Early 2000's Mazdas, while often above the competition from a driver’s perspective, were riddled with problems. 

Just wait until the Italian government finds out about these...

Haha, probably time to change it. I’ve become something of an apostate for not believing they are the greatest engines to grace the earth, or that poor reliability isn’t baked into the design and something to always worry about.

Absolutely! Headaches aside, they have remained my favorite cars to drive. Ownership on the other hand does come with some big caveats. They are deeply needy, require obsessive maintenance, and most specialty shops are now few and far between if you get into something you can’t handle on your own. That being said…

It’s cool, but the logical part of my brain says an MR2 Spyder would be the better choice unless you just enjoy looking at the Alfa, or burning money and chasing parts. ND.

I’ll give it a cautious NP. For as little as these cost about 10 years ago, I could see myself driving one and adopting the alias Sudafed P.M.

Oh, I get it. But it still sucks for those of us who don’t purchase vehicles with the intent of squeezing every possible penny out of resale. Living in grayscale is just so boring.

Honestly couldn’t tell you. This was his second C7 and his first Corvette with an automatic transmission because he figured it would be easier for my MIL to co-drive on road trips now that he’s retired. He’s in good health overall but is going through this whole thing of thinking he might die any day now that he’s on…

I’m genuinely intrigued by these, but the tablet as a primary control/information center makes me sad. I even like the yellow but won’t be surprised if it gets dropped in the second or third model year. Volvo needs to embrace fun colors again. Other than Fusion Red, their palette is starting to get real drab and dreary…

My father-in-law has been a die-hard Corvette enthusiast his entire life and has owned at least one of each generation, excluding the C8. Just last week, he up and traded his pristine C7 Grand Sport for a new Toyota RAV4 that he and my MIL don’t even need. My wife and I were both absolutely stunned. So, I guess the…

(Sad sigh) I love the Vision but also resent it for only existing as a corporate design exercise. The IDx was at least being considered for production with a handful of running prototypes built. As far as I know, the Vision was never fitted with an engine or even moved once under its own power. There will always be…

Welp, can’t tweet without fingers. I think we can let this one ride.

That, and a lot of hand-wringing about cutting into sales of the Z without understanding that one needn’t obviate the other. They have no problem crowding the small CUV space with overlapping models that nobody cares about, but 2 distinct RWD sport coupes are apparently a bad business case for bringing excitement back …

I’ve never owned a Nissan and don’t even consider myself partial to the brand, but I was genuinely disappointed when they killed any plans for the IDX going into production.

The 4th gen Prelude and Del Sol have also aged exceptionally well. Honda design really was at the top of the class there for a moment.

Hell yeah man. The ES is my dream car.

Not a Corvette guy, but in my opinion the C3 was and always will be an absolute stunner. 

Chevy HHR. The PT Cruiser had already been around for several years and the nu-retro craze was already dropping off and getting tired by the time the HHR showed up, looking like shit and wearing its best PT Cruiser cosplay.

Ugh, I forgot how much I hated this stuff and just how much of it was in a second gen Mazda3 we used to have. I now remember how easily it would scratch, causing it to show black plastic underneath and look extra ass. I also remember there being a lot of piano black trim in that car, so it was like the worst of both…

Not saying she entered that car with the intention of driving into a pond, but possibly had a “Welp...it is what it is” response after it happened. Having thoughts of self harm that are passive rather than active is very much a thing, and you might be surprised how many people get into a car every day hoping “something…