I agree, Centennial is not that bad; I used to stay there for work a lot. Now, Aurora — that’s a different story. My employer, who was in Aurora, used to tell us not to stay in that town.

The Florida cops don’t shoot white people, silly.

I had an ‘99 E39/2 - the 5er wagon. I loved that car; it got great mileage, could haul a fair amount of stuff about, and was still fun on the backroads. (Sadly, an inattentive driver totaled it.)

I remember the interlocks of the 70s — any ones installed were mostly removed by people who had them (I remember my dad had the interlock removed.)

It is steep, but my current vehicle is a Volvo Xc90 PHEV. I put it in 4wd mode and had the battery regen on and I went down at 20mph or so barely touching the brakes. I also recharged most of the battery on the way down as well (I forget the actual percentage recharged but it was impressive.)

I live in NH and have taken cars, trucks, and motorcycles up the auto road over the past 40 years, but in ~5.5 minutes? Holy crap that is so impressive.

Every time I see mentions of Sheila’s character, a little Cartman voice in the back of my head starts singing, “Welllllllllll...” 

I watched it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was impressed by the pacing as it does seem like a shorter movie than it actually is. Also any movie that uses music from the Jim Carroll band is a plus on my list!

As well as marine versions of this engine. There were a lot of clam boats powered by Slant-6s when I was a kid.

My wife had a base 2015 Impreza that the dealer gave her a lot of money in trade for a new Crosstrek. She loved her Impreza and loves the Crosstrek — it’s got the bigger engine and a few more features. I drive it locally every so often and we took the Impreza on some long trips, so here’s my quick take.

Nice to know other people in the Boston area couldn’t stand those friggin’ commercials. They’re definitely worse than the Merchants ones!

I live near one of their dealerships. I was near the end of a lease and was looking at a Telluride, which had been out a few months at that point, as a possible buy. They wanted you to sign before you test drove the car, and were not going to budge on MSRP. I found the experience at any of the other Kia dealerships in…

I never have food in my car; the most that we travel with is water. Yes, I have automotive interior OCD; my wife’s car’s interior generally looks more lived-in because she doesn’t.

Well before smartphones, I did the daily commute into Boston from the north. The most distracted people were: 1) reading a book/newspaper, 2) doing makeup or shaving, 3) drinking (coffee in the AM, beer at night — mostly the contractor brigade, but plenty of others putting back a cold one in the PM). There was the…

This reminds me of Donald Sutherland not taking the gross on “Animal House” back in the ‘70s. For the two days of filming he did he just took $50K, rather than $35K + 15% gross because he figured the movie was going nowhere. He missed out on $20M from not taking the gross.

I have a really old (late 70s) asymmetric fingertip ball that I got from my college roommate when he upgraded (he was pro-bowler level but decided to go to college). If you got you technique down, you could throw strikes almost all the time; I was never that good, but it took me from a 170ish game to a 220ish game.

Dammit. I currently have an XC90 lease; it’s a good car but it feels big. Before this I’ve had V70/V70XC/V60 models (as well as a BMW 5 series wagon and a Sportwagen TDI) and was thinking of ordering a V90 for overseas delivery when the lease was up, as I like the wagon form more. I guess I’ll have to look at the…

I had a 1983 Toyota Celica GTS, which had the same seats as the Supra of that time. They also used a squeeze bulb to adjust the seat’s lumbar; I think only the driver’s seat had it but it’s been a --very-- long time since I owned it.

I remember getting these as rentals in Florida and that they were fun for ripping around in on vacation. I don’t think I’d want to relive the memories for that kind of money though.

Yeah Nissan has gone a long way down since I bought my one and only Nissan, a new 1992 Maxima SE — nothing they have now interests me, so I haven’t dealt with their reps. As for Mitsubishi, the only dealer in this area folded its tent about 18 months ago. As “fossil4you” says below, I only saw used cars on their lot…