For 16 years I lived in Houston. Eight of those years I drove a Pontiac Solstice, so I had to keep my head on a swivel so I could dodge everyone not looking before switching lanes. My record was 3 near-misses in 30 seconds as I had to stop, swerve or accelerate out of the way.

Luckily there were plenty of standard transmissions available here in Denver when I went looking for one. I love my little 124. At 6'3" it is cozy. And so much fun in the windy mountain roads that are only half an hour from my doorstep.

My last car in college was bought used and the engine died after a year. So my very first car straight out of college was a brand new red ‘96 Pontiac (Sunfire), 2-door version of the Cav. There was a lot of jerry-rigging to make some things work over the 10 years I drove her (including many, many miles through rural…

Fancy Kristen — I don’t know why you do what you do. I don’t know who let’s you do it. But for cripe’s sake, please keep doing it.

Toyotas. Every one of them (that includes the ones branded Lexus or Scion). Because when you are 6'4" in 1988, learning to drive in one of your parents early ‘80s Toyotas, you realize that they just did not make those cars for full-sized adults. [I still owned a Toyobaru, though... they’re way too much fun.]