You can't argue with that. We're safer. Slow and bored, but safer. Time to get an MX-5 and my CAMS license I guess.

If you drive on Australian roads, you're constantly checking your speed, because there's fixed speed cameras at many intersections, on the side of the road, and under bridges. There's handheld cameras pointing out of the windows of patrol vehicles, sometimes hiding behind bushes or someones driveway. There's unmarked…

Should have built on something with 4x4, if these guys hit mud with an F5 bearing down on them, they're lunch.

Please do it KIA, because WE NEED MOAR SPORTSCARS, STAT!

I'm afraid this is a case of discombobulation, I was in fact pointing out that Patrick was the troll of the piece, not your good self; see the second heading of my reply. He was a successful troll.

Troll (Internet):

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Currently driving a rent-a-bomb 94 Hyundai Excel for three weeks while my DD is out of action, really puts in to perspective how far this manufacturer has come. The Excel was a tin can that barely met the definition of 'roadworthy automobile', an exercise in engineering minimalism and factory included whitewash to…

I may have gone on a slight tangent here...

It looks like they're having... *puts on sunglasses* ...a swell time!

That's one eye popping interior. What's gauge the pod on top of the, er, gauge pod?

Beat me to it!

We both learned something then. The power of Jalopnik at work!

Lada is a Russian company, so I'll call it Russian. Like I'd call the Honda Fit Japanese, though it's built in Korea.

Russian offroad vehicles are awesome because Siberia exists, and people need to cross it. GAZ, UAZ, URAL, I can burn so many hours watching them do their thing. I would love a russian 4x4, even just a Lada, if I had the space.

Have you noticed if you gun it while in night mode, the tacho lights up?

Damn... that's the worst. The poor bastard got double the jail time of the actual drug dealers that were paying him.

I'm not interested unless it comes with a full kitchen in the back:

Civic wagon on steelies, with chrome roof rack, rear spoiler and wood grain tailgate... hnnng

Kicking off my complete and utter loss of productivity for the rest of the week, I went looking for a nice Isuzu. I was not disappoint with this Piazza: