Grabbed a rental Impala out of Chicago Midway this one time. ‘twas night, so I just did a cursory walkaround and then drove off. Late night, low traffic, you know. So I goose the pedal a bit and shite, this behaves like no Impala I have ever driven before. I pull into a gas station and step out for a closer look. Yes,…

I like your DIY savvy and never say die attitude. Please keep these articles coming. The Jalopnik community is nothing if not supportive of good contributors. Also, now that we are down to just one or two DeMuro fanfiction short stories a week, you have nothing to worry about.

This is amazing. What is it? Details please.

Citroen.

Goodbye Mr. Webber, you will be missed.. Your sportsmanship has always enriched the game.

So is this an AWD Civic? Or some kind of funky knuckle front helical diff only car?

Right? Right. There are no bad users, there plenty of bad UIs.

I would put this guy and Tavarish in a cage and throw them each a spanner and see who emerges. Then I would send DeMuro a box of chocolates and ask him to come back to us.

Kelz, how do I crosspost this to Jalopnik?

Agreed.

True, true. I was just being slightly OCD in pointing out that “most of the Camry owners in the States are Indian” implies that Indians form the bulk of Camry buyers, which is not true. Camrys form the bulk of Indian car purchases, might be true. No harm intended.

Ok. What kinda Saab did you have, though (pouring one out right now).

Yes. BMW is an aspirational “you have arrived” brand. When you are purchasing cachet and not a particular vehicle, then it makes perfect sense. That is how it works with South Asians. On the other hand, if you find the rare South Asian gearhead (in the US), then things will undoubtedly be different.

So is there a secret handshake, or maybe a secret namaste that you have to do, if you are one of the few brown gearheads? (I hope to not offend you with this question, or this general light bantering).

Yes. That is pretty much what I meant.

Angela Merkel for Team Mom.

That as well. basically, Japanese and reliable. Haven’t had the privilege of meeting too many Indian gearheads.

Team Cat is watching.

True that. Luxury item taxation does not make me weep for the misfortunes of the mildly inconvenienced super rich. No sir, not at all.

You have it wrong, most Indians in the US are Camry owners. Not the other way around. And that is not because they all grew up loving Camrys in India. That is because Indians are EXTREMELY conservative when it comes to making big purchases like cars. Tried and tested reliability is what they all want. Hence Corollas…