Are you here to brag about how reliable your Camry is?

It’s literally just a software update that takes a few minutes to do.

Every manufacturer has recalls. Any “reliability issues” are just a narrative being pushed by journalists in blog posts like this.

If she came after him for the cash, the value would be the amount he sold them for, not what another person went on to sell them for later.

That same year, we’ll be able to start bringing over the Fiat Barchetta.

I must not know how to play Horizon, then, because it never lets me just drive on the map. I’m constantly being railroaded into lame events where I have to go DJ at a rave or whatever. All I wanted to do was drive some cars!

Am I the only person disappointed by the Forza Horizon series?

My biggest surprise was that the Alfa has the nicest, most user-friendly driver controls of any new car I’ve driven. I expected an Italian car to be full of bizarre quirks and weird design decisions, but it’s actually more minimalist and intuitive than any German or Japanese car I’ve seen.

Convertible, exciting but not exotic enough for Ferrari-level repair bills, automatic, with room for two child car seats?

Congratulations, it’s gorgeous! Great photos, too.

Agreed. I’m already planning my budget to see if there’s any way to park a 4C next to it someday soon.

Yes, just like most American companies are given subsidies when they build things that serve the public good. We already spend plenty of money on infrastructure, and that’s fine. Nothing wrong with spending less to let some private competition and innovation get in on the action.

Plenty of them have been owned and driven. Think of this as a reference design for future restorers and builders.

Counterpoint: Japan.

True. There doesn’t seem to be any political will to improve things in any way, whether it’s costly or not. Spending more money would infuriate the conservatives, and privatizing would infuriate the liberals. The safest way to keep political office is to do nothing.

You’re right. If an hour-long train ride was relaxing, it would be much better than sitting in traffic. But when an hour-long train ride includes the time it takes to get shitty city transit to the commuter train, or try to park your car in its overloaded unsecured lot, then wait on a freezing outdoor platform, hoping…

Drama drives clicks.

This car needs to go to Beyoncé. She can afford it, she’d probably actually drive it instead of putting it in a museum, and she’d look perfect in it.

Oh man, don’t get me started on the Transbay Terminal. The hub that was supposed to be San Francisco’s answer to Grand Central Station, except they don’t have any train tracks.

Also true. I’ve ridden in cities from London to Paris to Istanbul, and had a much easier time getting around than any American city except NYC. And not one of the European buses or trains I’ve been on has had a rat run across on my foot, or human excrement on the seats. Less than I can say for New York.