Back in the mid-1990s, I read a Consumer Reports car test, where they compared a C4 Vette, Nissan 300ZX Turbo, an FD RX-7, and (I think) a Toyota Supra. As I recall, the Mazda RX-7, widely regarded as one of the finest sports cars ever produced, was docked points for it's inability to put a folded wheelchair in the…

Came out OK, but a good lesson for everyone.

we're talking about a car company; trying to compare it to the disenfranchisement and mistreatment of human beings is borderline offensive. Just because "state's rights" was (inappropriately) used to defend the trampling of human rights some time ago doesn't mean the concept of state's rights is always inappropriate.…

So? The constitution placed this limit on the federal government. And it really saddens me when people forget that and think laws should be bent or ignored anytime it would benefit their favorite company. I mean, one notable time the federal government exerted "influence" is when they strong-armed states into…

The funny thing is, I'm sure the same people bitching about this would be only too happy to complain about the "federal" minimum drinking age of 21. Which isn't actually a federal law, the .gov just "legislated by pocketbook." i.e. they threatened to withhold highway funds to states which didn't make 21 years the…

These 138,469 people did not pay attention in middle school government class. Or high school government class. Or understand how our government works at all.

There's a pretty huge distance between not liking the X6 and being communist. Not as huge as the X6 though.

"Some time ago I was driving up toward Mammoth Mountain ski area when a guy in a BMW X5 went by me. So I raced with him all the way to Mammoth and took him quite by surprise. I had a similar episode on the local toll road when a Mercedes M-Class AMG went by and I tucked in behind him and we had a lot of fun until I…

The idea of buying anything that costs that much without ever personally experiencing it to some degree actually scares me.

Ew. Why. It's early 2000s GM.

I predict that, in the near future, cars will have two hoods: first, the one on the outside that's body color metal, then the one on the inside made of black plastic that you have to flip up if you want to to anything to the engine.

Are we talking about the same Chevy's? I've had both, in that I've been handed a Chevy rental car, and they are clearly POS inside and out. They are also among the ugliest cars on the road with the ribbon and bow tie grill, obviously designed by fat cat auto execs.

yes, but...*vomits*