COTD!!!!

Fuck, Shit, Pussy, Cock.

Sorry, but people can’t see fast moving motorcycles. The rider should know that, every rider should know that. If you drive like a jackass and expect people that won’t see you to see you, you get what this guy got, what he deserved.

I’m reasonably confident the manual trans had little to do with pulling the trigger. Also reasonably confident just looking at these guys wrong would have been reason enough to pull the trigger.

Their taglione is The Ultimate Driving Machine, but they aren’t anymore. And judging by their statement above they aren’t in a hurry to get back to it either. Sad.

The high-end sports car market hasn’t forgotten the manual.

“... hit a set of spike strips going 115 MPH, subsequently barreled off of the road and into a drainage ditch, launched the truck into the air and landed on a car parked at a restaurant” 

When friends and family ask me for advice for what car they should buy. I give them several really good, interesting options. Then, they ignore those choices and end up buying a Camry.

Why not just NOT have fake tips not attached to the pipes?

You can get a hell of a lot more car than the Supra today for 50 grand, and it’ll even come with a warranty.

that autonomous electric cars are surely coming and probably take over our beloved ICE-powered gas guzzlers in a not too distant future?

“Also, I really wanted one of our lot boys to pull a car around for delivery and ding his 550 while we finished paperwork, solely because I’m a jerk like that and wish those kinds of things on people who use their t-shirt to shut their car doors.”

Over there, you’re dead for... *unfurls list*... list unfurling...

OK.. this is NOT Comcast.. it’s a subcontractor with the comcast logo on the side - jeez.

Porsche is the only company in that group still offering cars with a manual transmission. I’d still pick a base 911 or a Boxter over something with flappy-paddles, because I’m old and grumpy.

What’s wrong with a manual on a highway? You row through the gears until you reach cruising speed, then you leave it right there for hours in 6th gear (or 5th, or 4th, whatever the case may be). How hard is that?

Counterpoint: Even with traffic, commuting is way more fun when you’ve got something to do. Rev-matching is fun.

Counter-counterpoint: People who spend 99% of their time in traffic or on a highway are dumb. There are so many good driving roads out there, and they are even better with a manual.