He may need the GT3 wheel because some enterprising tuners figured out the Taycan/Audi eTron GT ECU coding, and now offer ~0.8 times a Tesla Plaid’s worth of hp in suitably equipped (“Turbo”) models.
airbagless wheels belong in a car with harnesses bent appropriately over a roll cage and anchored properly, poking through chairs proportioned for helmet usage, in a car intended for the track - and probably never belong in an aluminum autoimmolation device. There’s a lot wrong with this picture, too much to even get started
Part of the admittedly crappy joke is:
Which accelerates faster ?
The 5,192lb shopping cart with an ECU tune good for 800hp, or the GT3 cup actual race car? Who REALLY deserves to wear the wheel?
A little Father’s Day tribute to my late dad— Mr. John C. Ryan (he always used the “C”— Crawford, a family name that I unfortunately didn’t end up with).
Good guy. Funny. Down to earth, a realist. People liked him, more than he knew. He was never a miserable old cuss. He always said “Nobody likes a smart ass”. He got up every day, put on a suit and tie and went to work. When it was my turn; I did the same thing. He was proud of his son; and I was proud of him.
I knew a guy, let's call him Kevin because that was his name, that growing up I just thought well, that's normal. Took it for granted. Not realizing that he was in multiple 1%> categories. PhD? Check. Tier 2 operator? Sure why not? Generous to a fault? No, not exactly. Incredibly, almost Christlike in generosity, but so competent and detail oriented that unlike folk who neglect their obligations in their zeal to give he took care of everything.
Happy Fathers' Day to those that are bold. My daughter is a joy and my son is a challenge and I love to to push his buttons! My dad had 4 boys and a high pressure career, my mom must have been a saint. Growing up it just was normal, or so it seemed.
Happy Father's Day to all to whom it applies. To those that it does not, if you are not a woman or under the age of 18 I highly recommend becoming one.
I am so jealous. About hitting the gym, not fucking the tinder sluts. I need to get some cardio or my doctor is going to kill me if the lack of cardio doesn't.
These “mods” are right up there with “M” badges on a 318i, red clip-on caliper covers for that “big brake” look, fabric “lightweight” door pulls on a loaded vehicle, installing titanium lug bolts on your loaded street car, exhaust delete on any Accord/Civic/V6 Mustang, buying an automatic transmission NA/NB/NC/ND Miata, and most recently, (the actual fuck) Porsche’s accessory shifter knob for their last gen 911 PDK cars that LOOKS like a manual shifter knob, and their “icon” puddle lamps-both signs that Porsche is over, I’m calling it, Porsche died in 2025.
Part of me was surprised that neither of these mods was to a Macan, but then I realized that a Macan purchase is basically an admission that you can't even be bothered to be a poser.
I dunno. given that Porsche builds more SUVs than sports cars, I think the Macan owner is the one Porsche owner being most true to himself and to the brand.
One of the funniest automotive jokes ever was when a guy in a Mustang pulled up next to me at a light, caught my attention, looked down at my Lotus Elise and said: "Nice Celica!"
lol. That's pretty funny. I hope you then left him in your dust.
When I got my driver's license way back when, the only vehicle available to me was our battered 1978 Ford van, which had been a Purolator delivery vehicle and had seem some shit. I was at a stop light when someone in a kit car pulled up alongside me. (I don't recover which kit, some kind of old MG-looking thing.)
My buddy Neal just bought a McLaren. Even though his Ferrari-churning neighbor has honked at Neal’s wife for not speeding down their cul de sac, Neal dropped his garden tools to go meet the latest prancing horse. The neighbor greeted Neal with “Nice shoes”, which fetched him the response “Nice lease!”
anyway the steering wheel looks dumb with that brownish stripe at the top thats trying to act like the yellow steering wheel alignment indicator on a real race wheel (which even then is kinda tryhard) but made dumber becuase its barely a contrasting colour
the buttons are also dumb
that wooden shift knob might be the most overdone porsche thing i can think of and its even worse when people put it in non porsches. why are you trying to ape the detail of an older racing car in a vehicle so far removed from it? its stolen valor
the whole thing is cringe and my night is ruined thanks jack
I would say the steering wheel and shift knob are sacrilege. That GT3 car got raped just so an EV enthusiast can feel more "in touch". Get a real car with a stick.
