Presumably if you drive a minivan you have kids, which is kind of the ultimate proof of "Manhood" isn't it? We have lots of metaphorical definitions of "balls," but they truly serve one and only one purpose....

Nah, if I'm driving around in a minivan with kids in the back what I'm saying to the world is "Mine works just fine, thanks"

If your manhood is so fragile as to be sacrificed should you be known to drive a minivan, it's not the minivan that's the issue.

For those in Japan, a Tentmushi could be a good choice.

I assume they put "cheap" ahead of all other considerations, but they say they want "safety."

I totally understand their perspective, I just don't want parents only looking to them when deciding on what car to buy for their teen.

Jesus christ. Coming from someone who actually uses their off road vehicle off the damn road; they could not have picked a worse spot to put the headlights. Tweak your bumper? Headlights completely out of whack, if not downright broken. And yes, I know mog bumpers have had the lights in them before, but if you…

I'm a gearhead. I'm a civil engineer. And I'm something of an environmentalist. These can be weird things to reconcile.

Neither, as long as you're both polite about it. "That guy" is more in the way it's stated, not so much in having concrete reasons for liking one thing over the other. It's fine not to like something and have a decent explanation why. That's a pretty good reason, IMHO.

I'm in the "don't want to stand around all day" camp. I have nothing against autocross per se, it's fun enough. But I'm an adult, and like most adults, I have a limited amount of free time. Saturdays are precious. If I can spend 6-10 saturdays a year getting a few minutes of driving or 3-4 saturdays a year getting…

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Tundra. Duh.

For that car... not even close. classic Bug's are not cheap!

Did I or the article say anything about driving on public streets? No.

yeah i mean my god, why isn't she out spending her money on iPhones, Beats headphones, $200 pairs of jeans and all of that other stuff that is so important.

And people wonder why the younger generation cares as much about cars as the do about washing machines.

I started learning how to drive at 12, not too far from this girl. Plus, she comes from a family of gearheads, and she bought it herself.

Why would you comment on an article that you clearly did not read?