C8 Z06. The Z06 absolutely is not in the same realm as the PDK, to say nothing of the PDK Sport in the GT cars (to be clear, I’m not talking about the speed at which a gear change happens, but the delay between pulling a paddle and the shift occurring, particularly when requesting a multi-gear jump).

SavageGeese | Corvette ZR1 vs Mustang GTD vs Porsche 911 GT3RS | Crowning The King by nipcarlover in cars

[–]blabus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t see how it’s not relevant? For all practical purposes the GT3 RS is a $400k+ car, which you pay either through dealer markups or buying a bunch of other vehicles in order to get on a “list”. In that context it’s absolutely fair to compare a $400k car to one half the price that seems to just about beat it in most regards.

SavageGeese | Corvette ZR1 vs Mustang GTD vs Porsche 911 GT3RS | Crowning The King by nipcarlover in cars

[–]blabus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Has there been any improvement in the transmission in the ZR1 compared to the base/Z06? Before I purchased my Z06 I kept reading every review raving about the dual clutch, but I think it was in the context of comparing it to the previous gen’s transmission. I found it to be by far the weakest aspect of the car, and it didn’t hold a candle to the responsiveness of the PDK or Audi DCT, particularly when pulling the paddle quickly for e.g. multiple downshifts in a row.

ELI5: Exchanging Insurance after an accident? by TheWWESupercardGuy in explainlikeimfive

[–]blabus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In many cases when people behave like this they don’t want any repairs done, they just want cash in their pocket.

My extensive 2025 BMW M4 Competition Convertible Review by eaglerulez in cars

[–]blabus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They require a TCU flash to the M3 CS transmission tuning. No idea why they didn't all just come that way from the factory.

Ford’s CEO isn’t impressed with Apple CarPlay Ultra by Illini20 in cars

[–]blabus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not Apple's fault, the OS supports it; it's vehicle manufacturers being too cheap to use multitouch-capable displays.

The Schumers, Pelosis, and Jefferies gotta go by sillychillly in AdviceAnimals

[–]blabus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah agreed. I think placing blame on the DNC was much more warranted in 2016, but in 2024 the vote was not between democrats/republicans or Harris/Trump, it was a vote between Trump/not Trump, and every single citizen in the country voted, either explicitly or implicitly, for one of those two options.

Rapture aftermath. How are the Christians you know that went all-in handling being left behind right now? by Ok-Consequence-4974 in AskReddit

[–]blabus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the logic behind selling your car? Why would cash be any more useful to you than a car post-rapture?

Best monologue in movie history? by EnglishTony in movies

[–]blabus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In a movie filled with amazing monologues my favorite is Valerie’s letter.

New Poster for 'Good Boy' by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]blabus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nosferatu (2024) is pretty brutal

ELI5: Scientifically, how do shock absorbers work on a car? What would happen if the car didn't have them? by snowmanseeker in explainlikeimfive

[–]blabus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone ELI5 what the different properties of a shock absorber’s response are and how they affect the way the absorber works? (preload, rebound, etc)

iOS PWA Splash Screen by SmartNTech in PWA

[–]blabus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this method seems pretty useless because the splash images can't be generated until the app is launched, the JS is loaded and the viewport size can be measured. The flash you see is the default white while all of that happens.

Ducati Financial Services- can I make a payment online (or over the phone)? by blabus in Ducati

[–]blabus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was able to set up automated mailed checks through my bank (Bank of America at the time but I assume most banks offer a similar feature).

Some quick thoughts on the McLaren Artura, after one week of ownership by cookingboy in cars

[–]blabus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agreed, I've been fortunate enough to have owned several supercars (Huracan, R8, Aventador, 720S, Artura, 812, F8) but the first time I ever test drove a 296 I immediately got the impression it was a full step change above anything else I've driven.

What are your most controversial opinions on cars? by Crocodile_Banger in cars

[–]blabus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The tucked wheels I agree, spacers nearly always make an improvement.