I'd read the article from C&D before I'd go and rip up a Mazda 5. It doesn't look like its exactly a "plug & play" kind of set up. The engine & transmission fit, but the wiring and computers are different, and would require some time & effort to sort out. I'm not saying it can't be done, but it isn't as simple as…

My son LOVES this game! It is just weird enough for an 11 year old, but not so graphic that I can't let him play it.

On my residential street, I think so. Anyway, my point is that the horrible road condition is making people slow down on my street, which is a good thing. The main streets & State Routes, on the other hand, or in such piss poor state, that it is a real driving hazard. I'm in N.W. Ohio, and drive in Michigan on a…

The potholes on my residential street just slow down the asshole drivers. My wife wants to call the city to have them patched over (yeah, that'll happen), but I've convinced her to leave them be for now. Some guy in a Civic hit one yesterday doing about 20 MPH, and he slowed his ass down to a reasonable speed for our…

Just make sure you're not sitting across from this guy.

Oh, I didn't say for one minute they were well engineered cars, just that the redesign was a significant improvement, at least in looks, over the prior model. I mean, even today, I think the New Yorker/LHS is a great looking car. I'd take it over a Lincoln Town Car/Continental any day of the week.

Yes, the car sucked. But, it did go from this

My lowly '96 626 had them, so it wasn't an exclusive, high priced feature. And it was standard equipment, I believe.

I read the book "Ford, The Men and the Machine" by Robert Lacey a few years back. It was amazing that the Ford Motor Co. made it out of the 20's, seeing as how Ford Sr. ran it like it was a mom & pop food stand, rather than as one of the largest companies in the world. Do you know how they figured out if they were…

Well, it was that, and the incompetent managers he hired. Fordlandia was created because Ford wanted his own source of rubber, so he started this to circumvent the British & their rubber plantations in S.E. Asia. There was a complete ignorance of the area where Ford wanted Fordlandia to be built. Metal roofed…

I'm sorry, but don't you need a license to drive these cars? And, in obtaining these licenses, does one not need to show some qualifications as to how to operate a car that has 100's of horsepower on a confined race track? Because that, right there, should earn someone a suspension of their privilege in sitting in a…

Apparently, it's on a 2nd engine. So, yeah, that one is just about broken in. Until it breaks, too.

He might be related to these guys?

Umm, you don't get subtlety much, do you? Maybe Chevy should just be more straight forward in their ads for you. Something along the lines of this...

Just for the record, Chevy has sold over 34,000 Sparks in 2013, and 4,400 since the beginning of the year. So, someone must like these small cars. Me? Not so much, but then again, I'm 6'4" and really don't fit is such a small car. I'm more of a Mazda 2/Honda Fit kinda of guy.

Voice of the average family man here. If I was looking for a car and found myself at the local Dodge dealer, I'd be hard put to buy a Dart over an Avenger if the larger car can be had with a V-6, 6-speed automatic and at a lower price. The interior of both cars are pretty equal, and the exterior design & driving…

Also, the AWD version makes a great all weather wagon. Although it could be had only with the weaker 1.8 (?) liter engine.

This makes me regret my '06 Focus purchase even more. I really should have searched harder for a low mileage Mazda 3. The current Mazda 2, while a really good car, is a bit behind the times with a 4-speed auto and fairly basic interior, compared with the Fiesta & Fit. This car, however, looks awesome, and definitely…

Hmm, I'm more of a wind: 1, roof: 0, kind of guy. Anyone in that building was probably scared shitless when that roof went bye bye.

Not a Caliber...