Remember, the “Doug Score” is exactly that: the measure of a car as seen through Doug’s eyes with his personal biases and priorities. He’s never passed his score off as something that’s supposed to appeal to everyone.

Yeah, I don’t get the Leno hate either. Sure, I don’t find his jokes all that funny, but he shares cars with the world that would have been lost to time or rotting in some billionaires basement were it not for him buying the cars, and his very talented staff restoring and maintaining them.

Taiwan taxi drivers are on another level.

I guess Toyota is taking their Space Cruiser nameplate quite literally these days:

To be fair, the US really isn’t Mitsubishi’s main market. They’re still huge in Japan and other Asian countries. In Taiwan, Mitsubishis were everywhere. 

Oh, because all that EV tax credit money would DEFINITELY have been sent straight to welfare programs and CERTAINLY NOT been funneled into defense spending or pension funds... *rolls eyes*

Not true at all. Have you looked at the used EV market? Used mainstream EVs are effectively $7500 cheaper thanks to the credit. I know lots of people around my office have bought CPO last-gen Leafs for well under $15k as cheap commuter cars.

I’d like to know how many people pull the trigger on an EV who wouldn’t otherwise because of that $7,500.

Depending on your location, there may not be any Tesla stores near you today anyway. The Tesla owners I know all borrowed other owner’s cars, or rented them on Turo.

I went to the Portland IndyCar race last year, and it was incredibly fun. The announcers were engaging and funny to listen to, the racing was tight and exciting, and it seemed like there was a new leader at every lap. I loved that fans could get right up behind the pits and watch pit crews work during the race, and…

I’d sprinkle a little Audi A4/A5 sportback in for flavor, especially on the interior, but yeah, pretty much what you said. 

Damn, that is very sharp looking. 

Huh?

While their first cars used extensively modified Ford engines (basically the block was the only Ford part left over, and even that was modified), they’ve designed and manufactured their own engines since the Agera. Their engines blocks are made bespoke for them from an F1 engine block foundry.

Well, he is a very bright engineer, and has surrounded himself with other very bright people. Apparently, he’s also very easy and approachable to talk to as well. 

This guy (the seller) makes me irrationally angry.

I completely agree.

Sounds like you’ve never driven one. I borrowed one for a weekend.

The early Evoras like this one have a bad reputation for electrical gremlins. The Toyota drivetrain is fine, but the electronic bits tying it all together have a lot of issues.

I’d add the fact that the Premium interior Model 3 is a far nicer place to be than any Civic.