So...no soccer, football, basketball? Shenanigans.

That was actually not a bad free kick - especially with no set up. Run up, over the wall, good curve into the upper corner. All he needed was a little more power behind it. I say bravo to him.

Like most things in Russia, I'm sure these work flawlessly...in theory.

This one time, I had to fly through O'Hare. Every week. For years. I have a great standing reservation on one of the benches in the United terminal, near the Stanley's bar.

I suppose that's fair. I'm spoiled living downtown, so I usually end up biking everywhere, anyways. Only use the Metro to and from work, where it does fine.

If you're taking the metro home after a night out on the town instead of a cab, you're doing it wrong.

If we're going for American cities here, I'd have to say my hometown of DC. Yes, there are times when the Metro doesn't run on time and you have to wait around for upwards of 10 minutes for a train. And yes, sometimes the buses don't run quite on time. The truth is, though, for America, it's pretty fantastic.

I'd say the F22 is actually a model of procurement and development compared to the disaster that the F35 has been (as sad as that sounds). The F35 is reaching V22 Osprey levels of incompetence in development/requirements/delivery.

Beautiful. Stunning. Enthralling. Well done, Drew.

I see where the conundrum lies, true. I suppose that dividing cars between "manual" and "automatic" might not be a defining characteristic anymore. There may need to be different categories - manual/computer controlled manual (this is the term Ferrari uses)/tiptronic or selectable automatic/automatic. Or, just…

You're right, I misspoke. I still stand by my point that having a "drive" mode has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a car is a manual or an automatic. It has to do with whether or not it has a clutch (not a clutch pedal, a clutch) or multiples thereof.

If you ask someone with a two-pedal tiptronic whatever if they have a manual or an automatic, be prepared to cringe when they say "both!" Do you have a clutch? If you don't, you're car is equipped with an automatic gearbox. Get over it, and stop lying to yourself and your loved ones.

Not to seem contrarian, but that's not correct. An automatic is a car that has a torque converter (to imitate gear ratios) instead of traditional gears. A manual has actual gears and a clutch (or two). It doesn't really have anything to do with if it has a "Drive" mode or not.

To echo #8, I have a story of my own.

I had an 08 GTI and the thing caused me more trouble than it was worth. However...wouldn't have picked a different car. Despite all the electrical issues, it was an amazing car to drive. Fun, fast, economical, practical. So what if every now and then the engine light came on? Or if the sunroof opened on its own?…

Mustang SuckHarder

I also imagine a lot of the 0-60 times that are around now will be shattered in the coming years, as full-torque-at-launch electric engines become more common.

Let's be honest, though...are we really going to use sub 3-second 0-60 times? Or 5-60 times, for that matter? I've driven a GTI and an older model M3, and I…

I really want to be able to exit a car like that. If I learned how to do that, it would probably be the only way I'd get out.

I think what people that haven't shot handguns don't realize is that it is extremely difficult to be accurate at anything over 10 meters. You really have to train. Especially while walking backwards, shooting with one hand. Good luck hitting the broad side of a barn shooting like that.

Definitely a 350Z...maybe a 370Z as well, I assume? There was just no room! There were no back seats, so that's shot. The center console always got in the way, so no laying across the front, and the sports seats were just no good for it. No room for two people, and we were both pretty small.