Because if you can afford a Maybach, you also want to waste your time when unnecessary mechanisms in your car break?

What? In addition to being a dumb comment, it's factually wrong. The Maybach is targeted at Asia and the Mideast. There's next to no market for this shit in Europe and the Americas.

I'd be worried about excessive internal wear as debris gets into the crevices. Sand and dirt would be grinding right at the joints.

Given the massive sales of Priuses these days, I think that's a pretty dated stereotype. Maybe 10 years ago that was spot-on, but now it's just a bland car for everybody who doesn't care about cars. They're way too common for anyone to attach meaning to.

With those fenders, pit times for tire changes are going to be very long.

In all of his Gymkhana videos, it would be impossible to have enough cameras set up to catch the entire run. In the case of this video, he makes quite a few magical leaps geographically around LA. They're all great hooning locations, but moving between the LA River, Chinatown, Randy's Donuts, Downtown, the Hollywood…

The satisfaction of another person agreeing that he is irredeemably stupid?

Well, let's hope that Bernie runs out of baby blood soon and loses his immortality.

Guy Fieri (AKA "America's Douchebag") is universally disliked. The guy takes bro culture - a realm that is already pretty cartoonish - and turns it into a parody of itself. Jalopnik has a pretty wide range of people in its readership, but regardless of who you are, Guy Fieri should no be something you like. He…

Guy? Is that you?

Common mistake. The Ferrari version would have a lot more flames.

CF roofs are ridiculous poseur nonsense in any car that isn't track-prepped. If you're that concerned about lightening a road car, then the rear seat and glass windows better be gone too. Tear out the AC while you're at it.

Your just-out-of-college car should not be new. Get yourself something reliable and used. Even with a good job, there's no reason to saddle yourself with unnecessary debt. Post-collegiate life seldom follows a plan. Keep in mind, you'll likely be the first to go if your employer needs to make changes.

Be very careful with leg placement.

So have they canned the CL and the CLK (or is it CLC now)?

It's not that it's a bad collection per se, just one composed of middling, predictable choices. As one expects of Guy Fieri - both his food and his person - there are no interesting surprises waiting to be revealed. Your final line is such a perfectly brilliant summation of it all.

Exactly. Pretty much every car ad on TV is a mix of practical shots and CG replacement models. Normally it is done for quality's sake, improving the reflection or to clean up the behavior of smoke/dust/water. Creating a new car is probably not that common, but it's probably not unprecedented, especially when the…

Let me be clear. I don't think that manufacturers *should* have a monopoly on sales of their cars. I think that in that absence of conflicting contracts, they should have that option. Franchises are non-compete contracts with a reseller and no manufacturer should be able to screw over their customers (almost all…

No, but they won't have any incentive to try and get me to buy what they have on hand and deter me from buying a build-to-order car. As it stands now, a custom order is almost always MSRP or higher even though the dealer has no risk of it sitting unsold.

Whatever it would be, at least it wouldn't be like the current process. You find a model you really like, you go to the manufacturers site, and use their tools to see what your perfectly configured version of that car would be. You love it! Then you go to a dealer, tell them exactly what you're looking for and…