Oh I’ve seen them on plenty of ‘70’s and ‘80’s cars (I was born in the early ‘80’s in NYC, might explain that,) but this one, that still amazes me. I took the picture out in PA somewhere near the Camel Back ski hill.

I actually see suicide knobs a surprising amount here in NYC. Usually on some kind of taxi (yellow, black and otherwise.) Sometimes on things like a Hyundai Tuscon owned by some old retired guy (happens more than you’d ever thing possible, but then again I do work across the street from a bowling ally...) I think the…

I miss the Liberty Plate. I swear I kept the plates from my very first car, when NY State updated them they sent me the new design with new numbers and my memory is that I somehow never had to return the old ones. But then again that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense and I cannot find them.

You shouldn’t have to ask them. That is part of the PDI, if they are left in then the dealer / tech didn’t do the PDI correctly (probably because they rushed though it.) If that happened and I had paid a “prep” fee, I’d demand it back and I’d probably trash the dealer on the survey if they didn’t comply, because…

Wow, No. 1, killed it!

Not at all, I’ve dumped a BUNCH into mine. Starting with about $1100 in clear bra. E+D, V4 intake and more. I had the Uni Chip before that too, and the list goes on. It’s not the price of the LSD itself, it the total price, plus the fact that it would be silly not to upgrade the clutch at the same time. There is also…

I’m sure, I already don’t. I’m just a lowly VW parts guy so as always, it’s about mamamamammmony.

I don’t think you understood this at all. Liability from deaths and injuries are not protected by this decision. This is about people suing because their cars, eg. 2007 Cobalt are not potentially significantly devalued because of the defect, even if it has been fixed with the recall. That is not to say that I think…

I don’t think you understood this at all. Liability from deaths and injuries are not protected by this decision. This is about people suing because their cars, eg. 2007 Cobalt are not potentially significantly devalued because of the defect, even if it has been fixed with the recall. That is not to say that I think…

If I keep the Abarth (which I plan to, but you know how that can go,) I “plan” to in a year or two’s time. I have 5k on mine, and I just got a new trans, clutch and flywheel under warranty so I’ll abuse that a little and save up before making the jump. Plus like you said, a whole, “new car,” so I plan on doing it when…

Why the FUCK can’t we get a car like this with a mechanical LSD in the US. My Abarth would possibly damn near perfect with a mechanical LSD! (Yes I know you can buy one and one day I might, but it’s about $1k for a Wavetrac, plus install. And it makes no sense to leave the stock clutch so that’s another $1k, actually…

It’s about 40-something pounds. Doesn’t hurt the handling surely, but not quite enough to really notice a difference either. Particularly since there is already a really heavy front weight bias on the car, that is where you really need to pull weight from if you want to feel a difference. But that is expensive, carbon…

China, the worlds most populous nation, and you are surprised that minivans sales are going up as people get more money and more consumer freedom?

I don’t have any love for the Panther, contrary to a lot of people around here. But the car looks clean, has lower miles and for under $10k looks like a pretty decent option for cheaper transportation. I don’t really know the market on Crown Vics, I wouldn’t pay an extra, say, $2k just for this limited Sport pack, but…

If my 9-3 loaner sedan (2011) was anything to go by, the front end on the car is way, way to soft to be a good handling car. Engine had great mid-range, but so do a lot of turbo-4 cars now. Transmission was pure GM misery, but if I was owning one, it wouldn’t be an auto, so I can remove that. The rest of the car is a…

No regrets, but then again I don’t have friends. In all seriousness it’s great because it has plenty of space now. There is added noise, the exhaust gets louder which is a plus, but you also pick of a lot of road and wind noise through the rear hatch seal that the rear seat blocked. The car (my car anyway) already has…

Nobody in mine, I took dem rear seats out.

Unless you think it is going to increase your interior volume, passenger and cargo capacity, no you are not crazy. Having said that I’m a fan of Saab too, really the pre-GM stuff, but even the 9-3 has it’s charm. Then again you could wind up the super lucky guy that I am and service your Abarth at a dealer that used…

Somebody who opens the door by kicking / pushing it with their foot, as they get out.