I managed two kids just fine in a WRX. Great balance of fun, safety, and just roomy enough. Just. You may have to commit to using a roof box on road trips, but you never even notice it on top from behind the wheel.

The last spark plug on an LT1 V8 placed into a 4th gen Camaro. Impossible to get to. Your only choice was to suffer through it yourself, or pay to have it done (wherein the shop would often only change 7 plugs).

Had one for five years and haven’t done anything other than oil/fluid changes. Well that and the battery. Hasn’t been any more than any other cars I’ve owned. But, it’s a little more complicated. They are fairly fragile, and crash parts are expensive. So you don’t want to do things like parallel park them or take…

I was 24 when I bought my ‘01 Bullitt. At the time, I kept thinking I must be the only one not a boomer buying this car.

As a Bullitt owner, if they built one and actually put a good engine in it, say, like a detuned version of the VooDoo V8 or something rather than a warmed over standard-issue V8 with only like 5-10 more HP, I’d have no choice but to buy it. I’ve liked mine enough to keep it ~16 years, but to this day feel a bit…

Speed doesn’t make a car a “driver’s car.” It just makes it faster.

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When I was a kid, my (now late) uncle took me for a ride in the back of his C3. I still remember my young self thinking that it was *the* coolest thing. Plus pop up headlights! And T-Tops! Probably after that, I rode home in the back of a pickup truck.

When people ask me if I ever crashed when racing in LeMons, I just say “once, I was involved in a minor head-on collision with a 16' bass boat” and leave it at that.

It’s not just a matter of programming. Auto up requires pinch protection, at least, if done by an OEM.

Track rats can continue to buy the hard top version. I don’t see why a convertible with that engine would be a bad thing. Seems pretty fun to me. Besides, who says it has to go to a track? I bet 90% of those “track specials” never see a track either.

Had a WRX w/ 2 kids and it was just fine the entire time as long as you didn’t carry things you honestly didn’t need anyway. Plenty of room in the back for a stroller and some other stuff. Had to sell the idea a bit to my now ex, though.

My advice is when parking next to an island, park on the downhill side. Otherwise you’re a target for runaway shopping carts, which can do a lot of damage if the hill is long. Ask me how I know.

They say that the LSD takes away from the steering feel. It was an option on the Fed-Spec Elise, but Lotus recommended against it for most uses.

These have a lot going for them. They were popular with the media when new, produced in low numbers for the US, and were basically legislated out of existence. The odds we’ll see another federalized sub 2,000 lb car again are slim.

I would definitely do it if I could get un-grayed. I’ve posted here on and off for years now, and can’t figure out how that’s supposed to happen.

Palmyra? I can probably give you a ride home from Kerbeck, haha. I could even do it in a moderately interesting car.

How does one cut $2,825 of cost (more than 20%) out of a $12,825 Versa? I bet Nissan doesn’t even spend that much on the engine and transmission for those things.

How about a Kei-car pickup truck or van?

Lotus Elise. Because you don’t even have to drive like a hooligan to ruin it. Pulling on the A-pillar while climbing over the tall side sills to get in or out risks cracking the windshield. The car body is essentially made from two large clamshells that together cost almost the current market value of the car to…