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9/28/16

Approximately all of it.

9/28/16

HP and torque specs are nice ‘n all but how much coal will it roll?

9/27/16

With that budget, you could do a very nice makeover of a classic Mopar A-Body with a late model Hemi. Get the great looks of the older cars without the enormity of the bigger muscle cars and the performance and economy of the newer Challenger or Chargers. There’s plenty of suspension upgrades out there to make these…

9/27/16

Lexus GS 350, it’s big and comfy, rear wheel drive, 306HP/270Torque V-6, it’s never going to put your daughter back on the bus, and they’re a dime a dozen under $25k around 50k miles. If you want to go faster look into the GS 450h which uses a hybrid setup to bump the HP up to 340hp for performance or if you don’t…

9/27/16

Manual G37 sedan.

9/27/16

An E55 AMG, roomy, fast, fun, comfortable for the larger fellow, sedan practicality, not too large, and you can find them all day in his price range. http://m.ebay.com/itm/131951966384

9/27/16

I’m beginning to sound like a broken record - LS2 GTO. Plenty roomy, but if you want 4 doors, Pontiac G8 GT.

9/26/16

Kris, your story echoes my own. I own a 77 911, the least desirable 911 ever made, to be honest. I got in when prices were still cheap, with dreams of swapping in a 3.2 liter from an SC. Now the prices exploded, and even used, tired 3.2s are going for 12-15 THOUSAND dollars. I’m stuck with this car because I love…

9/23/16

They can’t put a proper off-road tire on there; they’d never hear the end of the complaints about how noisy it was on the freeway.

9/23/16

Half their problem is running those BFG A/Ts.

9/23/16

that thing sounds just abnormal, in a good way!

9/21/16

Reliabilty

9/21/16

Oh. Hello tarted-up Passat of two years ago. Thanks for dropping by to remind us how it’s the VAG turn to go beige for the next two decades.

9/21/16

Or move to Europe.

9/21/16

And then you have a passenger and it’s like, “Sorry, friend! That seat is reserved for my purse! Try again next time.”

9/21/16

OMG yes!!

9/21/16

I have only one request for a car “for ladies”-- a place to put my fucking purse that’s not the passengers seat! How hard is that?

9/9/16

An Alfa spokesperson told me that the first lap—the 7:39 one—was set in a manual transmission (which, holy fuck, that’s faster than a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 and a Mercedes SLR McLaren). The 7:32 lap was accomplished with the ZF-sourced eight-speed automatic, which is most likely the same one that’s in all the…

9/8/16

Ahhh the Linesman Splice. The most elegant of splices. It is my splice of choice.

9/7/16

Remember: Rolls-Royce is part of BMW. BMW has a pathological hatred of calling things what they really are. Hence 4-door “coupes”, “sport activity vehicles”, and, soon, FWD “ultimate driving machines”.