That's so nice of your local Fiat dealership to take your money when all they have to show you is a picture.

I think you mean "The Return of the press release that announced yet another return of Alfa-Romeo to the U.S. Market."

It's an $80,000+ car. I don't think that price counts as "for the masses."

I don't need a crash to inspire me to clench my mighty buttocks to crush pecans. I just do that on my own free will.

It's at a buy-here pay-here lot in Tampa. What could possibly go wrong?

Why would anyone give this kook the time of day?

It makes sense for them to dump the Auto section. They're trying to be the paper of record for the world. They're trying to report on world affairs from the safety and security of their cubicles, and by hiring established freelancers in foreign countries.

Automotive advertising revenue has been provided by local…

The end of the NYTimes automobile section is no great loss, for either auto enthusiasts, or people who worry about the end of dead tree media.

Being told you can never go back to New York City is probably a blessing.

Sorry. I was pre-coffee writing. The taxes on my house in Georgia were about $3000 per year for a house on 3/5 acre. My taxes in New Jersey for a similar sized house on a lot that's 1/5 acre are $15,000 per year. Sorry about that.

Sorry. I was pre-coffee writing. The taxes on my house in Georgia were about $3000 per year for a house on 3/5 acre. My taxes in New Jersey for a similar sized house on a lot that's 1/5 acre are $15,000 per year. Sorry about that.

Given that the real estate taxes I pay in New Jersey are now 1/5 of the real estate taxes I paid when I lived in Atlanta, for a comparably sized house with good schools and good commute, I'd definitely pack up and move if I was a M-B employee. And given the delta in the taxes, it would only take four years to recover…

Perhaps a Ferrari-branded fire extinguisher. Or Ferrari extinguisher if one wants to save on the costs of pesky vowels.

And why is the console grey when the dashboard is tan? Does this mean the curtains don't match the carpet?

"Now you can buy a used car that two people definitely don't want for the price of a new car you really don't want." Uh, okay.

I really don't understand the 25-year rule. If it's about "safety," as long as the potential owner is warned that this car does not meet US crash standards, it's really up to them to accept the risk. I ride motorcycles. I accept that my motorcycle is not as safe as my car with 12 airbags.

But then again, it was…

Saying "I have a Lincoln for the next week" is sort of like saying "I have impetigo, and it should be gone after a week of antibiotics."

At 170,000 miles, the Repair Bill of Damocles looms large over this Audi. How large? Oh, it's about the size of a Nissan Versa.

Anything that Tavarish guy says, "you could drive this instead of a (insert Toyonda of his choice.) These cars he effuses about are always blessed with the ever present Repair Bill of Damocles.

I really don't need a "guide" to help me hate Williams-Carcinoma. I can do it just fine by myself.