"GT3 car got raped" -- hopefully he got it from the parts department
"Get a real car with a stick" -- Agreed with the sentiment, but taken literally, I'd prefer weirdos like this stick to abusing EV's like this rather than massacring a real cars worth owning!
I applaud his airbag delete. I also eschew seat belts and TPMS all all the other nanny state institutions into my vehicle. Have you seen car crashes? Looks awful, I don't want any part of it. The only way I roll is windows open and a loose grip. Just get thrown clear of the vehicle like that lone survivor in India.
Even if it's very tacky, the wooden shift knob does kinda look cool. Out of place in a tip Cayenne for sure, but I get the appeal on a stick shift car of less-than-917 spec. Idk.
Fathers Day related...
I am not a father. I am not expecting to be one soon, either. I AM getting married in a couple months, though, and the lady does want kids eventually. For the many fathers here, how do you get over the fear of fatherhood?
The prospect scares me. The idea of my life no longer really being mine is a lot to process. The idea of having an incredibly fragile child that I have to protect against the innumerable causes of harm in the world is daunting! I like the concept of a kid or two, but god it's frightening.
Good. Because there isn't. But you'll do fine. I like to think I can get the sense of someone's character, if I can read enough of what they have to say. And if I'm right, then YOU are right for the task ahead.
That is exceptionally kind of you to say. Thank you.
As always, if you’re ever in the greater Baltimore area, drink (or food? I can tell you of one of the best fried chicken sandwiches this world has to offer) on me.
I remember doing a few camping trips with my wife (then gf) and thinking to myself that it wasn't as fun anymore, it seemed like I had reached a level of "mastery" (ok it was just car camping at a primitive site) but I felt the need to pass the skillset on to someone else. Ditto fishing, mountain biking, working on stuff in the garage (things that I am admittedly incredibly mediocre at), I had the desire to become a teacher to pass the skills along.
While it's good to grasp the gravity of what you're getting into, and it is a truly dramatic shift in your priorities/freedom, I dunno man you just kind of go for it and figure it out along the way. As long as you're present (spending time with them) and not abusive, you are by definition a good dad.
"The idea of having an incredibly fragile child that I have to protect against the innumerable causes of harm in the world is daunting!"
As (most likely) John Shedd came up with but it was too good to claim "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
While it is true that for the first several years you will be occupied with feeding and watering and preventing choking and electrocution, babies are not built to stay in port.
The real challenge, should you choose to accept it, and I hope you do, is to try to inculcate critical thinking and your values. And you better have values that hold up to critical thinking.
My son is a month old tomorrow. He spent a good few seconds smiling at me for the first time while I was holding him before I left for the office this morning, that was neat.
If you've given it enough thought that it scares you, take it as a good sign.
I am continuously shocked and amazed at the millions of tiny ways I just sort of do what my boy needs me to do, without ever having done it before or really even giving it conscious thought in the moment.
It may not make sense now, but in the moment instincts will kick in and help you along. Trust them. Just like catching a pair of keys someone throws at you, you'll react at what's flying your way.
*in my best TV Dad voice* "I'm not mad. I'm disappointed in him."
Seems like he'd have sufficient soul searching time in Finland, which is more or less a big sparsely inhabited mosquito hatchery, and would have reached better conclusions. Guess not.
A wannabe or a poseur. It's 1995 in here! The kids don't care as long as they get the likes on the tik tok or the gram. Or something. I don't know. Get off my lawn.
Gents, I hate to be - ahem - arrogant, but yes it *was* yours truly who alerted Jack to the Finnish fashion victim’s modification to his Taycan.
But only after another, unnamed, reader sent it to me, apparently believing that I would think it was a cool guy move.
