not counting that ‘3-door’ or ‘5-door’ crap ... because I count a door as something for people to get in and out of

WHAT ARE YOU PREPARING FOR? JUST GO!

Any reason not to just use a veneer?

There were four (4) whole exclamation points in 480 or so word; read past the first couple of grafs before you complain.

For $50 grand, I want something that doesn’t look nything like a Camry.

I’ve got family (by marriage) all over the place there, from Welsh to Breaux Bridge and Church Point to Abbeville, and I like Carencro, but their cops are the worst outside of Virginia.

I love the guts of this thing, but I have a feeling they gave it to the intern trained in the 90’s to design the bodywork.

Use them to make other better things to replace your crappy things.

"It feels like a car" - there's so much packed into that...

Which town was your eventual goal?

Hrrrrrrrnnnnnnnggggggg

Droolworthy, to be sure, but I'd rather delete the stripes.

Houston is lucky to still have EPO down at Fondren and Westpark. If you're ever down this way, say at MSR, you've still got one spot to try. Also Micro Center and Fry's, but they'll be somewhat less likely to have what you need.

Ford Transit vans are, though.

At least somebody gets it. Tony, you're fighting the good fight.

As needed...

All of my fun bits are tingling from these.

Are you sure it will actually drive that far? I'd hate to spend money on something like that and not even be able to enjoy the drive to the place where I spend more money on it while I can't drive it.

Or lighting. Or environmental texture. Driveclub just looks beautiful. Project Cars is still very pretty, but if I were dating Project Cars, I'd be lusting after her hotter sister Driveclub.