It checks all the boxes; weird, cool, easy to work on, easily sourced parts, modable... NP.

As antiquated as it sounds, it looks like Fiat is moving towards a Dodge that is enthusiast based with little to no offer of pedestrian cars... You know, like Pontiac.

Bravo sir.

I did too, was really sad to see it go; I had the V6 AWD version so it was a bit of a pig off the line... could eat up freeway all day long though. Repairs were about the same as my 540i though, suffers from the same 'oh, he has a nice car, we can gouge him' problem.

I had an STS as a company car and it's far larger than the M5 (way bigger than my E39) and more of a cruiser built for comfort than for tearing up the twisties.

The M5 really looks huge (bloated) next to the CTS... it was a bit shocking.

Gotta hand it to him, cool as the other side of the pillow when his tire started pacing him off to the left.

I'd hit it.

Matt -

That's exactly why he has it... It's always filled with tools and he's alway hauling stuff around in it (industrial lighting designer). And he's right, the thing is perfect; cavernous with the seats down, a ton of plastic he doesn't have to worry about destroying and has a small entertainment value with the 5-speed…

My best friend bought a Caliber... when I asked him about it, he was brutally honest. "you know me, I beat the shit out of cars, why would I buy something nice?"

I agree with you on this; why would we leave the ongoing development up to start-ups or shoestring groups that need government funds to keep the lights on... you'd think a multi-billion dollar conglomerate like VAG would be leading the way.

I love the idea of an electric vehicle as a 2nd car with a few caveats:

This was a NP at the price and picture only... although I'm sure Graverobber waxed poetic as usual ;)

He's just pandering to the city... they eat that shit up.

This is 9-times-world-champion and possible robot Sebastian Loeb in his grinning 875-horsepower, 875-kilo Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak car. I'd heard that it could make the 0-60 mph run in 1.8 seconds and the 0-149 mph run in 7.0 seconds. Now that this video popped up on Axis of Oversteer, I finally get to see that…

I'll be honest and state that I haven't listened to terrestrial radio for almost 10 years. And I haven't listened to satellite radio in 7-8 years. It's not the content, it's the % of time dedicated to ads; only catching 2-3 segments of Mike and Mike in the morning on a 45 minute commute drove me insane. Satellite…

It's a modern Mach 5 and it is fucking awesome. Tell me you don't see that now?!

Not so strange in the EMS/ER/Medical world. All towns have plans in place for mass casualty events and all the players (EMS/Hospital/Police/Fire) practice for such an event on a regular basis. With an explosion of that magnitude, even knowing nothing about the fertilizer company's staffing rotations, it's an easy…

Also came to nominate the Flex.