That’s it, the momentum has officially shifted; Cars & Coffee will no longer be plagued by Mustang drivers. From here forth, the new overlord of C&C demolition will be the (2017) Subaru BRZ (with manual transmission).

That ticket will get thrown out. An old boss of mine once got a ticket (moving violation) in his Benz. He went to court and the cop misread/misremembered his shorthand note “Make: MERC” and told the judge my boss was driving a Mercury. My boss simply said, “Your Honor. I don’t own a Mercury. I own a Mercedes.” Judge…

It’s also good for removing ink from alcantara seats.

I haven’t washed my TDI since dieselgate. At first, it was just due to time and laziness, but then I figured I could justify my laziness by making a “statement” about how “clean” these diesels are.

The capitalist in me says the market will establish the standard. My guess would be that the upcoming Tesla Model 3 will push enough early adopters in the direction of the Tesla plug/supercharger network, and eventually, other brands will fall in line with that design.

I assume they are only going to be featured in on-location segments where they compare a group of cars, do a cross-country type “race” or adventure, or will do smaller segments a la Fifth Gear. This group will not be a part of the studio segment at all.

It’s a shame this design will never be taken to production, due to it being tethered to a rotary power plant.

That’s a nice gesture, but pretty rare in my experience. If the bill isn’t split, the person paying almost always covers the tip, as well.

Seriously. With a bad kisser, there’s hope you can train them and whip them into shape (I’ve had mixed results with this).

John Davis ∞> Tiff Needell

Yeah, the Mk6 Golf R is one of the other two cars on my shortlist. But I’ve owned a Mk5 R32 and 4 Audis already, so the Golf R would have to really impress me to warrant getting a 6th VAG car in a row. Also, for close to the same money, I could get a Z4 28i with identical performance specs. Now that I live in San…

It used to drive me crazy when customers would try fiddling with stereo controls mid test drive. Yes, there is something to be said for knowing if the controls are intuitive while at speed, but that was never their logic and your maiden voyage in a hi-tech car is not the best time to learn how to find the setup menu.…

Pssshhh. That’s not even a bad example. You bought a car that drives well for market value (at the time). It’s not like you bought a Veloster Turbo Rally with your eyes not your brain.

I’m with you on not wanting to be in that scene. I actually have the FiST on my short list of dieselgate replacements and while the ST is the bro-iest of the cars I’m considering, I really don’t put it in the same flat-brimmed-hat Mountain Dew league as the WRX or Civic Si. Especially if it looks stock- then it’s just…

Matt Farrah did a One Take of a SEMA show car Veloster Turbo. It was much louder and way too stiff, but still definitely not fast and had a terrible lack of steering feel.

Maybe Evans just wanted the audience to feel included:

Haha. Shocking Gawker headline: Guy who lives in town of 5200 people doesn’t understand municipalities for one of the largest US cities.

Hahaha. “He just failed to maintain freeway” is exactly how Mustang bros would downplay the situation on a Mustang board.

Traction control is defaulted on, of course, like every other car.

The execution was NOT “meh.” It was a complete fucking failure. Haha.