Picturesque Ocean City, Maryland

Truth. I grew up in MD, went to school on the Eastern Shore, and I avoid OC like the fucking plague.

I’m going to be really upset if this drastically changes my car’s performance. I get that it might lose a little power in certain situations, but it better not turn into a Prius.

The Eclipse 500 entered the market about ten years ago, then Eclipse Aviation promptly went tits-up in the recession. A shame, because it’s really a nice plane.

And at the time, they were working on the Eclipse 400, with a single engine and V-tail.

There’s always That Guy. I’ve learned to spot them pretty quickly and avoid them like the plague.

DAFUQ?

Actually, that might be correct. Ice breakers need a large bow (for obvious reasons) and to carry much of their gross tonnage forward.

Oh well, looks like I’ll be driving my ‘10 Sportwagen until the wheels fall off. Resale value is going right in the shitter.

BMW Engine “sound”

Well shit, my ‘10 Sportwagen just lost all resale value.

Shit, there goes my resale value.

No, this is induction noise. Behold the S54 with the CSL airbox.

This is probably the only Ferrari you could drop an LS into and absolutely no one would give a shit. Hell, you could probably drop an Iron Duke four in there and zero fucks would be given. CP.

Kinda looks like a bigger Lotus Europa.

The Cooper S has been “meh” since the R56, at least in factory form. You can tune the living shit out of it, though. A dyno-mapping usually yielded at least another 20 horses.

GET OUT!

WTF? That thing is a mashup of every bad styling cue of the last twenty years.

If it comes with a TDi and a stick, I’ll trade in our Sportwagen.

Maintenance and repair is pricey, but it doesn’t approach Ferrari-level insanity because the engine is in the right place for your independent mechanic to get to it.