I'm going to take a different approach and choose with the present-day cokehead in mind: Porsche Cayenne/Panamara/911. Because Lohan.

I 'm kind of the Rip Van Winkle of automatics because the last one I had was the 1981 Buick Skylark beater I drove in the '90s — and aside from the occasional rental car, I haven't been near a slushbox in 20 years. I had three 5-speeds in a row after that. When a BMW killed my 5MT '12 Forester last month, I hemmed and…

"Road furniture" (islands, medians, etc.) seems to claim at least a victim or two in every Tour/Giro/Vuelta.

I am a chick bearing down on 40 and I drive a crossover. I wanted AWD because I have to go to work no matter the weather. I wanted enough room to haul hounds and transport my bike inside my car. However, I went out of my way to choose a sensibly sized model with excellent visibility (better than either of the coupes…

It's not even up for debate that my friend's husband is a terrible driver. We went through the comments in this story, checking off every offense and he'd done at least one on every page. My car was four years older than theirs and I traded it in at 125K miles/12 years old with the original clutch and I think one set…

It's not even up for debate that my friend's husband is a terrible driver. We went through the comments in this story, checking off every offense and he'd done at least one on every page. My car was four years older than theirs and I traded it in at 125K miles/12 years old with the original clutch and I think one set…

I had the steering wheel stolen out of my '90 CRX Si and someone tried to steal the next car ('99 Integra) but that asshat must have gotten spooked and quit mid-job. Found the wheel in my driver's seat when I tried to go to work the next day. I was off of Honda products after that.

What is so hard about roundabouts, anyway? Approach them like you would a revolving door and you're good. Unless you're the ass who tries to shove his/her way in front of someone just about to exit.

That's quite the gentleman's sausage! BTW, where were Clarkson and May last night?

If I recall my TV deal history correctly, NBC actually offered TG to Leno in 2009 when they were preparing to move Conan to Tonight. He turned it down, saying he didn't want to be the one to eff up the import of his favorite show.

I saw one in the office garage as I was leaving, did a face palm and asked aloud, "Why, Buick, why?" Part of me hoped it was a dealership or press loaner — and that no one actually paid money for that can't-unsee-it eyesore.

Sorry to hear about your fur babies. It never gets easier.

Awww, this was my first car out of college and the one I learned to drive a stick on. Black '90 CRX Si. Parents sold it for me when I moved to DC in '98. I hope the poor thing hasn't been riced out in the intervening years. It deserved better than ugly decals and a fart can. As much as it pains me, I'm going with…

youra your comment was all I could think about on my way home, when I was behind a black G-Wagen w/all glass but the windshield tinted to all get-out and plates that read '1 BAD BENZ.' That said, they actually used their turn signal at least once. Worst thing they did, really, was blinding me with their 22" chrome…

Since you can't spit without hitting a 328i in the DC region, I think I would spend more time ogling the BRZ at the stoplight.

Are we sure this couple wasn't Salomon and Concubine?

No. 10: Thank you! I've had a rental Kia Optima Hybrid while my Subaru's rear end is being reconstructed and being a stick driver, I quickly got bored driving it in golf cart mode and started playing with the manumatic option. The whole shift forward to upshift thing struck me as completely back-assward.

Yep, Susan Page is actually a co-worker of mine (albeit in the DC bureau — and she probably doesn't know who I am). As for car audio, thankfully, I've got BT in my Subaru. I had a rental Jeep Liberty a while back that only had a CD player and an aux jack. Well, I wasn't going to buy an aux cable just for a week's use…