This car ruined me. Nothing compares to it anymore. It is raw, visceral, scary and amazing. With rear wheel drive, a manual transmission, only 2 seats, hydraulic shocks, pushrods and steel brakes; virtually everything else on the market has more technology. You can look at it as either a race car that happens to be street legal or maybe a fully sorted kit car with a warranty and advanced electronics. If you want a race car experience and still truly interact with the car and track, then drive home in it, this is the answer. It straightens the curves out a Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (MRLS) like nothing else. It screams at you, “Go faster dammit! Go! Go! Go!” On the straights your thought is, “Oh my God!” while the turn rushes furiously at you. And then the sound and lateral g-forces force a,“Holy (expletive)!” With 2nd gear topping out at 88mph and third at 117mph, a lot of time can be spent in 3rd gear. The shifter is a little balky so it takes practice to shift fast and hit 4th on the ...