Yes, this. Silly putty is a very viscous fluid. Water is not.

In that its death foretold that of Pontiac itself?

Sounds to me like the flying part is still ok. It's the landing that's troublesome.

Mine was -21 in Minneapolis. Made me want to return home and crawl back in to my dead Tauntaun.

I have seen a few at various BMWCCA Bimmerfests here in the US. Not sure how they were here, but there were at least two.

Keep in mind, the AutoTrader empire includes more than it's eponymous website. It includes Kelly Blue Book. It includes many dealer-specific sites and tools, which likely generate more revenue than just the AutoTrader site itself. Just a guess.

"More" stuff?

Total agreement. The wife and I have a list of cars on the "depreciation watch list." For example, have you seen the current prices of an E60 M5 (2006-2010)? In the US, they are starting to trade for as little as 1/4 the original sticker price. Sure, it can be a maintenance nightmare, but for less than the price…

134 hp/l on a naturally aspirated engine is nuts. Turbos do tip the equation a little bit.

Feel free! We're big Miata fans, clearly. We both track our cars and we've done just about everything you can do to them.

I'm in Minneapolis, so it'd be a hike. Maybe if we take the car to run the Dragon at some point...

So, you've driven many V8 powered Miatas, then? I own one. It both goes fast in a straight line, AND it corners. It does a lot of things well, with the exception of getting good gas mileage.

You could say that about ANY Miata, though.

As I posted below, I've got one. 302 V8, T-56, T-Bird IRS rear. Even with 205/50 -15 tires, the car hooks up just fine. On twisty roads, it is fun to drive. It is not, as some will tell you, an understeering pig. You do not feel the car flex as you drive. The car, against all logic, simply takes the…

I've got a V8 Miata. Unless it is raining, the car handles the power quite well. Stomp on it coming out of a 2nd gear corner, and the car just goes. No drama, no wheel spin. It is almost scary how well an open-topped car designed for 110bhp handles 3x the original HP and torque.

As the proud owner of V8 Miata that was voted "Crack Pipe" by this very august group of internet commentators two years ago (and I bought it anyway), I cannot support this price. The car is clean. The car would be a deal at, tops, $20K.

While so many of us (meaning Jalops) couldn't care less about things that do not directly contribute to making the car go, turn or stop faster, the sad truth is most civilians, those who view the car as an appliance, ARE sold on things such as backup cameras, heated cup holders, and whether they can put a picture of…

You are correct.

Proper grammar embiggens us all.

Good question... Even a set of aftermarket wheels that look right for that car is an improvement. Most of the time, the wheels fit a totally different "style" of car. In this case, no one would ever put Torque Thrusts on a Ferrari. EVER.