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For anyone interested in what nuclear weapons can do, my father was in the Navy on a Polaris missile submarine. On day one, they were shown a map of the continental United States with a big red circle over most of it except for a little bit of Maine and Florida.

Then came the “bounce the rubble” theory. The instructor

When I was 18 back in 1998, I was actually shopping 911s to replace my 944, which was getting on in age. I can’t believe I actually test drove and considered a few cars from the 1980s. If I’d known then what I know now, I’d have bought that $22,000 1985 with 45,000 on the clock, but that was just too far out of reach

No, but I can compare two different things and decide which one I like better. I think most of us are capable of that. I just happen to think this interior looks awful compared to my economy car interior. That’s just, like, my opinion, man.

LOL Fair enough. I’m a Porsche lover myself (my first car was a 1984 944 at 16, so I think I win the Jalop trophy on that one, lol), in my opinion: 993? Damn yes! 996? Um, did Saturn sell you parts? 991? OK, you got this again.

I’d rather be in my 944 than in that. I just hate alcantara, so it does come down to

I don’t get it, either. Why is it so hard to do interiors? Every car I see like this is let down with the same crappy dash, Best Buy touch screen, and cheap seats. The inside of my damn Ford Focus ST is better for $21,500. I don’t understand. The stock interior was better on this one.

Some of the Chinese trains were excellent. I upgraded to a different train in first class on the return to Shanghai, and it was a completely different experience. The train we left on must have been from the 1920s, the one I, and I alone since my friends were cheap, returned on looked fresh out of the factory and had

I always carried the pocket-sized Kleenex, but as a Westerner, it’s easy to forget that as part of your personal every day carry.

“Keys, wallet, watch, phone” was my go-to. After that, “keys, wallet, watch phone, tissues” got nicely programmed into my brain. I carry them now in the US in case I get caught short at a

I thought the “hard seat” tickets we got from Shanghai to Hangzhou was a pretty bad experience. Not as long, but let’s just say that I had the opposite of traveler’s constipation hit me like a muddy river in a flash flood on the train.

The “facilities” consisted of a curtain and a hole in the floor. The curtain

If you go back and watch the first season of Top Gear from 2002, you will wonder how it ever got a second season. Taken in that context, The Grand Tour looks like a masterpiece. They have some kinks to work out, but overall I consider it a very strong start.

Even “new new” Top Gear looks like it’s going to be an

My parents still hold onto their 2003 Pontiac Montana for those reasons. It’s become a bit of a “truck” in that the back seats are never in it and it’s always carrying around my dad’s latest home improvement project or 12th new power tool this week. Everything stays dry back there, too.

Pushing 200,000 miles and

Fellow Central Ohioan here. If your brain doesn’t autocorrect that to “Dick Masher,” you’re new around here.

We had one of these when we lived in Paris in the mid-1980s. It’s the first car I remember us having. In white, just like the picture.

That memory is my mom pulling out of the driveway one day and hitting the massive stone wall with it. Completely destroyed the side panels, but she still got me to preschool on time.

As a lawyer, my first car during law school was a 1955 Chevy Bel Air with a nasty 350, lowered, and wearing custom smoothies and white walls. This projects an odd image I do not recommend outside of your law school buddies you go drinking with while learning how to fend off failing the Bar and being relegated to a

The prices are way out of control. I had a 2001 I bought in 2006 and a 2007 I bought in 2010. They were cheap back then. Each was around $16,000 with ~25,000 miles. It’s ridiculous how the market shifts.

I’d have kept both if I knew then what I know now.

I’ve owned two and sold them for what I paid. It’s probably becoming an investment, but even if not, driving an S2000 for two or three years will cost you nothing but gas and maintenance. Solid choice if you don’t need a larger car.

I love Porsche with a passion. My first car was a 944 and I had a replica 550 Spyder so I could be James Dean.

Every time I see these, all I can think is:

“Who’s a good car?! Am I a good car?!”

“Get the stick, buddy! Get the stick!”

Turn the grille upside down, please, Porsche.

I was 16 with my brand new license all shiny in my pocket. I went out for a drive with friends one afternoon when school was over to smoke some Marlboro Lights we got off my buddy’s older brother and listen to some Nirvana in our flannel shirts.

I’m cruising down a four lane city street with a divided center section

Porsche is one and a half syllables long.

Not “Porsh”

Not “Porsh-ahhhhhh”

“Porsh-uh” That last bit is like a little sigh you might make when you log into Facebook and your status update only got two likes last night and you need to contemplate deleting it. At the same time, you appreciate those two friends and don’t want

Good grief. My first car was a Porsche 944 with a water cooled engine IN THE FRONT! I owned a damn good replica 1955 550 Spyder with... a VW engine in it! It was constructed at the Beck Motorsports factory and would run circles around an original car. All the fun for $21,500 a year used. Better than $800,000 and you

Reminds me of the Pontiac Stinger concept I used to drool over when I was eight years old reading “The Great Book of Supercars.” You could pull panels out of the doors like this and replace them with glass inserts, coolers, storage bins, or leave them out entirely.

HAH! Went for a quick Google search and Patrick