My mother is famous, in the family at least, for her spinach and sausage stuffing. But when my sister married her husband she ‘converted’ (from what I don’t know since we were a household of atheists) to Judaism to appease her future MIL. As a result, food at family gatherings a suffered. Pizza? Cheese or vegie only.…

GMC for extra value? I miss the days when they were real trucks and not tarted-up Chevrolets.

I’ll take one of these, please. Pass-through locking storage AND a dump bed for easy unloading of that haul from Costco? I’m sold.

Exactly. I had a serious frontal offset accident that totalled my T3. Windshield popped out and the side was distorted, but there was no intrusion into the passenger compartment and I drove away. They did a damn good job on what looks like would be a dangerous vehicle. I’d drive one today (if I could afford one...)

Can we have them do a half-gainer into a spinning propeller instead? Boat, airplane or helicopter (rotor) - I'm not picky...

I’m just saying that sedans are style over substance, like a bro-dozer, and because of that it’s no wonder that they’re dying off. I found the sedans that I owned (E34, W210) to be quite attractive, just not terribly useful, which to me is what a vehicle is supposed to be and why I prefer to drive wagons, vans and…

Rear seats don’t really matter - it’s what’s behind the rear seats that count. Versatility is the key - I once witnessed my sister and her family, including German shepherd, come to visit in their G35 convertible. If four seats are occupied, where do you put the dog? On the hump in the back was their solution, and I…

The sedan should have died off years ago. Other than a little extra security for your belongings in that locked box in the back a trunk really doesn’t offer much practicality. Back when the trunk was an actual trunk on the back of the vehicle it made a little more sense since that could be removed, but now a trunk has…

Perhaps he should start...

What a glorious sight. I grew up in OC, and even though I now live 1,800 miles away I still think of it as home. It’s nice to see the place I love come to its senses.

This reminds me of the air on a regular basis in the LA basin back in the ‘70s. A typical day involved burning eyes, difficulty breathing and limited visibility.

This must be in the ‘burbs somewhere, right? The home of white flight. I’m just south of downtown and work in midtown and haven’t seen anything like that, thankfully; signs like that would not fly in my neck of the woods, I can assure you.

Well, I wouldn’t say that car sales reps are exactly the most knowledgeable about the products they sell TBH, at least not on the lower end of the spectrum. The BMW salesman I dealt with in the past was quite good and sharp, but no amount of salesmanship could get me to spring for an E60 he was trying to push me into.…

Agreed. The price can be described as ‘bad’ or ‘ass’ but certainly not ‘bad ass’.

Minivan driver by choice here, and, to the best of my knowledge, childless. For me the 6MT in mine is just fine.

Not in the US they didnt. Canada got it on both of their trim levels, and Europe probably got it on all models, albeit with diesels and small petrol motors. Having previously owned various luxury and performance cars (968, E34, W210), I had to give up the toys I was accustomed to in order to get the manual in my 2012…

Thank you.

I respectfully disagree. This one is more fun than any minivan has a right to be.

And I guess you knew I wouldn’t be far behind...