I still miss the big Bi-Wing on my 350z Nismo...

Nissan Axxess was available in AWD, and could be had with a manual. The engine was a KA24 deal so bolting a supercharger onto the side is, at least, possible.

85 Fiero SE. The O2 sensor bung was completely destroyed by having to replace the O2 sensor every year or so. I got tired of hearing a loud pop (the O2 sensor coming out), thunk (hitting the firewall behind my head), BRRRAAAAP (open exhaust) so while I was waiting for a new-to-me exhaust manifold, I did a coat…

Who is Lisa Catera?

Because I need room in the garage for a mostly disassembled Fairlady which is somehow much bigger than you’d expect. I’m testing the patience of the wife as is ;)

I daily a 135i but when we were at the dealer, they had a 740i in the show room. While waiting for the sales dude to come back from a “let me go talk to my manager” I snuck into it. When you close the doors it’s like the outside world ceases to exist; it just goes silent. It was almost uncomfortably quiet. I would…

I actually kinda agree with this. Tracy looked like he was having a good time with all his Jeep buddies.

The Solstice/Sky twins were also Front-mid. It’s definitely a thing.

True story: I arrived at work one morning and watched a dude unfold himself from an Elise. He somehow managed to do it gracefully in one smooth motion. I actually walked over and complimented him on his performance. The only time I’ve gotten out of an Elise I spent a few minutes trying to figure out how to get my…

25 years ago my dad had a “bomb bay” strapped to the bottom of a 1/4 scale piper cub that he used for candy drops at the model club’s Fun Fly. The kids (myself included) loved it. Radio controlled flying things that anyone can build in a shed have been capable of carrying payloads for decades.... there’s no need to…

2003 Eclipse GTS. The engine was making horrific valve train noises when cold. It sounded like there were rocks tumbling around in the valve train. The internet assured me that cleaning all 24 of the tiny little hydraulic lifters would resolve my problem. Easy peasy, right? Well, aside from the fact that it’s a…

Stalk... it’s the only correct answer.

Trans Canada Highway does have some of those jinks, yes. My first time across, there was a train parked on the tracks next to the road. After 5 minutes or so, I realized that I was still driving past the same train and it still disappeared into the horizon.

Having driven the prairies... this is definitely a good idea. I remember crossing from Ontario into Manitoba and seeing the sign proclaiming that the road was “Straight as an arrow”... it is. Pretty much until you hit Calgary.

My dad combines the art of being frugal with an incredible level of mechanical sympathy. He’s owned a Lada, two Toyota minivans (of the boxy 80's persuasion) and an Elantra wagon that was so base model that it didn’t even have a tach. When it came time to find me my first car, his search started with “mechanics…

I keep telling my wife that I want to build a single seater, electric 7 and call it a 3½. Though, I don’t yet trust my welding to handle something where, if the weld breaks, I die.

Because Santa Cruz:

My 135i. It’s much more reasonable than my Z. I even went with an auto because I do so much traffic driving. It’s got seat heaters and leather and my wife can’t hear me from 5 miles away from our house any more. I normally lean more toward slightly outlandish cars like the 350Z Nismo, or the Abarth 500 that I…

280z. It’s basically a Japanese mustang. Relatively good aftermarket support and you don’t need too large of a shoehorn to drop an LS V8 in if that turns your crank. It’s got the 80's wedge shape too.

It was literally the first time I’d ever been in something Swedish, passenger or otherwise. I warned my wife going in that she was going to immediately fall in love with the color (yes, it was blue) and she did. At $50k it would have been impossible to pass up.