Exactly.

Family member used to have one of these.

I’m an old fart who remembers when you could buy a new 914. I liked ‘em. Not especially fast, but fun, and they didn’t cost out the wahzoo.

I bought my first automatic-equipped car last October, after owning only manuals since getting my driver’s license in 1974. If by purchasing an automatic I helped kill manuals, so be it.

+1 for “Mazdaey.”

COTD.

Because getting pulled out by a boat is much cooler.

Dual exhausts = V6?

“In normal day to day driving, who actually needs a lot of handling?...”

So true.

Remember that what appears to be “flat” highway below the ramp is actually sloped steeply downward, as evidenced by the yellow warning sign and all the brake lights. The ramp is probably not as steep upward as it might appear. Perspective, and all.

Even better.

It’s win/win.

Yeah, guess you have a point there. :)

“But it’s worth it, because status!”

You’re right. We have.

It’s a Summer’s Eve car. For a douchebag.

In the mid-seventies, I worked for a company whose stable of pickups included four minis: Two Chevy LUVs (rebadged Isuzus), a Toyota Hi-Lux, and a Courier. They were all good trucks, but my favorite of them was the Courier.

Yes. A small car that revels in being small.

Oh, yes, yes, yes!