Yeah, my first thought when I saw the headline was “Can $kaycog find a bikini babe draped over a Subaru 360?”

I’ve done a bit of diligence, talking to owners and mechanics about these beasts. (My Aston shares a storage facility with a Bora, Merak SS, and an ‘80s Quattroporte, all owned by an eccentric lady who has about five other older Maseratis, including a Kyalami that she doesn’t remember buying. She’s a trip.)

Once again, I don’t know how you nail the topical content day after day after day.

1986.5 Porsche 928 5-speed, in an interesting color.

It is 350. You know this is true because it is the output of the LS1 V-8. The Platonic Ideal of the engine, and the engine swap that improves nearly every single car.

You’ve made good life choices.

This is the best gift I got this year.

Yeah, this is great stuff.

That’s on the list. We test drove the 228i for her last time around and she didn’t think it was worth the price differential compared to the GTI she ended up buying. Honestly, I had to agree. In part the problem was that only two were available in our area with a 6-speed, and both were optioned up to the gills. So the…

That is a Caddy that *doesn’t* zig. How does it even turn?

Fair enough. The looks aside, I *was* trying to talk my wife into an SLK a couple of weeks ago. She insists on having a small car, and I’m mildly annoyed to have anything with front-wheel drive in the family, so I thought the SLK would be a good compromise.

Explain to me again why you think the SLK is better looking than the Crossfire? To me, every generation of SLK looks badly proportioned - too tall for the length. And doughy, without surface detailing to break up the fat-looking convexity of the body.

Yup. People like to hate on these, but this is a *fast* car. It’s make-unwise-right-lane passes-while-giggling-maniacally fast. The suspension is well-designed, the brakes are ridiculously good, and it’s a 2-seater RWD convertible.

That’s the thing, though: Once you fix the top and all the other god-knows-what the neglectful PO left for you to deal with, you’re going to be into this thing for over $8k anyhow.

That’s basically the last 10 minutes of 2010: A Space Odyssey.

Yeah, exactly. I think of David Tracy’s posts as a snuff film that takes about 5 years to unfold. I’m genuinely worried for him.

Nice!

Huh! Well, I learned something today. Given the number of Priuses among my circle of friends (literally dozens of those fucking anomie eggs), I’m surprised that I hadn’t heard about this before.

LOL! Wait, is that true?

I live in the Bay Area, where we’ve got two dealers within a reasonable distance. It was just the costs that were kind of shocking. Like, 10x an Aston Martin kinds of costs. Seemed like it would take the fun out of a trackday.