There is also the salvage yard for used parts. They just have to be relatively easy to replace. The heater controls on my Focus can be replaced by removing a trim panel and a few bolts. My brothers Audi, not nearly so easy. Simplicity is something automakers should be striving for as well, instead of more complex and…

I would love to see them drive this up to a “Chains Required Beyond This Point” sign with a state trooper doing inspections.

918 Spyder technology for 911 Turbo money...and also slower than a 911 Turbo and no more fuel efficient.

Sounds great, came 6 years too late.

Please end this “joke” forever.

There’s the problem right there - it’s not a binary choice. Personally, I’m a former Republican that went to unaffiliated during the Bush II years, and even I thought his teary-eyed partisan hack speech should have been enough to disqualify him.

I am death on drunk drivers, but the cops not only didn’t see him driving they didn’t find him in a car? How can they make a case for anything other than public intoxication?

Your whole argument is null and void by your obvious bias.

I AM A PEOPLE PERSON! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!

That point doesn’t exist.  See: all those Toyota “tacticals” in hot spots, all the high end dealerships in Vancouver cashing in on Chinese money laundering etc etc.

But only if it has the correct cover page.

Beautifully written Mike. I remember finding this site sometime in the 2005-2007 era and it completely changed how my teenage mind thought of cars. Likely were it not for the two of you I wouldn’t be where I am today, continuously in the search for a brown manual diesel miata wagon.

Indeed.  I wish you were here under different circumstances. 

My condolences.

Spots on the sidewalk. The horror. 

I’m voting car.

Make it a bench seat and you can count me in.

Jeep,

People used to think the 964 was ugly too. The cultural zeitgeist always shifts with distance and time.  The 996 has been and will come into its own eventually. 

If it makes you feel any better, here’s my 277k-mile AE86 Corolla GT-S still running it’s never-overhauled 4AGE.