Well it all depends on what you’re after. Personally, I prefer one of three flavors, “Totally Cartoonish”, “Arcade Sim”, and “Full Sim”; Totally Cartoonish games don’t focus at all on realism, but are still nuanced unlike the newer NFS games. Totally Cartoonish would include the 4X4 Evo series, the earlier NFS games…

Tuning doesn’t count for anything when the physics are horrendously oversimplified.

No offense, but a TL is hardly a standard commuter car. 250+ horsepower, a decent amount of torque, and a nice, tight suspension mean it’s one of the nicer semi-sporty cars I know of and could buy without worrying about maintenance too much.

Also try replacing your tires more often.

Cars!?

Designer: “What kind of grill do we want?”
Manager: “A big one.”
Designer: “Weeelll I can make a big, attractive grill, or-”
Manager: “Doesn’t matter, just make it big. REALLY big. I want our plants to run out of grill material multiple times while making it.”

The NFS series fell off a cliff after Underground (it was halfway off the cliff during Underground’s production), so I’ll just ignore that last part.

...Wait, the Volt and Bolt are considered ambitious?

Despite every inhibition and doubt I have about ‘90s domestics based on ‘70s domestics, it’s too cheap to pass up in that condition. NP.

This is the only true Agent 47.

...Your point was that e-brake weed is the best kind of weed?

You would think, but my incredibly limited knowledge of domestic car design of the early ‘00s tells me that the Grand Caravan was not Italian-designed.

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It’s been absurd since it was released in the late late ‘90s or early early ‘00s. +1 for you.

Not shown: Something that costs even close to $1,500.

Pros: Cool.
Cons: Impractical.

More accurately and less sarcastically: Prius repellent. Anyone who cares about emissions will generally stay away from a monstrosity like that (including me*).

*No, I don’t drive a Prius, and if I did, it wouldn’t be by choice.

Almost every day I show up for class, I’ll see another student drive into the parking garage in a Civic. A Civic that barely clears the entrance ramp, scraping over every imperfection in the concrete, with at least a dozen absurd stickers all over the back window and a set of wheels that belong in the ‘90s.

I’d argue that it’s not for you, but for your passengers...but most people drive alone.

That’s kind of a redundant statement. It’s like saying “Look at all the perfectly safe motorcyclists, with their helmets and their padding and their boots”.