I asked both Jack and the unnamed fellow what the Finn might do next to his Taycan; perhaps install an aftermarket exhaust (ideally in Inconel)?
Sidepipe exhausts. 6” lift and 33’s. Rear rack for extra gas cans.
He's going the steal the rear speakers from a Charger Daytona Scat Pack and play IC engine noise at cars and coffee.
I bet the shift feel is day and night on that tiptronic with the knob :D
The owner of that car is certainly a knob
*shoots beer out nose*
Damn you Seinfeld!
Imagine if it was a lifted f150 with that steering wheel.
Ford is so cringe they call their EV a Mustang!
I'm pretty sure we can all thank Jack for preventing the Corvette from becoming an EV crossover.
Of course the C8 is a badly done European sports car instead. So, thanks Jack.
chrome vinyl wrap
Martini stripes and Rothmans logos.
Go full clown and make it "Roughroads"
They did that because they couldn’t get the rights to Rothmans (and the tobacco factor).
I believe it's mostly the muh health factor. “Roughroads” is unspeakably cringe.
oh god, yes. I'd forgotten people do that.
He may need the GT3 wheel because some enterprising tuners figured out the Taycan/Audi eTron GT ECU coding, and now offer ~0.8 times a Tesla Plaid’s worth of hp in suitably equipped (“Turbo”) models.
Huzzah?
https://www.redshift-performance.com/taycan
To be clear, that’s a GT3 cup race car wheel.
Perhaps too deadpan:
airbagless wheels belong in a car with harnesses bent appropriately over a roll cage and anchored properly, poking through chairs proportioned for helmet usage, in a car intended for the track - and probably never belong in an aluminum autoimmolation device. There’s a lot wrong with this picture, too much to even get started
Part of the admittedly crappy joke is:
Which accelerates faster ?
The 5,192lb shopping cart with an ECU tune good for 800hp, or the GT3 cup actual race car? Who REALLY deserves to wear the wheel?
GT3s - whether road cars, cup cars, or SRO GT3 class cars - do not accelerate particularly quickly. Especially torqueless Porsche GT3s.
A little Father’s Day tribute to my late dad— Mr. John C. Ryan (he always used the “C”— Crawford, a family name that I unfortunately didn’t end up with).
Good guy. Funny. Down to earth, a realist. People liked him, more than he knew. He was never a miserable old cuss. He always said “Nobody likes a smart ass”. He got up every day, put on a suit and tie and went to work. When it was my turn; I did the same thing. He was proud of his son; and I was proud of him.
I knew a guy, let's call him Kevin because that was his name, that growing up I just thought well, that's normal. Took it for granted. Not realizing that he was in multiple 1%> categories. PhD? Check. Tier 2 operator? Sure why not? Generous to a fault? No, not exactly. Incredibly, almost Christlike in generosity, but so competent and detail oriented that unlike folk who neglect their obligations in their zeal to give he took care of everything.
Happy Fathers' Day to those that are bold. My daughter is a joy and my son is a challenge and I love to to push his buttons! My dad had 4 boys and a high pressure career, my mom must have been a saint. Growing up it just was normal, or so it seemed.
Happy Father's Day to all to whom it applies. To those that it does not, if you are not a woman or under the age of 18 I highly recommend becoming one.
But bro, none of the girls I like, like me.. Guess its hitting the gym and tryna fuck tinder sluts for me...
Someone's got to do it!
The ONE time I can't use the "I'm doing my part" meme
I am so jealous. About hitting the gym, not fucking the tinder sluts. I need to get some cardio or my doctor is going to kill me if the lack of cardio doesn't.
Squash? Tennis? Pickup soccer? Fun cardio for the win.
Yeah, once you build it into your routine and you improve your stamina, it's great.
Easier said than done though, it took me a few years for it to take root, but it can be done
duly noted
I, for one, am glad he removed the airbag. Hopefully it will help remove him from the gene pool.
