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New comment by 100percentjake in "My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded"

100percentjake — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:24:59 +0000

This is very funny when talking about the GR Corolla specifically because it is notorious for overheating its AWD system after more than a handful of laps of a racetrack.

New comment by 100percentjake in "My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded"

100percentjake — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:22:23 +0000

I have an i3 and a 2020 M2 Competition with a 6 speed manual. I assure you the i3 is not faster, and attempting to describe either one as a "better car" is ridiculous because the overlap in their goals and design ethos is two completely separate circles on a Venn diagram, with a little overlap that says "has four wheels". Both excellent cars, neither a substitute for the other whatsoever.

New comment by 100percentjake in "My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded"

100percentjake — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:12:22 +0000

For sure, but nobody seeking that buys a Borla ATAK, which has achieved memetic status in car communities for its absurd volume at the expense of everything else.

New comment by 100percentjake in "My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded"

100percentjake — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:11:15 +0000

Things are posted to HN to be discussed and opined on. For some reason somebody's objectively entry level and subjectively tastless car mods were posted here, and people are expressing their opinions.

And, to wit: 1987 Nissan Be1 2011 Nissan Frontier Pro4x 2014 BMW i3 REX 2020 BMW M2 Competition

All with manual transmissions, with the exception of the direct-drive one.

New comment by 100percentjake in "My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded"

100percentjake — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:07:34 +0000

The modifications the author describes are considered in the car community to be incredibly immature, poorly researched, and basic. "Borla ATAK" is a four-letter-word because they're bought and sold exclusively by the "louder = better" crowd and their near-ubiquity on late-model Ford Mustangs is the bane of people with functional eardrums everywhere. People can modify their cars and be happy with it, but if someone customized their house by installing an outward facing loudspeaker system that played nothing but remixes of "barbie girl" on repeat, I'd probably express criticism.