Value for money is not the issue once you clear like $75,000. At that point, style, panache or just driving a vehicle that has all the charm of flipping an innocent child the bird are all that matter.

Now seeking new work, Sepp Blatter has applied to be the Chief Compliance Officer at FCA Australia.

That Jaguar engine is not “secretly awesome,” it is “secretly” a V-8 with a pair of stuffed rear cylinders to make it operate like a V-6...with a 90-degree vee angle and other compromises.

This is not awesome in any regard, save for the car you have chosen to highlight its use in.

It’s such a kludge. Such a kludge.

I’ll take you up on that argument. The E36 and E46 cars (particularly 330i) rev far more eagerly than the M20-equipped 325i. They also handle far better and have better amenities. There is a certain charm to the E30, but they are just this side of a contemporary A2 Jetta in terms of solidity.

As far as appreciation…

Obviously, you’ve never encountered the douchebag army known as E30 aficionados. That alone got my crackpipe vote.

Hey, I owned an E30 M3 roughly 20 years ago, so I dig the machines. But they are not so great that we need to idolize every one at every moment. The now cheaper E36 is a better car in almost every way…

It is why poor people go to jail for petty crimes and rich people remain untouched—it’s easy pickings, the low-hanging fruit of customs and import controls.

The average guy typically goes down easy, while the big players can have their lawyers fight it out forever. This case was an anomaly...Unfortunately.

That’s why I voted NP. That’s a whole lot of effort and a real world application of the talent and curiosity I possess only when sitting on a bar stool BSing after a six pack or two.

Every iteration of the V-8 Ferrari has looked amazing when new and goofy a year or two after the next generation arrives. And 10 years after the fact, they just look...odd. Not exactly ugly, but odd.

Time heals all wounds with design. It will be loved in due time.

There, I fixed it for you.

I never understood these cars until I drove a few of them and met enough of their nutty owners.

I think it was a mix. Like Jeb Bush’s kid getting elected to some obscure Texas state position recently, name recognition and pseudo-celebrity count for a lot in this country. I was working in sports media at the time and when the news broke, we were all a bit surprised in the newsroom...and then not surprised...and…

“Strong information” or someone who would prefer that to be the case to exonerate the Gumballers?

I seem to remember that Petty was a candidate for the statewide Secretary of State or something in North Carolina, probably figuring that his name alone would carry him into office. People thought he was nuts after this incident and his poll numbers tanked after it. I believe Petty admitted bumping the guy.

Maybe not in Randleman, but in the Charlotte area, they weren’t exactly fans of his on-track attitude working its way into his off-track driving.
http://www.news-record.com/richard-petty-…

During manufacturing, if it is a regular option, it’s not that big of a deal to offer it and it wouldn’t cost $3,000 plus dealer install of another $500 or so. It could easily be profitable on the order of $1,200 to $1,500. I know that BMW offered it for many years in Europe after it was pulled from the options list…

Only on 235i, 335i and 435i—and only with the automatic on 335i and 435i. Others need not apply.

This is all bullshit. Just put a goddamned mechanical fucking limited-slip differential back on the options list, like you could get in any BMW through about 1995 or so. That alone would allow each and everyone of us to roll our own ZHP on any 3, 4, 3 wagon, 3 GT, 4 Grand Coupe, 4 convertible, X4, 2 coupe or whatever…

Though crack pipe is the obvious choice here, I voted nice price, if for the effort alone.

McNeilly sounds like a Scottish name, no?

There are probably six actual human beings in the United States who would pony up for a Holden-based ute, which is about half as many as who would buy a wagon version and double that number again for the apparent, actual market for a Chevrolet SS/Caprice.

Hmmm...964 had power steering. It was one of the many improvements over the 3.2-liter Carreras. Okay, improvement is relative, but it made the car more usable on an everyday basis. It was a variable, speed-sensitive so as to provide less assistance at speed, but full-on, near Buick levels of boost in parking lots.