A local bank had a repo auction with sealed bids on a Renault R5 Turbo II and I put in a somewhat lowball bid, only to learn from a friend at the bank afterwards that I missed it by $250. No idea if it would have been a good experience or not... but I think the only repair expertise was in Colorado at the time, and I…

The fact you had to make up a quote to respond proves you didn’t have anything to work with.

I’m not sure what’s so cringey about Gov. Whitmer’s statement. It is a BFD, and she’s been a great leader for Michigan. I look forward to seeing her on the national stage politically in the future. 

The Suzuki Jimny. It’s my current go-to in those rare situations when the answer isn’t “Miata”.

We did a double DIN Sony unit with CarPlay, moved the storage cubby and HVAC for about $500 total. Makes a lot more sense on a car worth $25k or so.

Man, if I could only get my Elio deposit back I’d be all over this. 

Here’s a not so big secret. You can drive at least some of these cars in countries other than Mexico. We’re moving to Costa Rica and I plan on buying a Jimny.

Sure seems pretty minor compared to rolling over during the Firestone recall doesn’t it?

That was such a crazy event in the tire industry. I worked at Tire Rack at the time and we sold out of every single applicable tire in that size in one day.

Michigan has another oddity in NW MI, M-119. It’s also known as The Tunnel of Trees and the road is too narrow to meet modern standards. How do they get around this? Just don’t put a stripe down the middle, then there’s no lanes and hence no width violations.

It’s a fun drive, but unless you’re on a motorcycle every…

They also sing karaoke a lot more often. There’s a connection.

I buy the first five or so every other season roughly. They’re a good company, highly recommended.

I stay to the safe side of Da Bomb.

I remember when these came out and someone would show up at the local autocrosses once, get thoroughly embarrassed by hordes of well driven Miata’s and never come back, or they came back with a Miata. 

420 is code for “adult that still watches cartoons”.

- Velma Dinkley

It should have been a Kia Rio with a mismatched front clip to be representative of the performance of crypto investments.

We should merge Wyoming with Colorado or Montana, and merge the Dakotas, then grant statehood to Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

It would solve a lot of problems and we wouldn’t need to argue about updating the flag. 

As a former truck tire monkey I’d think a review of how the lug studs and nuts are designed to work would be of some interest to some. See https://www.4statetrucks.com/wheels/semi-truck-budd-wheel-inner-nut-for-steel-to-steel_202264.asp

A friend of mine was pitted next to this guy at an event and was told by Bohmer that his 98.3 mph Mini “looked scary”.

Kinda makes you wonder if he understands physics.

For years Meijer used to build their stores with extra thick concrete floors so that if they ever went out of business the stores would be easier to convert to car dealerships whose lifts would require that type of foundation.

There’s also a story about when they first opened in Holland, MI and said they’d be open on…

I wanted a Miata R and knew the VIN of the exact car I wanted sitting in the distribution center. Called two different local dealers, told them what I wanted and they both said they would confirm the details and call back. Neither one did. Called a third dealer, he put me on hold, called the center and came back and…

We had a receptionist that loved “I want a hippopotamus for xmas” so I burned it on a CD for her. She put it in the CD player for the customer waiting area, put it on loop, locked the cabinet and left for a very long lunch. There was a mob waiting for her when she returned.