As someone who’s had to fix my own car more times than I’d like, I think it’s more important to be able to diagnose what’s wrong with it than being able to fix any particular part. Even if you’re paying someone else to do the actual work, if you know what needs to be done you can save yourself some money and hassle.

I understand schools have an interest in keeping students from using these things on school grounds, but removing bathroom stall doors is going way too far.

I see these cars much in the same way I see 928s: I’m glad someone is preserving them. I’m also glad it’s not me.

I may still be bitter over the split, but I actually hope McLaren’s fortunes do not change at all. I also would find it smugly satisfying if Toro Rosso came in ahead of them this season.

So, I’ve never been much a fan of French cars, but I like this. It looks French in the way a French car should, much like a Giulia looks Italian in the way an Italian car should.

It’s not much of a golden age for those of us who want a lightweight car, or something with double-wishbone suspension, or steering feel and feedback, or a rev-happy naturally aspirated engine, or a manual transmission, or outward visibility, or maybe even all of those traits in a single car. Even worse if you want…

I just can’t bring myself to wear brown shoes with a navy suit. It looks absolutely terrible to me. Even oxblood looks strange. Nope. Gonna have to go with black. Rules were meant to be broken anyway.

What a bunch of scumbags.

I think the Camry is absolutely hideous from the front, regardless of which face it sports, but from every other angle I think it looks better than the Accord. I think the Accord’s face is more “meh” than fugly, but I don’t really dig the fastback profile, lumpy creases, weird taillamps, and overuse of chrome on the…

That sounds like about the best anyone could expect from a turbo four, and frankly, doesn’t sound bad as a daily.

I think this article is exactly two months early.

Every time I pick up a different guitar, there’s a pretty decent chance that the first thing I’ll play on it is Joey Santiago’s opening lines from this song.

I think they’re awful, but then I wonder at what point will enough Miatas be ruined, whether by terrible kits like these or other forms of fuckery, that my NA starts climbing in value.

I’m not really anti-four-cylinder. I’m anti-turbo-four-cylinder. If they still offered the NA 2.4L four, I’d be happy with that.

Well, it’s an interesting blurb, but I don’t really base what I like on what the car mags say, and of the car mags, I trust Motor Trend the absolute least.

Most of these are so fucking awful it’s actually entertaining.

I remember in the ‘80s, and probably very early ‘90s, it was fairly popular to put the downward-angled split tips from 2nd-gen Trans Ams on cars that were much less cool than 2nd-gen Trans Ams. I always thought that looked horrible.

I’m torn.

Vodka: Gin’s boring cousin.

None, really. As much as I rant about cars, and features on cars, that I don’t like around here, none of this is worth raised blood pressure. Cars should be a hobby, and if your hobby makes you feel more bad than good, then maybe it’s time to consider other interests.