I say just get rid of the blue flags and financially penalize any back markers who just pull over and let the fastest cars by. It should be up to the faster cars to make their way safely through slower traffic and not the slower traffic to make it safe for them to pass. This works in endurance racing, with the…

Wrecked a McLaren F1 twice. Unfortunately he wasn’t with the car but I saw his Lotus Cortina vintage race car at Mid-Ohio last year. He came in to do the Indy event the week or two before, so the car came to Mid-Ohio but he was unable to race that weekend.

They seemed to be replaced by the Saturn SC as the sporty coupe of choice and then the old ones just wasted away into dust.

I worked with a guy who sold his Ford Probe after finding out that it was really a Mazda underneath. Stupidity knows no bounds sometimes.

It was one of the funnier ones, but their weirdly loving tribute to SAAB after it all came crashing down was weird since we had spent 10 years hearing them go “Well, it’s good for a Vauxhall.”

They have decided to join GM in the rental car market. Almost every rental car I’ve seen recently was either a Malibu or an Altima. Sure it sucks for enthusiasts but you have to admit it looks to be a pretty good business plan.

I’m running a Blackstar HT-1 right now but I don’t gig. For a long time I was using a Message/Boogie Nomad 55 4x10 but I had to let it go because I needed the cash at the time.

Sweet! I’m really interested to see how it performs.

New car is that process. I usually end up taking my lunch break sitting in the car and I will figure out all the ancillary stuff during that time.

Same. And my case, I want it in either 4x10 or 2x12 combo format. Doesn’t matter what the wattage is.

I’ve seen a lot of people like me who know how to do it and just don’t want to do it so they call AAA or their other roadside assistance of choice.

1st gear: The new guy being an accountant worries me. Daimler has made great strides to leave behind the smoking electronics of the early 2000s and I’m worried that designing to the bottom line will take them back into that world again.

Yes (probably) and to some extent yes are the answers to your questions.

And weirdly enough you can something like that teal on the E-class, even though they call it green.

Yeah I’m more interested in this engine as well. I know it’s in the new CLS but I keep seeing tests of the 63 instead.

I just don’t get why this matters to people. You can call it the “random blob of death” for all I care, as long as it serves the function I want. You’re getting hung up on something that doesn’t matter in the slightest, unless you are one of those people who must explain exactly what the car is because everyone’s…

My only question is will there be a squareback version of the 53, or will I have to live with a lowly E-class? It’s more of an aesthetic thing for me as I just don’t like the fastback sedan look and it’s not like I can afford one new but 5-6 years down the road...

It sounds to me like they are in the same dilemma as Chevy was in 1965 with the Corvette. You had a chief engineer going no We tried this and it will ruin the car in this way and/or doesn’t meet our engineering standards” and corporate going “Fuck your standards, we’re doing it anyway.”

And someone else said what I was thinking.

Remember that Warren Buffet drives a Cadillac. Last I saw it was an XTS but I’m sure he’s moved on to the CT6 now. A lot of people with money don’t want to flaunt that too hard, even if they can afford it. I figuring this Lexus is designed more for a person like Buffet than someone who has to be seen in their Phantom o…