The bolts didn't fail, the cage itself failed. If you ignore that the cage was made of questionable material (what wasn't in the early 80's?) there was nothing wrong with it. I'm not saying a weld-in cage would be better, but for 90% of racing a bolt-in cage would be fine if properly installed and reinforced.

I'm not sure I get the general hatred of bolt in roll cages. I understand the cheap ones are utter shit, but a real one? sorry, nope. I can grab a pic of the broken off stub of a roll cage in my garage. The chromoly tubing (all that was required 25 years ago) snapped 3-4" above the mounting plate for the bolt in roll…

@Jeremy: ugh. agreed. I cannot see this ending in a desirable fashion.

I'm embarrassed by these idiots.

the girls are a hell of a lot more attractive than the car...

My wants:

the triple tailpipes are kinda ugly, and so are those little black vent thingies by the headlights, but the rest of the car is purely awesome.

My vote goes to a 3000GT or Stealth, utterly horrific headroom leaves no room for movement, and the almost lack of a back seat makes that useless. The large hood is great for "support" though, same with the rear end, depending on how tall your lady friend/you are.

I think if she would ride tandem with me on a bike, I wouldn't buy gas ever again.

Here's to hoping they do something about the all too apparent uglification of the new Minis.

@Bumblebee: I wasn't waiting, and then I was glad I didn't wait.

@Uncle Bo: Enthusiasts alone aren't the only people that can sustain a car. I do agree with your sentiments though. We're never happy with what we have, I think it's human (enthusiast?) nature.

@scotte: Yes, I was simplifying it because I really don't care. I'm still mad at them for making the Caliber, the only way it could have succeeded was to have the AWD system in the SRT4, but alas, the AWD system would have twisted like a pretzel under heavy abuse.

October cannot come fast enough.

@Parramore: well it blows away Mazda's MS3, and it's certainly faster than a Subie WRX even with fail wheel drive.

@pauljones: Oh, both of those certainly were, but the G8 wasn't even really available long enough to pass judgment. I still don't really understand why the GTO didn't sell.

@Ash78: I still blame the manufacturers for the failure of those cars. Extraordinarily poor marketing combined with being overpriced...

Who's with me for a Focus RS? :D

That's really too bad... Oh wait, no it isn't. Dodge is stupid for replacing the Neon with something that sold worse. Did they even test drive the Calibers before they decided to sell them? Complete trash in every aspect.

That car is pure win in every aspect. If I had the cash to drop on this, I'd buy one now.