Message from @LordCaledus
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also i6>v6 anyday
replacing an air filter on a mk2 focus is a 2 minute job, replacing the pollen filter is total bs though
Eh. I6 is good for truck engines. Too heavy for anything else.
I mean when your 3.0L i6 weighs as much as a 5.3L iron block V8, it might be time to switch to a different engine.
V6s are not an especially good sounding engine layout, even less so with turbos. With 400-430hp something marketed as a Toyota muscle car would be DOA these days. Especially when the 2UR already makes more than that and actually sounds good. Every review of that car would just be "I don't understand why they didn't put the 2UR in it"
That a V6 doesn't sound good is relative. There are more than a few V6 sports cars out there being bought by legions of drivers who love the sound.
That said, I agree, if they made a muscle car then the 2UR would be a good choice
The only real issue with it is that it would hurt the difference in brands.
It would have to be quite a different car not to encroach, even if only a little, on Lexus' V8 sports cars
But tbh, Lexus is clearly moving away from N/A V8s, anyway.
Lexus/Toyota, I mean.
The LS doesn't have any V8s at all anymore. They're steadily removing the naturally aspirated engines from the other Lexus cars as well.
And cars like the Camry, by Toyota's own admission, only have a V6 option because it makes for a better halo version of it. Hardly anyone actually buys the top engine option on the Camry anyway, so they can afford to.
The moment that changes, they will likely nyx the V6 on that car too.
And the momentum for turbo engines, at least at the moment, seems to be shifting towards mid displacement, low boost, high compression motors, as seen with the new Tiguan, Silverado, CX-9, and others since they get better fuel economy and have better driving dynamics than small displacement, high boost, mid compression motors.
Given that, I could really see Toyota making a muscle car with a V6 turbo.
Gimme dat ol' 4.0 Lexus V8
That would be good too
V6 would have better torque tho...
Oh look
Another way to make houses more expensive with no feasible gains
That's like $50 in parts
i6 is smoother running than v engines as well and the reason inline engines carry weight is because traditionally those heavy inline engines were made of heavy materials, and handled a lot of boost as a result, not all good inline engines are heavy though; the s54 is pretty reasonable really
GM killed off the Atlas 4.2 too soon
also electric charge points cost very little really, especially when installed with a construction
Its just another breaker and an outlet
Depends on how they handle it.
I actually wish I'd had one fitted when they were doing a free scheme
If they have any extra requirements or certification...
just because why not
@LordCaledus It's no different than a freezer or washing machine
I mean, I'm all for _encouraging_ builders to build houses with these
Requiring it is stupid tho
Particularly given that it's part of the shoe-on-head level of stupid Road to Zero plan
the requirements for electrician work being signed off in the uk is extensive but any decent electrical worker will have someone to sign off on ev outlets
it's not a complicated installation, there are far more difficult things being stuffed into modern builds
The electrician who builds an EV station vs installs an outlet in your house is the same guy
Also, i6s are smoother running inherently, yes, but they were heavy not just because they were made of heavier materials.
If that was the case, Toyota's 3.0L iron block turbo wouldn't be the same weight as GM's iron block 5.3