Triumph makes the nicest Triple I have ever heard, but I am eagerly awaiting the new Yamaha triple with a cross-planar crank. They made their Inline 4 sound almost as burly as a V-twin with a similar idea. Wonder what that I3 is gonna sound like.

Flame surfacing has absolutely nothing to do with functionality. Give me a flat hood that I can use as a table when on the job site. That's utility.

Flame surfacing has absolutely nothing to do with functionality. Give me a flat hood that I can use as a table when on the job site. That's utility.

Exactly, I want my utilitarian vehicle to look utilitarian. That doesn't mean shitty. Let's go back to boxy useful designs for box haulers. Honestly though, these global trucks don't look any worse than the Jelly Bean/Melted Candy Bar abominations that Toyota, Nissan and Ford all adopted two decades ago. Ford saw the…

No, you misunderstood what I said, as evidenced by the fact that you reiterated what I said when I ceded the point to you. I think you missed the word However in my sentence.

I think you misunderstood me.

Manual or at least lean back.

Monkey Puzzle makes a good point. I think a Norinco SKS with the horrible duckbill magazine suits this abomination better than the lovely G3.

I think you mean hack, workaround, or rules exploit. Not the same a blatant unsportsmanlike conduct.

Have they caught up to where Forza was 6 years ago? Livery editor? Engine / Drivetrain Swaps? Crash damage?

I would argue that for the bulk of its existence, the ES has been an overwrought, overpriced Camry, (With the similar magnetic attraction for horrible drivers.) However the headline IS "...cars you can buy today."

When did the ES go from being a Camry to being an Avalon? Oh wait, a quick glance of wikipedia says 2012.

Aluminum and brass are about the only things I willingly recycle.

I've never understood how you are supposed to rotate on those. Is it swapping fronts and backs on the same side?

Now that I think about it, I usually just compression brake on the straights to scrub a bit more speed than braking alone does.

My '97 XJ RWD 5 speed did much better in the snow than my '03 Mazda 6s (FWD.) For me, that really deflated the "FWD-is-better-for-snow" idea that gets repeated so often. The Mazda weighed about 3300 lbs, (Normal for that class of sedan in '03) and the XJ was more than 400 lbs lighter. Not sure if it was the weight,…

What about compression braking?

That thing is gorgeous.

I would love to know what the approximate weight penalty is for these safety devices, (As opposed to the parts they are replacing.) Typically, when lightness advocates, (Like me,) lament the increasing weight of vehicles, safety features are listed as the primary cause for all the added weight. I'm definitely not…

I love most of this list, but good luck finding any running examples of most of these cars for under 4k.