Because they were designed by ArtCenter students, and no one wants to go to design school to design a CUV? (I did a modern-day AE86 and electric Corvette for my senior studios, back in 2003/04)

I’m only bummed because I can’t afford to buy all of them new to show my support for all the amazing enthusiast cars with manuals on the market. If you are able to buy one as a new car, I highly suggest it, so they can keep justifying building more.

They’re both Japanese sports coupes at a relatively affordable price-point that are fun to drive and lean heavily into the spirit of Gran Turismo, Wangan Midnight, and Initial D. I don’t see how they won’t be cross-shopped.

I totally agree with the A70 Supra as a choice. Plus the automatics are usually much cheaper because people have been decimating the supplies of manual A70's for years because the transmission is used for JZ swaps. Get a solid automatic non-turbo, put around $5k worth of preventative maintenance in it, and you’ll have…

No, but mostly because my wife and I were finally able to buy a house, so I eliminated any parts that I didn’t think I’d need in the future. I gave them away to other people with the same cars, so they went to a good home that would appreciate them. Now any remaining parts I have are either stock components (to return…

Vespa currently sells a Harlequin Primavera:

As someone who really wanted a musclecar back when I was younger, and watched the values go from “maybe one day if I get a good job” to completely unobtainium, I wondered what the cars of our generation would be that everyone would eventually want. All I had to do was look at a drift day parking lot and a copy of Gran…

Happy 86 day everyone!

Me, I’m the only person in my family who married someone who couldn’t drive stick.

I love light rail. I’ve made good use of it in other countries, especially in Japan and South Korea. However, I can’t trust other people in my city with it. I know others may have had different experiences with theirs, but so far, I have not experienced anyone shooting heroin or peeing in the seat of my wife’s Tesla.…

Even then you still have to press the accelerator to pull away from the stop sign.

They hold really cool JDM meets there.

I’ve seen chases in SoCal where the suspect got out of the car and was attempting to escape on foot. The speed monitor was hitting 40mph. Instead of imprisonment, we should sentence them to the Olympics.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) this plate that was assigned to me by the California DMV was only temporary.

My coworker has a plate that is literally his full name.

$75k budget, cruise in luxury and comfort over long distances, minimal depreciation? I’ve got you. Buy a 997 911 Turbo that’s been well maintained with high mileage. Even with high mileage, these things aren’t depreciating, and are extremely well built. They do cost more to maintain, but beyond pinning the coolant…

The drawback of the Crown Royal is he lives in California, so will have to spend around $10k getting it CARB approved. A USDM LS like you suggest is much better.

And totally illegal in the US, 5x so since he’s in California.

Fred is also in California, so anything imported will make him jump through some big hoops before he can drive it.