What’s the time? It’s time to get IL. 

Very wise.

I mean, for a stock Fiero V6 manual with this many miles, 12.5 would be NP, all day long. How hard is it to put back? 

To say many of the plot points and characterizations are problematic is an understatement; the “Female” thing is gross, the fact that they fridge two female characters is also bad, and the racial characterizations on offer are not exactly enlightened.

Oh, agreed. And I think an even harder argument for this car is “wouldn’t you really rather have a Cayman GT4?” Because other than ridiculously small rear seats, the Cayman would seem to check all the boxes this car does, while leaving unchecked the “maintenance nightmare” box.

Counterpoint: 6 speed manual.

I don’t understand why Neil Kinnock wrote this op-ed in the first place. 

Plus that thing looks like you could use it to fry a turkey around thanksgiving time. 

Counterpoint: no. These cars are not underrated. I drove one when they were new and it compared unfavorably in every way to the smaller-engined E46 that was available at the same time (the 323/325), let alone the 328/330.

Yeah, if Vegas really wanted to improve transit it would connect the monorail to the Wynn and/or Venetian. As it stands, to get from either of those megaplexes to the convention center is a giant PITA—and the traffic and busses they use for CES are miserable.

Don’t forget headroom. This is a Truck Wars entry. It currently makes enough power to be head of class. When Chevy or Ram leapfrogs it, the 7.3 has plenty of room to get a series of power boosts to put it back on top. 

“Volkswagen.”

I don’t know that there’s a cooler scene in any movie. 

Jesus, Mini has turned into such a disappointment. Not just this, though this is certainly consistent with their direction.

In 2007, I bought an R56 that was huge fun to drive. In 2011, I followed that up with an R60 (OG Countryman) that was...not that much fun to drive. In fact, it was one of my least favorite cars…

The license plate said fresh and it had dice on the wheels.

Xtreme? It’s got no attitude, it’s barely outrageous—I don’t know what it’s in, but it’s not my face.

Yeah, my former VW would helpfully remind me “Please do not forget your cell phone” every time I got out of the car. Seems like an easy enough message to give for the kid, too.

Exactly. I’m many years removed from having kids this small, but I wasn’t when that WaPo article came out, and it was heartbreaking not because I couldn’t imagine it happening to me, but because I absolutely could see just how it might.

I stand corrected! 

TRIPPLE R industries FTW.

EDIT: Was “SignArt” responsible for the livery? Because really it looks like vinyl stick on letters from Ace Hardware.*

*This was before Home Depot.