Now you've got me all nostalgic for the board games of my youth. Nothing was better than killing several hours with friends down at the local gamers store playing S.F.B., Battlemechs, Warhammer and Axis & Allies. Ah, memories of being a geeky kid.

I'd actually rather have this instead, as the Focus ST is a bit too extreme to DD for this old man, and the BRZ has rear seats even my kids couldn't fold themselves into. That, and I can get the VW with a DCT automatic, whereas the Focus can only be had with a stick. My bum left knee won't tolerate 20K+ miles of…

Silly Germans. The British do the pool/car thing with much more style and grace.

Umm, the guys & girls who made these, then went away? Just an awful shame, too.

Good looking car, now Mazda can make it competitive against the Fit, Fiesta, Sonic, etc. A decent car with great handling, hampered by a drivetrain that is 10 years out of date. A four speed auto? Really? Even Honda gives you a 5-speed slush box, with paddle shifters on the sport model. Update the 2 with SkyActive and…

Thanks, now I can re-live my favorite album from High School.

My dad had a Mercury Parklane, a model up from the Monterey, with the breezeway rear window. That was an AWESOME feature for a car. Nothing like sticking your head out and facing the wind as dad went down the road.

And yet all of the above mentioned cars have over 450+ horsepower, get to 60 MPH in less than 4.0 seconds, and have a top speed well over 160 MPH.

I saw three new 'Vettes going down I-23 south of Ann Arbor today. I wouldn't really care about a skip shift feature, as long as one could be mine. A small price to pay for sheer sex and power on wheels. They looked F-ing awesome!

May I suggest he carry one of these in his boat? They kind of come in handy for just such emergencies.

Yes, ladies and gentleman, it's the new game everyone is talking about, Bowling For Cars! The new & exciting game where you take your typical unexciting commuter car, parked in an assuming location, then we let loose a small piece of motorized construction equipment and then sit back and watch the hilarity ensue.

As a former owner of an '02 Protege, which leaked around a rusted windshield header....

Ooohh. A double shot of Traffic Jams! The next thing you know, it'll be a "Two for " Tuesday" rendition, like they used to do on the local album oriented rock station a few years ago. Good time, good times.

Oh, then that explains it. A folding hardtop would most likely be heavier than a soft-top convertible. My bad. I'm not a fan of convertibles either way for a sports car. I think Jeremy Clarkson spoke truth when he said taking the roof off a sports car creates too many compromises to the overall car. That, and I can't…

Well, today is your lucky day, my friend. Most, if not all soft-tops are heavier than their hard top siblings due to the increased structural supports that must be added on to replace the structural integrity lost by the removal of a roof. So that convertible Ferrari most likely weighs more than it's hard top…

I give you the Lustron, the home of the future, today! Except they pretty much sucked. I have a few in my neighborhood, many of which are slowly rusting away, because they are next to impossible to fix.

I wonder if anyone has ever done a study on the re-sale value of a vehicle that had a recall requested, but the manufacturer has declined to make? I you own a Liberty or Grand Cherokee of that vintage, what is the likely impact on its current resale value? Would a consumer consider buying one of these cars right now,…

I'd buy that building. It's been pre-disastered. What are the odds of another plane hitting it? They're infinitesimal!

As a parent, I am OUTRAGED that this child is in a car without a seat-belt! Where are the parents in this situation, letting this poor child ride around in this vehicle unrestrained and clearly sleep deprived! They should be brought up on charges of child endangerment for letting this kid operate dangerous machinery!…

Positives: Powerful, 5-speed manual wagon, looks great and appears to be well kept.