Perhaps voluntarily eschewing an airbag is the most MANLY thing we have yet encountered on ACF!
i never even had airbags
this man is an impostor
I will only believe he has no airbags after he runs headlong into a wall driving at least 55 mph.
To all my fellow Dads trying to keep their boys out of prison and their daughters off the pole at the main stage, I salute you.
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
These “mods” are right up there with “M” badges on a 318i, red clip-on caliper covers for that “big brake” look, fabric “lightweight” door pulls on a loaded vehicle, installing titanium lug bolts on your loaded street car, exhaust delete on any Accord/Civic/V6 Mustang, buying an automatic transmission NA/NB/NC/ND Miata, and most recently, (the actual fuck) Porsche’s accessory shifter knob for their last gen 911 PDK cars that LOOKS like a manual shifter knob, and their “icon” puddle lamps-both signs that Porsche is over, I’m calling it, Porsche died in 2025.
Part of me was surprised that neither of these mods was to a Macan, but then I realized that a Macan purchase is basically an admission that you can't even be bothered to be a poser.
I dunno. given that Porsche builds more SUVs than sports cars, I think the Macan owner is the one Porsche owner being most true to himself and to the brand.
Fair enough, particularly if we change that last bit to "what the brand has become." :)
I mostly enjoy shitting on Macans in particular because if I catch up to a Porsche on back roads in my Volvo, it's 100% of the time a Macan.
just tell the Macan driver, "Nice Q5!"
One of the funniest automotive jokes ever was when a guy in a Mustang pulled up next to me at a light, caught my attention, looked down at my Lotus Elise and said: "Nice Celica!"
lol. That's pretty funny. I hope you then left him in your dust.
When I got my driver's license way back when, the only vehicle available to me was our battered 1978 Ford van, which had been a Purolator delivery vehicle and had seem some shit. I was at a stop light when someone in a kit car pulled up alongside me. (I don't recover which kit, some kind of old MG-looking thing.)
Nice van, the driver said, sarcastically.
Nice Volkswagen, I replied.
My buddy Neal just bought a McLaren. Even though his Ferrari-churning neighbor has honked at Neal’s wife for not speeding down their cul de sac, Neal dropped his garden tools to go meet the latest prancing horse. The neighbor greeted Neal with “Nice shoes”, which fetched him the response “Nice lease!”
Should have said nothing and just run his car over. Now *that* would have been funny.
Sweet Volkswagen bro
Lifts hood.
'See, there's your problem right there. You're posting on Instagram. Delete that shit, tard.'
happy fathers day to yall
anyway the steering wheel looks dumb with that brownish stripe at the top thats trying to act like the yellow steering wheel alignment indicator on a real race wheel (which even then is kinda tryhard) but made dumber becuase its barely a contrasting colour
the buttons are also dumb
that wooden shift knob might be the most overdone porsche thing i can think of and its even worse when people put it in non porsches. why are you trying to ape the detail of an older racing car in a vehicle so far removed from it? its stolen valor
the whole thing is cringe and my night is ruined thanks jack
I would say the steering wheel and shift knob are sacrilege. That GT3 car got raped just so an EV enthusiast can feel more "in touch". Get a real car with a stick.
"GT3 car got raped" -- hopefully he got it from the parts department
"Get a real car with a stick" -- Agreed with the sentiment, but taken literally, I'd prefer weirdos like this stick to abusing EV's like this rather than massacring a real cars worth owning!
I applaud his airbag delete. I also eschew seat belts and TPMS all all the other nanny state institutions into my vehicle. Have you seen car crashes? Looks awful, I don't want any part of it. The only way I roll is windows open and a loose grip. Just get thrown clear of the vehicle like that lone survivor in India.
I think the windows in the Taycan dont roll down far enough for that!
I too, refuse to have any part in a car crash. That's why I will immediately leave the scene should my vehicle come in contact with another.
Even if it's very tacky, the wooden shift knob does kinda look cool. Out of place in a tip Cayenne for sure, but I get the appeal on a stick shift car of less-than-917 spec. Idk.
Fathers Day related...
