From that angle, it looks like Honda built a mini Panamera.

Would a cowl induction hood work?

I prefer manuals, but when I have to drive an auto, I want the shifter between the seats. I absolutely loathe column shifters. I work at an auto auction, so I drive a very wide a variety of cars, and I’ve never met a column shifter I liked.

To me it looks like a previous gen Subaru STI hatch at certain angles. Either way, it looks better than the regular Panamera.

I’d buy the base Carrera in Sapphire Blue with no other options. If you read the list of standard equipment, you’ll realize it comes with everything you need. I’d even skip the Sports exhaust, and go to Sharkwerks for an aftermarket exhaust.

The want is strong.

Hey Doug, as a now proud owner of a Skyline and someone who hates fake badging on cars, how does this make you feel? Some asshole put a Skyline badge on an Infiniti G35. I saw this a few days ago, and I was legitimately pissed.

That line really made me laugh.

Porsches are brilliant, but I think I’d go for this instead.

You’d know all about my new Skyline GT-R if you followed me on Twitter, because I’ve been posting photos of it there like a first-time mother with Facebook access.

I just checked Fiat’s website, and on all but the highest trim level, a manual is available. Although, the top trim is only available with that horrible transmission you had.

When I was in high school, I went to my local tire center to get one of the rear tires on my truck fixed. On my way home, the same tire that was "fixed" shredded while driving down the road. As you can imagine, I was pissed.

That doesn't sound like a bad deal. When you said "extremely limited", I wasn't expecting anything near that high.

You shut your mouth! You shut your mouth right now!

I drove one of these at an auction a few days ago, and I was surprised at how good it drove. The visibility out of the front is very good.

My 05 Civic claims 32/37 mpg for the manual, but that was before they revised the testing methods a few years later. Even so, almost all of my driving is highway and interstate, and I still average around 37 mpg on Bridgestone Potenza all-season tires. When my tires were getting really worn, I was averaging around 38…

"Tonight: James drives slowly over a bridge; I point at a fence; And Richard learns how to work a thermometer."

I wasn't familiar with Best Motoring, so I didn't get the joke, but I didn't find it entertaining at all. Of course, I've never care for Minis anyway, so that didn't help.

The only options I added are the extended fuel tank and the PCM with navigation. This would be a realistic configuration, if I were able to buy one. The bucket seats are cool, but for nearly $5K, I skipped them.

The thing about the GTS is that when i spec'd one out on the build and price tool, it was more expensive than the GT3 I'd spec'd. It's still pretty awesome though.