Brilliant!

It’s an honest enough show that Edd will actually walk you through his screw-ups as well as his triumphs.

I learned to appreciate DOZENS of cars I’d never be exposed to because of the sheer variety they’ve had on the show. A VW Bus one week, a Lancia the next, a Mustang the following, and then a 2CV and a Messerschmitt for good measure.

My wife has a BMW fetish... I could likely sell her on an M5 wagon, if they only came to the US.

Plus, he convinced his wife, Kristen Bell, to buy off on 600 hp wagons. He’s got my vote for President of Earth.

I am truly sorry that this is your experience. It is unfortunate that others make it so difficult to enjoy your passion. I would have hoped that experiences like this would not be the norm in this day and age...

I agree with you 100% (Disclosure: Male who’s wife is a gear head, in to racing, races and attends car shows. She’d tell you this herself if she was on former-Gawker sites).

Considering I work for a company that sells makeup (and most of our employees are Beauty fanatics) that would just be met with a blank stare...

In my experience, if you flat out tell them to remove it and you aren’t paying extra for it (in my case, un-asked for VIN etching on the glass) they’ll drop it.

I work with mostly Millennial women... I’m lucky they even know who Elvis is. Most of these would throw them a little too far.

Having once eaten worms (boiled, chopped, fried) in cookies in biology class, I’ve got this answer down cold!

GweetPotato is right.

Don’t you want wheel mounted paddles vs. column? In most turns, you should never have to tack your hands off the wheel. In other turns, well, best not to shift while parallel parking.

I think you are missing his point.

The blower is still secured with Kevlar straps. So, the aluminum studs just let go a bit easier, and it’s more likely you keep the blower/intake with the engine vs. in the cheap seats.

To make up for the stubby landing gear?

The Miata engine was taken from a turbo application (the 323 GTX) and was de-turboed. The trans was the same manual trans Mazda used in its small pickup trucks and 1st gen RX-7 (maybe second, too).

OK, now when I look at the seats (which echo the tail light graphics) all I can see is Space Invaders!

Can we stop calling them Smart Cars? It’s a Smart. We don’t call them Ferrari Cars or Ford Cars. We call them Ferraris and Fords.

Totally agree, and the wife and I are not opposed to lengthy road trips (we’ve been as far west as Nevada and as far east as Philly in the same car in the same year before). But for a long weekend? Six hours.