I am not a father. I am not expecting to be one soon, either. I AM getting married in a couple months, though, and the lady does want kids eventually. For the many fathers here, how do you get over the fear of fatherhood?
The prospect scares me. The idea of my life no longer really being mine is a lot to process. The idea of having an incredibly fragile child that I have to protect against the innumerable causes of harm in the world is daunting! I like the concept of a kid or two, but god it's frightening.
Being afraid of fatherhood means you'll take it seriously. Which means you will probably be a great dad.
I genuinely couldn't imagine anything more serious than it.
Good. Because there isn't. But you'll do fine. I like to think I can get the sense of someone's character, if I can read enough of what they have to say. And if I'm right, then YOU are right for the task ahead.
That is exceptionally kind of you to say. Thank you.
As always, if you’re ever in the greater Baltimore area, drink (or food? I can tell you of one of the best fried chicken sandwiches this world has to offer) on me.
Your life is still yours cos the kids are yours. Just a different sort of life.
The fact you are worried means you'll take care and do a great job.
I remember doing a few camping trips with my wife (then gf) and thinking to myself that it wasn't as fun anymore, it seemed like I had reached a level of "mastery" (ok it was just car camping at a primitive site) but I felt the need to pass the skillset on to someone else. Ditto fishing, mountain biking, working on stuff in the garage (things that I am admittedly incredibly mediocre at), I had the desire to become a teacher to pass the skills along.
Interesting!
I was completely the opposite. Had kids through a sense of responsibility and discovered afterwards the joy of teaching and training.
While it's good to grasp the gravity of what you're getting into, and it is a truly dramatic shift in your priorities/freedom, I dunno man you just kind of go for it and figure it out along the way. As long as you're present (spending time with them) and not abusive, you are by definition a good dad.
It's terrifying when they hand you the baby and you strap him in te car seat to go home from the hospital...
Then it's the most awesome thing you'll ever have done, and you will be a far better man for doing it than you could ever dream.
Being a father does mean your life is no longer yours!
It's a heck of a challenge. I wouldn't change it for the world.
As an observation. With kids, my life has more fun and exploration than ever.
Like the Nike slogan, Just do it. The first one is terrifying, the fourth one you are mellowed out at this point.
"The idea of having an incredibly fragile child that I have to protect against the innumerable causes of harm in the world is daunting!"
As (most likely) John Shedd came up with but it was too good to claim "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
While it is true that for the first several years you will be occupied with feeding and watering and preventing choking and electrocution, babies are not built to stay in port.
The real challenge, should you choose to accept it, and I hope you do, is to try to inculcate critical thinking and your values. And you better have values that hold up to critical thinking.
I believe that people should be treated fairly, and with kindness. Anything more specific stems from that.
That is a pretty good motto, I think my homeboy Luke said something similar.
Congratulations on the wedding!
My son is a month old tomorrow. He spent a good few seconds smiling at me for the first time while I was holding him before I left for the office this morning, that was neat.
If you've given it enough thought that it scares you, take it as a good sign.
I am continuously shocked and amazed at the millions of tiny ways I just sort of do what my boy needs me to do, without ever having done it before or really even giving it conscious thought in the moment.
This, and the rest of the thread, genuinely makes me feel better than I really could have thought.
Thanks
It may not make sense now, but in the moment instincts will kick in and help you along. Trust them. Just like catching a pair of keys someone throws at you, you'll react at what's flying your way.
Easy, I didn't. Almost 17 years later still haven't.
*in my best TV Dad voice* "I'm not mad. I'm disappointed in him."
Seems like he'd have sufficient soul searching time in Finland, which is more or less a big sparsely inhabited mosquito hatchery, and would have reached better conclusions. Guess not.
Yeah just watched the Finland episode of Long Way Home. No, thanks!
Oh, that's right. That looked properly miserable, didn't it? I'd forgotten that.
A wannabe or a poseur. It's 1995 in here! The kids don't care as long as they get the likes on the tik tok or the gram. Or something. I don't know. Get off my lawn.