This is why flappy paddle gear boxes are rubbish. As Clarkson said, they're great on the track or when you're on the highway (which is irrelevant... no shifting), but around town they're horrible because guess what? A computer sucks at controlling a clutch.

As of 10am CST, a full 10% of voters polled must have actually been on crack when voting.

You missed one of the most common ones:

More Clarkson... in the wuuuuurld.

Bravo. I'm glad you finally got that star.

Obvious Kamaz is obvious.

I read this earlier. Good story. But if the gas is bad, you don't want to put it in ANY decent motor. Just burn it (safely) or dispose of it in some other way. I'd recommend your nearest two-stroke; they run on 50% black magic anyway, so they won't notice a little bad gas.

... the latter.

Oh, I think there are plenty of answers to that question. Way more than you can put here. Just a few from the top of my head:

This is ridiculous. M cars were about putting the best performance in the lightest, best-handling BMW sedans and coupes. The M cars were always respected for their superior ability to handle a twisty road or even a road course. Sure, they weren't ever the most powerful cars, but they had plenty enough power to be…

BMW: engineering complexity for the sake of engineering complexity.

For the sake of everyone else on the road, please blacklist this guy forever.

Rolls Royce, used to be, anyway. What car has enough pomp and circumstance to befit British Royalty? Only the Rolls, of course. Even the power rating is notoriously British (as read in your best accent): Adequate. Quite.

Oh well I already had you hearted, so hopefully that makes this a little less awkward...

I'm not sure if you're doing a parody of my post or if you, scarily, had nearly the exact same thing to say.

I kind of figured this would be the result, and once again, the Roberts court produces another unanimous decision on a very important issue. The fact that the Justices had different reasoning is fairly predictable, but it's really the result that matters. Foreseeably, had they ruled differently, it would have meant…

It's all about choice, my friend.

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So, after doing laps in a 4,000lb+ car with nearly 600hp, we have this insight: it isn't nimble, it breaks the rear end loose, accelerates hard, and has lots of electronic settings to help tame it.

If focus group data isn't the end-all be-all of car sales, GM is doomed.