The Cordia was the sister car built on the same FWD platform. My aunt and uncle bought a Tredia L new in 1984 or 1985, white on gray cloth, with a 5-speed. Twelve-year-old me remembers it being just a good little honest Japanese box, like so many cars of this time were. Exciting? Nope. But nowhere near meh, either.

We currently have three cars that have three pedals each, none of which is a parking brake. So I absolutely hear you.

No disrespect to the man – and I do respect him immensely for several, if not many, reasons – but:

Outstanding. Thanks for the introduction.

That GRiZ track is killer.

I’m not giving you a star because I like your comment. No, you get your star because you are 100% correct.

I will check these out!

Nightmares On Wax in general, and “You Wish” specifically, are on my regular Pandora rotation. So is Gramatik:

I am going to refrain from a long list of expletives before the word “awesome.”

Sixteen years old. I had had my license for a couple of months. On a wintery Connecticut Sunday I was heading back to work. The roads didn’t seem especially bad – some of what the weather presenters call “mixed precipitation” – but apparently they were. The 1985 Audi 5000S I was driving had neither ABS nor airbags.

When I used to run High Performance Driving Events (HPDE, or track schools) with the Golden Gate chapter of the BMWCCA, one of the main rules – always pounded home at the drivers’ meeting first thing in the morning of the first day, and also in the information packet before that – was to remove everything from your…

Ten or so years ago on a trip to Paris and, ultimately, Chartres for a wedding, we rented a BMW 118d three-door (E81) from Sixt*. Six-speed, navigation, AC, and not much else for options. Cruising at speeds approaching triple-digits, it got close to US 50 mpg. It was comfortable, quick, quiet, and very German in…

Ten or so years ago on a trip to Paris and, ultimately, Chartres for a wedding, we rented a BMW 118d three-door (E81) from Sixt*.

Yeah, 10+ years ago there was nothing in the contract about “racetracks” or “toll roads.” There probably is now.

Yeah, 10+ years ago there was nothing in the contract about “racetracks” or “toll roads.” There probably is now.

Is this one of those unwritten rules, like pairing red wine with fish, or Budweiser with filet mignon? Or not wearing white after Labor Day?

The short version:

I was waiting for the sample, or some remix, and then I was like, “Oh, shit. That’s Phil Collins. Dig!”

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