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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Welcome Back, British Insanity!


Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Welcome Back, British Insanity!

We might still be a week or so away from the official start of summer, but we don’t care…the sun is out, the days are long and hot, and there really is no excuse for not being at a show, a race, or in the shop spinning wrenches to your heart’s delight. It’s the busy season for everybody, so as you’re getting ready to tackle whatever’s coming up for you this week, be sure to get a bit of Scrapple in your system!

1. The mental ward will reappear for Goodwood Revival!

It’s official: the new TVR, powered by a Cosworth-tuned Ford Coyote mill, will break cover at the Goodwood Revival race. Expected to have around 500 horsepower, a curb weight of about 2,700 pounds, and enough violence about it to satiate the demand of the loyal following, the upcoming model has already impressed the very select few who were chosen to see it. TVR, however, is so bent on keeping this thing under wraps until the Goodwood event on September 8th that it made every one of those lucky few sign non-disclosure agreements.

2. What was that about climbing insurance rates?

The American Automobile Association recently hit Tesla with a 30% insurance hike, claiming that Tesla owners make 45% more claims that owners of similar vehicles, while repairs cost significantly more than a conventional car. Tesla claims that the AAA’s figures are “flawed” and that they aren’t factoring in such safety features as the Autopilot semi-autonomous system. Hm.

3. Good Idea/Bad Idea

Colin McRae’s 1997 Subaru Impreza test car sold for $400,000. It was only a test car…it never actually raced in competition, but you can understand why the prepared Subie got that kind of money: association with a legendary driver, solid performer. Now look at the 1998 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 above. Clean, yes. Desirable? Yes. Worth half a million dollars? Not only no, but **** no. We’d choke if this car got six figures at all, yet some guy in Detroit is selling the car on Craigslist for that amount. You can see more about this deal HERE.

4. …really?

Jaime Foxx had his Bugatti Veyron wrapped in gold chrome. This is what passes for news? Really? Moving on…

5. Make do with less. 

The upcoming Honda Accord has lost two cylinders. The V6 model is no more for either the coupe or sedan. In place at the top-tier will be the Civic Type R’s four-banger.

Yes, it was a slow week.


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