Lotus Exige Scura, Vermot Veritas RS III Roadster, The Lutz Challenge, Pastrana Goes For A Record, FLDetours BMW Z4 - 10/20/2009

leo is a fag. ruined the z4 just by sitting in it

Mr. Suit, like so many automotive journalists, you need to realize that 50,000 is a lot of money. So to say that the Z4 has a 100,000 quality interior because of the lack of quality in the Corvettes interior is "stupid crazy". If the Z4 had a 100,000 quality interior, it should have real silver accents and crystal knobs, etc, etc, etc. I love ya Suit, but wake up...

!!!!!! WTF......... THAT STINK-N-LINCON WAS A REALY BAD CHOICE......DAM......I HAD TO WATCH THAT 5 TIMES............ BUT I THINK THE SUBIE IS THE RIGHT CAR......... IT'S LIGHT,......... ALLWHEEL DRIVE,......FAST, AND RALLY  CRASH TESTED....... AERO DOES NOT MATTER SOMUCH....... IF U HAVE THE POWER TO PUNCH THROUGH THE WIND, JUST LOOK AT THE STEALTH FIGHTER........ WITH ALL THOSE ANGLED FLAT SURFACES,........ CAN U SAY FLYING BRICK,......... THANK GOD FOR ON BOARD FLIGHT COMPUTERS,........ THEY KEEP THOSE PLANES FROM FALLING OUT OF THE SKY.......!!!! RAVEN'S KICK ASS !!! .

i had no idea Leo was that small. J/K love the Shakedown every week Leo. Thanks for all the Cliffs Notes every week to keep me up to date. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSIhQxpdWdg

If Pastrana can get a more aerodynamic-ish car, I think he has a lot better chance than Mr. Kenny Powers and his Super Jump. What was this guy thinking???? In 1976  a Lincoln Continental was the best thing they could come with!!!! LOL

!!!!  I THINK THE WHOLE TURN SIGNAL THING WAS A STUNT......... LEO IS TO SMART TO MAKE THAT MISTAKE 12 TIMES IN A ROW........!!!!  LOL !!!!.... BUT HE IS RIGHT !!!!!!......90% OF ALL DRIVING IS AT LOW SPEED'S.......... LAMBOS,VETTS,VIPERS..................ARE FAST BUT THEY !!! SUCK IN TRAFFIC,....... AND ARE HARD TO DRIVE  SLOW,......TRYING NOT TO STALL, TRYING NUT TO RIDE THE CLUTCH , LUGGING A LONG IN  TRAFFIC ON ROUGH ROADS......... THAT'S WHEN U WISH U HAD A Z4 TO DRIVE,...OR EVEN A ((((( YOUR CAR HERE )))) TO DRIVE EVERY DAY.......

I'm a fan of yours, Leo. I appreciate the technical side of automobiles as you do and enjoy when you speak about them in such a way. I liked your road test. It's not all about power and speed (while that's important) when reviewing a vehicle, anything can make power with right tweaks, but rather how the car responds to ones input on the road. Well done.

I MISSED THE BRAZILIAN GP! I'm looking forward to Shakedown Thursday to see what I missed. I watched all of practice and qualifying but unfortunately missed the race :(. I know Jenson clinched the title, but what else happened? Did Rubens take the win from pole? How did Hammi and Vettel do from the back of the grid? I could look it up, but I'd rather hear your take on it. Fill me in Leo!

you guys should have an FLDetours section of you site and something like Top Gear's car chooser (http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-chooser-launch) you used to have one on the old site but this new site looks like all other NNN sites

i liked the episode even though the best car you guys talked about today was the lotus.  The leo was actually the big deal today.  big deal, not tall.   Today's FLD was fabulous.  Ive lost my taste for Beamers (except the 135) but the car was reviewed very well.  The blinker thing irked me, but i see it as a RESPONSIBLE DRIVER habits.  Still leo, c'mon.  Which brings me to my point.  Leo did a damn good job of reviewing the car he had, not what he chose.  Which makes me think, who have been the top 5 best hosts of FLDetours.  1. Matt  2. Leo 3. the big polish guy who cant fit in cars  lol 4.alan(straight up and funny lookin) and finally 5.mike spinelli  its strange but its my list

