This right here. Find a 2014 Si sedan, just like the one that I owned before some jackhole T-boned it. The newer turbo Si’s are great and probably better on paper. But...if you want to have some fun then put a turbo on that gorgeous natural-breathing K24 engine and grin like a maniac while the torque changes lanes for…

You hire someone in Japan to do an exhaustive search of junkyards and parts clearing houses, pack it very very safely (if they can find one) and ship it across the Pacific. Otherwise you have an old truck with a cracked windshield. 

It looks like there’s room under that hood for a 2JZ. And before anyone starts getting on about whether we should, let me just point out that we could. 

Yep, even in Europe the Fiesta hatch is a bit tight for a family car. However if you already have a wagon or a SUV, dios mio is it a great little city car.  Parking in the neighborhood around my work can be a pain in the ass, and the Fiesta gets into anything. And you know how it drives...

If I wanted an M5 but with more practicality, I would get an M5 and a Honda CR-V.

I can’t wait to hear how it handles on the track

Although I am not a mind reader and I sometimes misinterpret someone’s tone, I am fairly sure that the jarring cheekiness was 100% intended here.

Rats of NIMH pls

The smart thing about this choice is how the kid’s toy version would be exactly the same as the car in the show.

The trench scene’s threat escalation was a bit silly and over the top.  But it was really well done!

Torch, the only reason Changli hasn’t blacklisted you yet is they’re still trying to make sense of the fifty page questionnaire you sent them about the intermittent wipers

I did get a different car. I would have really liked to own a Civic (the Sport hatch 6MT was my target), but I couldn’t get my wife within 20 feet of it. It’s a shame since the car seems perfect on paper. We were replacing a beloved ‘13 Si so it’s not like we have an issue with Honda.

I like that you tried all of those cars but own a FiST. I bought one of the last few sold in America to use as a city runabout, and I love the little thing so damn much. It’s the first car that I will seriously try to keep until it qualifies for classic plates.

Earthy green is just a fantastically underappreciated color. It was a thing in Britain for a while, especially on Jags, and then it got forgotten. Toyota brought it back for a few years on Corollas around 2010-2014, but now it’s gone again. That one color is ALMOST enough to make me go to a body shop for a custom…

The 2013-14 design was a high point for Civics IMO, and not just because I owned one. They just had this elegant gravity to the design. It looked like something Acura would sell. And it looked like it drove - firm, responsible, but enthusiastic. The modern boy toy era looks like ass and I know several cases personally…

That...actually looks pretty good. Coulda shoulda woulda, Munich.  

It looks like he opened a Range Rover brochure and a 5-series brochure, stared at them for a while, and split the difference.  It’s fine, because honestly it’s hard (Lexus) to make a big boxy SUV anything but fine.  

You’re right, but I (REALLY) want to encourage the request for manuals, and a manual Boxster S for sub-$40k that hasn’t been beat like a rented mule is a tall ask.

Sometimes there’s a reason why everyone has them.  I don’t have space for a two seater in my life and there’s little chance I’d go Porsche if I did, but I can’t deny that every knowledgable reviewer goes gaga for how that model drives. 

Seriously?  Frak.  It’s hard to find good ones in stick, but then again as people point out they’re everywhere in LA, so wait a week and one’ll go on the market.