A dude i used to work with had a crystal doorknob as his shifter in his lifted truck. I’m not into lifted trucks but it somehow went all the way around on classlessness and came up classy again.

This door knob type is quite rare.

What about the Corvette’s silly electric door handles?

I am a guy who likes sub-50hp classic FIATs....where do I fit in all this? :P

Fixed-roof coupes (which, honestly, solve 98.99999% of my personal complaints about the Miata). Truly weird engine swaps and unholy backyard engineering. Cars that are simply driven well. Shoot, I’ll even fess up to a soft spot for rare/special editions.

As a fellow short-arse, I would have said “Hates Randy Newman”!

They’ve since multiplied like tribbles, if tribbles looked like boring bars of soap instead of adorable puffballs.

Patrick George: hates Camaro.

I think you mean to say XJS is always the answer

Doug DeMuro: Hates Jalopnik.

Okay, so the Miata is out, meaning the Jeep Cherokee XJ can now swoop in and become the official vehicle of Jalopnik!

“XJ is always the answer”— I like the sound of that!

Stef - are there any Miatas you do like?

Graverobber: Hates all of you

So buying a hardtop V8 Mustang is better than a miata is what I’m hearing.

I hate Puffalumps.

I’ve owned 10 Pacers and I’m no jackass. Great, fun cars.

Redneck bosozoku?

My final answer on this, after talking to my powertrain cooling friend Mitch, is that we use a heater core bypass valve, and send hot coolant to a water to coolant heat exchanger. We’ll need a small auxiliary pump to send the pool water through the HX, but there’s lots of heat going into coolant, so that’ll eventually…

Pool in bed while parked = good times

About 50 here, variety is good!