i bet an audi, bmw, or mercedez, even a vw sedan can beat that CTS

Im not very familiar with the CTS-V but here in Australia HSV just released the W427 (corvette 7.0L and lots of other goodies). It may just be able to keep up. 
Check this car out at www.hsv.com.au

man this show is getting worse ever day

So...  He got the non-turbo edition because he drives like a nanny.  He was testing a roadster with an automatic, and hit the blinkers like 6 times.  No crap he's not a horsepower guy.  You guys have come a long way since D wasn't the only anchor, but you gotta get rid of the arm-chair race driver.  He makes us sad :(

Blinkers on a closed course...  this is the guy that does the shakedown and talks racing (well i might add) but what is with the blinkers.  Just hammer the thing, its not yours.  More redline attempts less signals

No more desk edition?  
Pastrana  is the man ! 
And the Veritas is fugly.

Finally I'm moved to comment, take note:
1. Lose the Shakedown 'confusion' music trashing Leo's style & delivery
2. Get Matt Farah back on camera
3. Let Leo talk with Matt again as on Garage 419 (whenever)
4. Script EVERYTHING Derek's says regarding vehicles CLOSELY, there are NO excuses for his lack of vehicle knowledge detracting from informed scripting by others. It's the one thing holding the show back.
4. FLDetours - lose the plain cars, all you guys talk about is specials and exotics, then you get intermediate cars and review them. Either do less reviews or something else.
Matt Worth

!!!! SOME PEOPLE ARE MISSING THE POINT........ YAH THERE CHEEPER CARS,..... LIKE THE MIATA....,Z CAR,...AUDI TT...... THAT WOULD BE CHEEPER,................. ADD A BIGGER TURBO,BRAKES, RE FLASHED CPU,...... OR EVEN A V8 FOR THAT MIATA !!!!!.....AND ALL THOSEE CARS WOULD BE FASTER THAN THE Z4, BUT NOT BETTER,....... BECAUSE THEY ALL STARTED OUT AS CHEPER CARS......AND THATS PART OF THERE DNA...... BUT THE Z4 IS JUST BETTER DESINGED.... RIGHT OUT THE BOX......

Nice review of the Z4.  I gotta say though, K for that is pricey compared to what else is out there.  Don't get me wrong, it IS a nice car.  If I were in the market for a car and wanted a cheaper roadster, I'd buy a Miata and swap out the engine for the one that is in the Mazdaspeed3.  I'd take off the Miata badge taken off the car and replaced with "Miataspeed" so it would hint that this is something special.  I wonder why Mazda didn't think of that.

Leo please cover last weekend's Formula D event on this weeks shakedown

Great show guys. AWESOME review of the Z4 suit, you say everything about the car that is truly meaningful of its purpose in a cool and calm demeanor, nice job. Yo Derek, next time elbow drop that twitter box for me.

Pastrana!!!!!

Pastrana----your mountain dew drinking "extreme" ramp antics has gone too far......okay you can jump things off ramps we get it - you da man and me - i'll be hating since i dont make a livin jumping stuff off ramps -- it would be pretty sweet though to go thru life making 
dough by just jumping stuff - nothing really taxing the mind other than the possible firey wreck and broken bones.

KICK HIS ASS Bob!!
The BMW Z4 cost twice as much as the Nissin Z because it’s hands down twice the car! 
Sorry but “Travis Pasta” is a douche!!

i hate pastrana only because i want to be him. wish i had my own show there i could go do awesome crap and get payed. it just proves this is an unjust world.

!!! THE CTS V IS LIKE THE DODGE VIPER........... !!!!! NO OTHER CAR IN IT'S PRICE RANGE CAN MATCH IT'S PERFORMANCE,..... IF THEY JUDGING THE INTERIOR, OR THE FEEL OF THE SWITCHING GEAR OR PLASTICS USED......... THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY......... !!!!!! EASY WIN FOR THE CTS V !!!

I like the Z4, its just that you could buy 2 (two) nissan 370Zs for that price. Did I meantion the 370Z has about 80hp more and weighs less ? If they 3.0L is K, what is the twin turbo Z4 ? Good reveiw Leo !!!