Hardtop + lip + turn signal vents + 2" drop, and the demeanor of the car totally changes. It goes from a pretty bland convertible, to an agressive "coupe". A new bumper skin doesn't hurt either. . .

The answer is all of the above AND a miata. Get what car you want, then cruise local craigslist until you find a miata in your remaining budget. $1500 will get you a running miata if you wait a bit. It might not be great, but it'll keep running until you can slowly bring it back to life with minimal money or…

Could try different fluid as well - mine was a bit crunchy before I switched to motorcraft syn. Get a bushing rebuild kit + fluid, and 98% chance it'll be good as new.

Wheeeeeeeeeeee.

Also really adds to the sleekness of the body, and since guys love rims we can use the diagonal measurement to really communicate how much more awesome they are. 24s FTW!

I think one of the most significant innovations here is the hot-swappable batteries. Although by no means a new idea, this is a great example of the technology being used in a practical and demanding context. It definitely changes the game in taking this from essentially a gimmick (range of 100 miles and speed of…

Yeah I saw that too. . .

I'm in this boat as well. Not that I don't appreciate classic muscle cars - I think they are fucking cool. But I didn't grow up with them. As a child of the 80s/90s, classic muscle cars are just are not something that ignite a burning fire in me.

The car I grew up in, and what became my first car, was an '84 5dr Chevy Chevette. Piece of shit car, but I loved it.

They are slowly popping up in Montana as well. They throw about 20% of drivers for a loop. literally. I once watched an elderly woman in a jeep drive directly into the center, stop, wait for ALL traffic to clear, and then continue straight down the street ahead.

I live in an apartment building directly next to a roundabout, and have turned it into a lifestyle (roundabout drinking game, romantic dinners on the deck watching the roundabout, roundabout drinking game, roundabout trivia, roundabout drinking game, falling asleep counting cars going through the roundabout, etc.).…

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I'm with this line of thought.

IMHO it comes down to to two things: studded vs. studless, and price.

I don't know if it is as much about owning one, as much as what we grew up with. . .

Any national park road. If I had to pick one it would probably be Yellowstone National Park, but they are all pretty bad. The combination of heavy traffic, walking-pace speed limits, clueless tourists and rubberneckers, habituated and dangerous wildlife in congested areas, and federal enforcement makes it for a…

I don't know, I think it has lost a lot character that gave it the bad name (in a good way). The extensive widening combined with very aggressive wildlife mitigation have gone a long way in making it a substantially safer highway. It isn't a particularly exciting drive anymore, but it is still very scenic, and quite…

Agreed. Although it means I won't be able to use my favorite used-car-buying line - "So considering it does't even have an automatic transmission, think you could come down about $500?"

+1 everything that has already been said. I think the biggest thing is to just learn to control momentum, and use it to keep you safe, rather than put you in harms way. Keep moving whenever possible, and use momentum rather than power if you can help it. Also, keep constantly checking grip levels, and don't stop where…

Very true. I found the original invoice for my '92 DL and I think it was right over $28,000.