I saw one of these parked outside a hotel right in front of another Lincoln which was some sort of crossover with the same front end (clearly the same generation of car), and they were basically the same height. The CUV just had a bigger back end.

Just from that color of green, that must be a Del Sol?

Yeah, I used to live in Florida. Now I live where it snows, but I live in the city where driving is optional, so I don’t drive in the winter.

My old Integra was used for many a home depot run. You could fit an entire sheet of 4x4' plywood under the (closed) hatch. Or a set of patio furniture under the non-closed hatch.

I agree 100%. I don’t understand why everyone thinks they need a big car.

I remember one time my parents called me when I was visiting Manhattan and seemed worried about my safety, as they thought it was scary when they went there. What’s funny is that I live in Chicago (they don’t), which is far less safe in general.

It happened to me in January of this year. Note that it didn’t have any noticeable affect on breathing or air quality in any other way for me. The air wasn’t visibly bad. It’s a long way off from Beijing on a smoggy day.

Did the mom shush you or the salesman? The latter would be far more annoying.

I haven’t driven the current generation of either, but that’d be my worry as well. I’d take a slow car that feels good and is fun to drive over a fast car that drives like a pig any day.

Chicago has plenty of salt to help cars rust, which I imagine is part of the reason I don’t see too much older than 2000, but early 00's are still pretty common. However, not being in Michigan, I see way more Japanese cars of that vintage than American. I remember the first time I ever drove to Michigan, it felt…

Early 2000's cars are not really that old, especially if they’re of average mileage. If they’re not still on the road, I hope it’s for reasons unrelated to car quality.

What do you consider typical repairs for a car that age? That’s a rather vague statement.

I’m pretty sure there are already plenty of redneck battle trucks. Battle cars are more interesting because they’re unexpected.

I’m skeptical there is any similarity between the two other then vaguely similar styling.

Definitely do this, but note that not all (if any) of them give you your FICO score along with the report. Also note that you don’t have to get all three at once. You can space them out and do one every 4 months or so, if you want to be able to get more of an ongoing look at your credit.

Are you driving there in your Fiero?

That’s one way to get the steering wheel onto the other side of the car.

That was my thought too. People from other countries that drive on the right forgetting which side they’re supposed to be on?

All 1995 and later USDM NSX’s have EPS, with the exception of the Zanardi (1999 only). Before that, only automatics got EPS. The bigger engine came in 1997, so it was unrelated, though they do all have EPS since they are all post-1995.

I’ve never driven a 350Z or 370Z, but I have driven a NA Z32 300ZX, and it’s power steering was terrible. Definitely the worst I’ve ever felt on a sports car (or even a sporty car). So Nissan apparently doesn’t always get it right. Hopefully they learned their lesson after that, though. I still remember the worst…