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Oppo and Jalopnik have enough engineers that you could build a Smart Train to move. Fire them all up and just attach your Uhaul trailer to the back...

The 6mt is quite a good transmission as well. It’s not the “broom stick in a bucket of river rocks,” gearbox that so many truck manuals are.

Why are the seats so damned stiff? It’s like sitting on a park bench. Or a pew in one of those “life is suffering and we are here to remind you of it,” churches.

Elio Carletti - impressionist painter - said it best:

White-over-red helps quite a bit.

Seriously. It’s a large, expensive tool but a tool nonetheless.

Mazda’s new design language is beautiful. It’s also one of the few that does the past right. They are incorporating design elements that made classic Mazdas stand out into their new cars. Like the RX3 grille they’ve been using since 2013...

You were saying something about all modern cars looking the same?

Here’s my “good-guy-Dale-Jr.” story. In 2001 or so, off-season, before his dad’s crash, I was at Coyote Joe’s on a night when he and his crew rolled in.

Back when my wife and I first married, we shared her ‘05 light blue New Beetle Convertible.

An acquaintance of mine in college bought one new in 1997. Took it to CA and has occasionally looked for it since. It definitely fit his personality - he was an oddball who ended up on the post-production side of the film industry. He and his wife occasionally pop up on forums looking for one. I occasionally look for…

My wife and I are totally naming our next female pet, “Princess Pow!”

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Meepster has a speaker that buzzes in the cold. Cheapster has a ton of little issues.

White guy here. Can I just say that Carlson seems to look as though he’s constantly bewildered by the literally everything?

I think we all know the answer to this question:

The 6M is a no-go for me. With the added power this is like a fast cruiser, not a sports car. The manual doesn’t fit with the character of the car.

If you’re handy with 12-volt stuff you can usually heat both front seats for under $100. The shop where I work charges between 3-500 for a front row installed. There’s not much to the heaters - just a carbon fiber element, a switch, some wires and a fuse.

Kristen Lee: you are correct. The new “Still Night Pearl,” on the 18 Accord Sport is one of the most beautiful colors to come on a mainstream car in ages.