Not the worst, but from my time behind the counter definitely the weirdest:

I’ve definitely set parts down and walked out because of this. If another store is 5 minutes away and it’s going to take 15+ to checkout I’m not waiting around.

Buying plugs for the 13bt isn’t easy either.

Music and a couple beers makes detailing less tedious. If you take the time to wax or seal the paint every so often the routine cleaning gets much easier and quicker.

About twice as many spiders were made than cosmos, though there are probably more cosmos still around.

Yep, exactly.

Turbos help with that.

Interesting. My RX-7 has surprisingly long throws that still seem right for the car and the clutch is real easy.

Agreed.

They were pretty close to the Moran plant when they drove down an obvious boat ramp onto the lake, maybe that’s where they were headed.

Spent most of my life in the area and I couldn’t figure out how anyone could get a car near that spot without realizing they shouldn’t be driving there.

I’m pretty sure the marina they drove into was the one off the large park North of the ECHO center. Watching them pull the car out all I could think was “they drove all the way through that park and then another 100' onto the lake?”

I keep a spray bottle of mixed optimum no rinse in the car for spot detailing and it works great. It’s tough to convince most people that waxing/sealing the paint makes a huge difference in how easy it is to wash, they’re all used to the spray stuff from carwashes that doesn’t do anything.

I’m 34, my daily for 12 years is a manual as is my RX7. In those 12 years I’ve driven an automatic less than 2 dozen times, to the point I actually feel out of control without a clutch. My younger sister and her husband have a couple manual cars too. Youngish people still drive them.

A temperamental primary car is a good way to scare someone away from interesting cars altogether, especially if they don’t expect it. I find the moodiness of my RX7 endearing, never knowing for sure that it’s going to start until it’s idling smooth, but I couldn’t handle it without having a dead reliable Civic around…

I had a guy step out in front of me on a crosswalk crossing against the lights. I had just enough time to slam on the brakes and stop while he kept walking in front of me. I gave him a wtf look and pointed at the lights, he flipped me off.

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He’s too obsessed with sledgehammers to drive anything else.

Neither is probably boring to Jalops but most people wouldn’t think much.

I still think they should hardtop the miata and put a rotary in it for the next RX rather than design an entirely new platform for it. But even then it’s going to be expensive for them to get the emissions low enough to sell.