You’re probably right, its been 11 years.  I still love my 3, but I think I’d have loved a punchy 5 a little more

Ya’ll, the answer is simple. Mazdaspeed5

My family briefly had 2 of these in the late 90s, both 85s, one auto, one manual. The dashboard on the manual included a tachometer on the left, speedometer on the right, and 4 status light bars down the center. Third one from the top was the Shift light, letting you know to change gears if you’re new to manual…

My first car, a 1988 Plymouth Horizon.  0-60...eventually...at first.  By the time I gave up on it the damn thing wouldn’t top 55 if it wasn’t going downhill.  Unremarkable styling, general lack of features (could be had with a factory CD player, but mine wasn’t).  Separate key to open the hatch, no interior release…

Buick Regal TourX- What can I say, I love a good long roof and GM built a stunner here. Unfortunately it fell just outside my price range of I Want It But I Don’t Need It so now I can’t get one

Still daily driving a 2013 Mazdaspeed3 in Velocity Red Mica.  Best car I’ve ever owned

Why does it look like a late model Suburban?

I’ve noticed. My last car was a first generation Stratus sedan (admittedly a larger car), but I could fold down the rear bench and that car would swallow a 6' A Frame ladder and the trunk would close on it.  My MS3 has the back end full of one toolbag and a bunch of loose network cables.  Its the only instance where…

I love my gen2 hatch, but it could stand to be a little longer

That green alone makes the case, but that its on a long roof makes it so much sweeter

I had a 98 Stratus that’d beg to differ.  Will Ferrel SNL sketch aside, it was a pretty great car for the 10 years I owned it.  My only real complaint was the color, but buying second hand you take what you can get.  I got 10 years and 75k trouble free miles for $4200

My wife’s friend bought a used 2006 Chevy Cobalt SS 4 door. Naturally aspirated. She bought it because it was purple =\

So jump seats?

My wife and I needed a replacement for my aging Stratus to be the reliable family car. My wife didn’t want to give up her Frontier (she has a thing for manual transmission pickups), so since I prefer four doors, I got the ‘family’ car. Why the quotes?  Because my wife gave me two simple restrictions: Must have 4…

As an owner, fuck you for ruining my happy car

As an owner, fuck you for ruining my happy car

The vinyl roof on the 83 Fifth Avenue.  Its a blind spot large enough to hold a semi truck and its trailer.

My old first gen Stratus had that too.  The manual claims you can get it out without removing the wheel, and while that’s technically true I wouldn’t recommend it.  Thankfully they did connect it to leads in the engine bay so you can still jump start it/another car without having to remove the front wheel.

Anyone else notice that ‘Meats back on the menu’ in the kitchen?

Mars doesn’t have any bugs, so I’d expect a truck built to Elon Musk’s exacting standards to fall apart from the vibrations made by a cicada’s godawful noise...