No protective gear? button-down and shorts? V-10 motorcycle with 4 wheels?

I really wanted to NP this one. Looks like a fantastic beater, but it's about $2500 too high.

Just buy a Cayman and be done with it.

My comment at Straightsix was mostly snark, but I actually laughed out loud when I saw the markup had screwed you on the wiki link - a little Murphy in your Muphry, I suppose. I know it's a problem with the apostrophe, and I used to know how to get around it, but I forget now.

I love when there's a typo in a #corrections comment.

The guys with the GT were the only ones to even try and do it right.

Saying you could get a nicer Jeep for the price is meaningless - Jeeps are boring.

42? Even the 6x6 will do 60mph, and that's gear limited.

"...environmentally friendly 28-year-old Japanese sedan..." "...black smoke from his exhaust, which he rigged upward to mimic that of a semi truck, belches..."

Keeping a fuel log might make sense if you also keep a log of all the maintenance and repairs on the vehicle - definitely increases resale value.

The miata starts at 23k, the high end one starts at 28k before you start adding "appearance packages" and "automatic transmissions".

"I am fairly young, make a good living, and looking for a fun to drive, RWD, manual coupe within the next 1-1.5 years. " Sounds about right for an aggressively-designed enthusiast sport coupe.

Did the mention what they thought MSRP would be for the non-STI BRZ? I would be shocked to see it come in at under $25k. If it doesn't, it won't be a "Miata killer" because it won't be in the same price class.

Clear superiority of engine-over-rear-wheels design at :50.

Given that winter is on fast approach, the next QOTD should be the best winter hoonmobile. I suggest the Tercel 4wd SR5 wagon. That vehicle is #2 on my all-time wants for a winter beater, #1 if you factor in cost.

The shimmy can be (very temporarily) cured with a super-accurate alignment and balance, or more permanently cured with relatively cheap chassis bracing. Considering a hardtop is hard to find for less than a grand these days, I'll likely grab $400 of chassis bracing if it ever bothers me enough to fix.

You have to learn to sit properly. It took me probably a week to figure out my miata posture. I'm 6' and fit just fine (in my 1993) even without a foamectomy.

Yeah the Ford Ranger XLT was the truck of choice for kids without enough money for an F-150 at my high school (in Texas, the truck is not optional. Only the model level). On any given day, there were probably 100 of them in the parking lot. Fantastic tearing-up-shit-mobile.

google "foamectomy". You can fit. If things get really bad, you can take the rails out, bolt the seat to the floor, and get another few inches out of it.

Doesn't even need to be a mustang. I have done some serious hooning in Santa Fe's, Fusions, Stratuses... Though the noise that comes out of a Stratus is so horrible that I could barely stand to use the loud pedal.