Please don’t buy me gloves as a gift unless you’re cool with me returning them. I promise you won’t find something that fits comfortably. If anything, just get me some disposable gloves. Those won’t fit either, but at least I can use ‘em!

Hey, no worse than Guy Fieri!

Nah, I’m not bothered. Just letting you know that selective capitalization can be misconstrued pretty easily. Either way, I feel like it’s pretty condescending, which can be a not-great look.

Did you cross-shop a new Fiesta?

I know that’s not what you’re actually suggesting here, but if you’re comparing the price of the two, you’re inviting that comparison as well. That’s what you’re displaying to your readers. And if your audience is made up of people who wouldn’t be cross-shopping those anyway... who…

You’ve written your response like I’m someone who came to this site for car buying advice. I’ve got no illusion that anyone is here for that.

If nobody offers feedback, the only way the people running the site get feedback is by number of clicks. Do I expect these posts to go away? Absolutely not. But when there are so many negative comments and they keep on coming, all it’s doing is proving the point that they’re just fishing for page views.

Well, again - you’re interpreting it as “buy this instead of that” advice. I think his defense is that that’s not the point of these posts. I think his argument is that, bottom line, it costs less to buy this than a Fiesta.

By the way, whatever I win is less than what he wins - he got me to click on this post (even if it was just to complain about how asinine it is). So I guess mission accomplished?

BRO DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT FREDDY IS ALL ABOUT?

Haha, my second car is a fun econobox. And within the next few days, my first car is going to be one, too. Nothing better than cheap fun!

As a statement of fact, it’s fine and not bad. This car does in fact have a lower purchase price than a Ford Fiesta.

I just think the problem is that the comparison is worded as if someone was buying a “boring-ass econobox” should consider this instead. They really shouldn’t.

Alright, I’m going to risk getting lumped in with the people who always complain about the impracticality of these articles, but screw it, here goes nothing.

Yep! In Season 3 (early 2014) he had him in a Porsche 356.

Maybe you could put a Harley V-Twin in it and give it a chain-driven rear differential?

Oh wait, that’s already been done.

I went the easy way and bought one that somebody else imported. Doug’s series about buying and importing his Skyline this year are a pretty great place to start. They combine a lot of good info from other places online and from his experience of doing it. In short, work with an importer if you want to bring one from…

That’s okay, doing things to excess is The American Way™

I know a girl who has a Japanese car with a plate from a European country underneath her state-issued license plate. In her case, that’s where her family is from. I wouldn’t do it, but I guess I get it.

Am I a tool for having Euro plates (front and back) on my Mini? It was imported from the UK and has a matching reg number etched into the glass. It’s right-hand-drive, has a big freakin’ Union Jack on the roof, and has textbook British car reliability. So I figure if there’s any car that can get away with euro plates…

I’ve known a few people with less-than-legal MPI Minis, and more of them have converted back to carbs than have not. Of course, I’m just happy they’re driving them aggressively enough to warrant the change. Awesome either way.