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Put in some OEM-look LED headlights so I can finally see at night and decided to do a little photo shoot

You don’t really care yet spent two pages trying to convince everyone here that you, in fact, did. mmmkay.

I noticed I never updated this. Got her to a frame shop where the frame was welded and the floor panels replaced. Good as new. quite the difference

I guess my point is the cheap sports car segment will die with the EV switch. I suppose if you shrunk the Model 3 ( which is already smaller than a Mustang) down to Supra size and removed the rear seat then you could shed some weight and get under 3500 lbs. I don’t really care if the affordable sports car segment dies, I’d prefer a sensory deprivation air matic Mercedes over a Mustang or Supra that’s more raw and connected to the road.

suspension symmetry or asymmetry, dampening rates, the kind of dampers to begin with, suspension travel. How low the car is to the ground, overall weight, weight distribution, center of gravity, how well the motor or engine transfers the power and torque to the wheels, wheel cambers, all just some of the factors that are involved in tracking... Some of those factors are equal and same solutions to both EVs and ICEs and some of those are advantageous or disadvantageous to each differently and separately but could use any and either factor in that track equation to compensate for the disadvantage. At the end of the day, a Model S Plaid, as a heavy Hellcat Charger do an excellent job at handling street legal speed cornering and do inspire confidence in accident avoidance maneuvers. However, they do the job somewhat on a track, but they aint the right tool to conquer the track races as both vehicles were NOT ENGINEERED TO DO ANY TRACK WORK. THEY BOTH LACK THE NEEDED HARDWARE, THE PROPER TRACK SUSPENSIONS... And quite frankly, the heft issue on both the Plaid and Hellcat could be overcome without even eliminating the heft part just by utilizing the necessary hardware. Of course knocking off 500-600 lbs on either would benefit them for plenty of things, not just tracking. Im not denying that. Its just that heft is NOT the deterrent its spoke of by SMK aka Alex with a skateboard platform EV...

It's not that difficult at all but some folks lol.

yes. and nobody, me, is not saying otherwise. hence the word choice of masking the heft. But weight, *sigh* for the umpteenth time *sigh* is but 1 factor regarding handling. *sigh* The skateboard platform allows for all the heft be BELOW THE AXLES MAKING A VERY VERY LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY FAVOURING HANDLING AND TRACKING. plus the weight is so evenly distributed along the length and side of the vehicle all that is left to do is just an easy calibration of the suspension not having to factor for up front engine heft in a front engined car. even in a rear mid-engine car, the weight is still ABOVE the wheels instead of below. Traction is compensated by having the electric motors directly engaged to the driving wheels be it 3 or even 4. Software programming even allows for torque vectoring on ALL 4 wheels if all 4 wheels are able to be torquing..... Heft is just a factor in a myriad of factors in a tracking formula... yes, heft is a detriment to performance. NOBODY is denying that. Its just that a skateboard platform EV isnt really phased by that. An ICE track car has many more deficiencies that an EV has as an advantage... yes yes yes heft aint onee of them But HIGHER center of gravity and heft to where it aint optimal for an engine to be are what favours the EV... *phoque me its such a difficult concept to understand???*

I agree to everybody's dislikes about this car.. I do like the colourful motifs in the interior though if not for the material choices. Cars are supposed to be fun. Cars have gotten depressing and drab. Lets get back to fun.