They have a blue coupe on display at the Tsutaya bookstore complex in Tokyo. I was really surprised at how small the car was overall when first seeing it, as I’d only seen them in pictures before that, and assumed they were much larger. It couldn’t have been much bigger than a modern Mini Cooper with a bit of a…

El Bulli is gone, man. I call bullshit.

$1,646 + a small budget of $250 for the Porsche branded key fob, polo shirt, embroidered cap, and Porsche flag for the garage? Still NP.

Mercedes has basically done exactly this with the G-wagen; they took the previous gen W461 exterior and mixed it a bit with the diesel W463 and created the ‘G300 Pur Edition’ (which was commonly mistaken to be ‘mil spec’ ).... and the end effect was awesome. Hose-out interior, manual tranny, plaid cloth seats, a…

And just like that, a convoy of late model high-performance cars appears in front of Kelly’s house. Out steps a motley crew who could be best described as a junior varsity Fast and Furious cast, aka the KC Jalopnik chapter, looking to redeem their one free blowjob offer. In the calamity of the proceedings, the…

Can anyone explain the C-pillar vent and purpose of such? Since it wasn’t on the E or S-class I never understood its being. If it were functional and venting the rain gutters or something, wouldn’t all of these rusted from the roof down over a decade ago?

fuck, man.

You’re right, except the part about woks - woks are carbon steel, fairly thin compared to cast iron, and the usual busy Chinese restaurant (I’m talking Hong Kong all day stir frying duty) will warp and replace their woks like every 2 weeks. I think some of them may try to hammer the shape back out and keep trucking…

15-20 miles in Japan gets you some serious distance.

Your 2000 is a beauty. Get that one back. I also lived in Tokyo for a number of years. Saw some of the most unexpected car sights while living there, but never saw a 117 while actually in Japan. Multiple white E63T’s being driven by petite women waiting in line for the car park at Meidi-ya in Hiroo on a given day?…

The 117 is tighter and better looking, IMO. If anything, the Fiat 124SC is closer to the 117 yet the early 117 is better looking than that, too. Look at the trunk lid curvatures on a 117 and then check out the 117 interior fittings and it’s clear they were aiming to be much better, rather than trying to simply be…

you should find a 3/4 rear view on a 117, especially the trunk lid. Thing of beauty.

These are not the people who order their food extra spicy. They also probably forget they’ve changed from a Prius to a Hyundai within months of purchase. It’s a real type of person.

Can’t choose just one, but would love to have an Alpina B7 in Malachite Green Metallic

Hate to be that guy, but you gotta give up the M3, that US-spec M5, the W463, your late model Testarossa, and the Rangie - all of those are definitely late-80's (I think the G and the Range are 90's)

I live in South Korea. While the normal road manners are enragingly awful, with a prevalent me-first attitude and a lot of terrible cars with even more terrible people piloting them (think every European car except fitted with a 2.0L diesel engine, no manual option on any car ever, 911's as some brand new fad, with…

I thought this thing was supposed to be more like $150k and sold out long ago. If it really were $90k it would make me even sadder. In the US you get the M2 for $53k’ish and the standard M4 for $65k’ish. Where I live the M2 is $75k USD, regular M4 is currently at $115k USD (without comp pack)

Can’t be bothered to fill the blinker fluid tank as it’s too hard to reach; it’s below the twin turbos

Had both (E39 and E92) in my stable at the same time and I just found myself hardly ever driving the 5, so I (regrettably) sold it. The E9X is not just slightly faster, it’s significantly faster and so precise feeling. That got a little addictive, to the point where I stepped back and realized maybe they were all…

This one is honestly cleaner than most of these looked 20 years ago when they were only a decade old, so somebody has taken pretty good care of it. The GSR/SE wheels look shitty. But really, why would anyone want a carbed Honda?? CP