For me it was my 2005 Legacy GT. Purchased it in ‘08 with 30K on the clock. I was so looking forward to performance and reliability, and it was great right up until it hit 90K. Then everything started to fail on it. Before people start jumping on me for not taking care of it, I’m fanatical about maintenance and…

A few years ago a group of us went to Montreal for the Grand Prix. We got up around Thursday, began serious drinking as soon as we hit the hotel and by Saturday afternoon we decided to nurse our hangover with a trip to an indoor karting track. We were rather disheveled looking and once at the track the thoughts of the…

I’ve been trying to find locations of the old board tracks. I finally tracked down the approximate location of the one in Springfield, MA. Long gone, of course and a neighborhood since at least the 50's (approximate location was Fisher Street).

6's are pushing $90K, for the best ones. Rust free or not, this one needs a lot of work. I really like the sixes, but this isn’t worth more than half the asking price.

Much rather look at a plane than listen my neighbor’s wind chimes. Yet if I were to unload a few rounds of bird-shot at her porch I’d be the one in trouble. That’s democracy for you...

Fake news!

Sorry, I don’t recall. Like I said, up until that moment it was an unremarkable drive home.

Had one event that I still find just plain strange.

Lots of cars from the mid-80's on, but for the early 80's I would pick an Alfa GTV6

intersting, thank you. i have no time in any of those, but will check the next time i spot one.

Where are the rear door handles on the Alfa? Is it part of the C pillar?

Eh, mine went “bang” at 117K following the same maintenance you did. Turbo just failed, taking the engine with it. Rebuilt the heads, replaced the shortblock, and many thousands later, it ran great for another 50K when one of the injectors failed: one valve job later (and all new set of injectors, so a few grand…

Yes, Scarborough, Maine. It’s a nice little oal. When I lived up there we use to run auto-x events on the track. You could make some great courses on that oval.

Not exactly what I was expecting to end up with, but I took home a Mini Countryman S at one heck of a discount.

What I want to cross-shop is a Mini Cooper S against a Civic Si. But that isn't an option at this moment in time. Sure the Civic is more reliable, I just want a reasonably priced daily driver that's a little more engaging that the universal appliances that are offered by most manufacturers now.

Wish there was a hard date of when this will hit the showroom floor. I am getting something new in the next couple of months and I’d hold out for the Si if it was going to be here by the fall. I had an ‘85 CRX and a ‘90 Civic Si and I just want another reliable, daily drier that can still be a bit of fun. I’m not…

anti-capitalist, not anti-totalitarian.

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