I think you should write a yearly (or maybe quarterly?) Oppo article on all the interesting cars coming up soon for legal import to the US.

"It is too bad zis little girly-man doesn't have enough muscles in his flabby little arms to get ze Ford GT into reverse, ja?"

Christ. As a former dealership service manager:

I once had a customer come to me with his 1.6 l diesel Rabbit truck. He said after we did the timing belt it was "low on power". It was belching terrible smoke when he brought it in. Now I've done hundreds of these timing belts and my injection pump timing was dead on. Factory spec says top speed is 93 mph. I got on…

True story. Here's one currently for sale in OKC.

My girlfriend once asked me if it was a problem that white smoke was pouring out of her car. I told her that it was no big deal, it just means they haven't chosen a new pope yet.

ha. my CRX shakes so much at 72mph that it feels like well over 100. whee!

Is it wrong of me to simultaneously feel surprised and disappointed that these shitheads survived? So that they can get their slap on the wrist because nobody else got hurt, and hey, nothing bad can ever happen to rich males?

It's not a replacement for a daily driver

The size and cheap road tax are major benefits in the UK. My housemates in North London both had them. Really uncomfortable over speed humps though, and the lack of power steering was a bit annoying at times. Also, the start/stop was very aggressive. The thing would shut off before the car even stopped completely. It…

A fellow up here in MN (lives about 7 houses down from my parents) has one of these. It is one of the more disturbing looking cars I've seen. The body screams SPEED, but the exhaust seems relatively tame until it revs - then all hell breaks loose. Amazing vehicle. Even cooler is the fact that he comes to C&C with…

You know what else might just scare you? How about launching from a dead stop to over sixty miles an hour in 2.8 seconds? No? You're good with that? Okay, Superman, how about an 800-bhp small block throbbing viciously just inches from your ass, ready to send you either down the road or into that big oak tree over…

that's what I keep saying

You may think that you just need to scrape off the glass, and you'd be wrong. You'll realize this the first time you have to come to a quick stop.

I taught people a number of these this morning, on my snowy commute through Westchester. Oh, you're all single file in the groove in your Subarus, suvs, and Audis doing 15? There's a loud Mustang on blizzaks passing you all in the untracked lane.

The average is better, but the worst are just as bad. And every snowy wreck/traffic tie up I've ever seen has been the work of one impatient moron.

seriously, this is the best. The truck guys out on the track always look like they're having the most fun. I have a secret love for street trucks and I'd love to see someone lower a Tremor and crank up the boost. Looks like an awesome day!