This post by itself should be front-paged! Thank you for swinging by!

This is why service bulletins should be publicly available. Not that most people would look, but I would. I had an issue with my car, the dealer said there was no fix. I looked into it again a few months later and saw a leaked bulletin had been posted a few weeks after my original visit. If I had relied on the dealer…

I can see that, but KISS can be applied at every level. Look at how complex a camshaft is. They are very reliable, but I'd imagine that a ton of engineering and manufacturing effort goes into them. And KISS is a nice idea, but not a rule. It too can be taken to the extreme.

Isn't the Fiat 500 camless?

Fair enough.. Upset the character is kinda bull. ;-)
I don't track, and while I should get to crossing, I haven't, so I actually do like the opportunity to lightly flick it from time to time. I figure I'll get gripper tires once the stocks go bald, which I haven't been babying, but I also am not roasting.
I'm almost…

I'm rocking steelies as well for another month or so. The new summer tires are inevitable - how do you feel about yours? Do they "upset the character" of the car as some people have claimed? I'm also seriously considering a catback, but I've been procrastinating on it for almost a year.

I wasn't very clear. What I mean is that nowadays it is probably pretty rare for someone to suffer significantly from secondhand smoke from someone they don't know, due to how restricted smoking is. So of that graph he posted, motor vehicle deaths are the item most likely to kill you because of someone else's actions.

I have to give the chief props for his response. He did the standard "currently reviewing..." lines, but then apologized and gave a promise that it would not happen again. Usually in situations like this you just get the first part, along with deflecting language.

Motor vehicle collisions are the first one (in general) that can kill a stranger. Thanks for the perspective!

Is she giving birth to the Indian in the Cupboard? Or some equally small Caucasian child?

What have you done? What's been worth it, what hasn't? (Curious owner here).

Shortly after I got mine, a random guy yelled to me "you need to tear that badge off! I was swearing up and down you were driving a Ferrari!" obviously he was being hyperbolic, but it does indeed look sharp.

Like I said, making us look bad. Congrats!

If I were getting a 4C, I would replace that headlight assembly immediately. Looks way too much like a spider. And well, spiders are creepy.

You move fast! Making us look bad.

I like the back half, but the front looks like someone with freakishly large biceps. Fortunately in this case that sort of thing is usually toned down on production models.

It stuck me as crazy cheap per power, but also felt crazy cheap.. Which I guess adds up.

Take a look at the Genesis 3.8. It's not my thing, but it was a monster.

You should see how she drives.

This doesn't seem like difficult stuff for geniuses.