Yeah. I loved that color. Then I test drove one. I felt like a total asshat the whole time. The Cobb exhaust they had on it didn't help matters either. If I was going to get one I think I'd go with white. And no Recaros. I hated the way they fit. Also, The yellow trim inserts in them seem to get stained and…

I work with a guy who has a black 1998 SC300 that he has tried his turbocharged with a very similar setup to this one. Also has a 5-speed swap - its practically the same car. He just blew up his second 2JZ-GE. This time around it was just installed and on the Dyno for a tune. Car has been in the garage more than…

Others have mentioned this in a few replies as well: around here a Mirage isn't $14k. All the dealers here are advertising them for $9995. That under-10k number is a big psychological barrier for a lot of people for a new car with a warranty. Add in that Mitsubishi dealers will finance anything that breathes. I…

San Antonio is lousy with them. See a few every day.

No, I've spent plenty of seat time in these (seems to be a favorite of Enterprise), and I am positive that it was ruined before they put the CVT in.

Like the Fusion and Accord, the Chrysler 200 doesn’t start getting good until you tick the boxes. The interior and options are solid, and pricing is low to start, but it shoots up quickly – particularly if you want the V6 – while the 9-speed automatic continues to hunt and peck for gears.

You are spot-on about the Hyundai dealers. I have a Hyundai I bought used at Carmax that I have brought to the dealer twice. One time for a timing belt (I get all other work done elsewhere), and once to check out a Veloster turbo, ignorantly thinking I might get better trade-in value at the Hyundai dealer since it…

Does the CVT still make all sorts of funny noises? My wife has a '13. I drove it to work today for the first time in a few months. Had to turn up the radio so I didn't have to listen to all the weird whining sounds changing pitch as the CVT screwed around on the highway to keep the engine planted at 1800 rpm no…

Yeah I've been looking at it as well to be my daily to replace an old Hyundai in a year or two. The wife is insisting on 4 doors and I'm insisting on another manual transmission. With the MySky roof this looking like one of the more interesting options. There is always a chance that the simple chip tune won't work,…

At least in this case it is the 1.4T out of the Abarth/Dart. A $600 ECU reprogram will push it 197 hp which is more than the stock 2.4L.

The amount of rust that will fail you in PA varies from shop to shop. I used to work at a shop in Pittsburgh that did inspections. It wasn't in the best neighborhood (border of Dormont and Brookline) so we inspected a lot of total beaters. Our rule was it would fail if you could see light through it. We used to go…

Probably?! I see at least 3 of those bumper stickers on my commute to work each day. All you have to do is leave the house to run into people who want to secede.

Hondas of that vintage had appalingly bad paint. There are still quite a few 00-06's Civics and Accords on the road and all of them seem to have at least clear coat peeling on the hood and roof. I've seen a few 05-06's down to bare metal on the roof. Green and gray seem to be the worst with black not too far behind.

1995 Windstar bought new. Stranded me too many times to count. In the shop as much as it was on the road while it was under warranty. 3 transmissions in 50k. At least 2 starter motors. Brakes every 15-20k. A random door chime every time you hit a bump. Too many other minor problems to bother listing. Worst was…

That's some primo box.

That was my thought back in the QOTD thread.

Technically you are still right. The difference is addative and subtractive colors. Light is addative so when you put colors together you get closer to white. Painting is subtractive - you start on a white background and fill it in with color. In that situation you do what we all learned in elementary school -…

Yellow is what you get when you mix red and green...

Here is a list of items purchased at the HEB, Texas' beloved grocery store monopoly, and placed with care into the frunk of the McLaren:

This has to be from some sort of hidden camera prank show, right?