It is a good looking car, if you can make yourself unsee the two-door Porsche your brain expects when you first look at it. It’s not a fat, lumpy 911; it’s a sleek (okay still a little butt-heavy, but not bad) four-door fastbacky thing.

We’re going through this analysis now, and there really isn’t anything that will match our Sportwagen for mileage, utility and driving dynamics. The closest I can see is a 3-series diesel wagon, but they’re far more expensive and reviews of the diesel motor make it sound like a clattery bore compared to the TDI,…

Pretty sure VW will require you show purchase before the news broke to participate in the buyback. I think that’s the way the prior VW gift card situation worked.

Fish-fails?

Well that’s disappointing. A $35k car — a segment full of people who only have one car per person — ought to prioritize the most useful possible cargo space above “really pretty roof.”

Edit: Looks like he nailed the people in the truck he pulled over, which had been blocking traffic to “rocord” the bikers.

I understood MacGregor got to pick his replacement opponent. If so, he was either truly fearless picking a Diaz brother, or misjudged badly. They’re both nearly indestructible, and Nate is a phenomenally talented jiu-jitsu guy, which is Mac’s weaker area.

I’d love to see the return of a decently sporty Civic hatch, and I don’t think this looks any more overwrought than the Type R previews. The front at least is okay. And four doors? Very interesting. Might have to put off the GTI I’ve been contemplating to see if Honda can recreate the old magic.

Perhaps little-known fact: WDW’s Jungle Cruise boats all ran for years on Chevy Chevette engines running on Compressed Natural Gas. They rarely suffered engine problems.

Yes, police infiltration of a non-violent political group with peaceful stated aims “just in case” they “turn violent” is morally and ethically wrong.

THIS. The videos were inappropriate. No need to broadcast them on their knees or “apologizing.” It’s not an act of war or anything, but it was cheap, counting coup behavior designed to embarrass the U.S. If the boat really ran out of gas or whatever, they should simply have been intercepted and sent back on their way.

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I had that crash in a car. Lady coming out of a strip mall entrance leapt her Dodge Avenger in front of a truck to the right of me. She cleared him by a whisker, then got T-boned by me. No serious injuries, ticket for her; two totaled cars. I keep that scenario in mind every time I drive now.

I keep waiting for the public at large to have the same revelation about The 300 being a spoof of homophobic / -erotic, xenophobic rightwing rage fantasies of intellectually stunted young men, because that’s the only way I can make sense of that “film.” I mean, seriously — “Persians” are giant body-painted…

Theatrical mean faces and general face-off silliness are pretty much SOP in combat sports.

Somehow the looks of the present-gen GT-Rs just don’t make my heart pound the way the older ones did. The whole rolling motorcycle helmet look just doesn’t do it for me. THIS feels like a Japanese supercar to me.

The Model S is still cool. I still point and gasp and press my nose against the window when I see one, which can make driving difficult, but I assume every one I see represents one less base model Maserati on the road, which classes things up a bit.

I’m still saving up by recycling aluminum and picking up those folded…

Wow. So, there’s no moral equivalency here, whatsoever. I’m not a biker, and have frequently been annoyed / startled by a certain style of cyclist behavior, but there is no point short of defending against a physical attack that justifies clobbering someone with your car, which is quite obviously what the car guy had…

Ohhhh nooooo. Slow pan around beautiful first-gen NSX. The low profile with the flip-up lights. Those clean, minimalist lines. That soaring F-16 canopy greenhouse. Here comes the low, purposeful interior ... aaaand .... slush box handle. Straight out of an Accord, by the looks of it.