Save some money and get a new Nissan Z.

My 2019 GTI Rabbit has been pretty reliable over the last 21,000 miles. I just had a sideview mirror glass crack and a mechanical linkage come off on the HVAC knob, but both were repaired under warranty and I was given a set of wheels each time. Neither problem was a showstopper by any stretch. I can’t complain and if…

I’m having a hard time seeing why I would select this over a GTI.

I just imagine the director walking over to the car multiple times before shooting the scene and shouting, “More dirt!” each time he inspects it.

I’d say it is underrated given that it never really is mentioned in any top movie car lists despite being prominently displayed throughout the entire film.

The Alfa from “The Graduate.”

The idea that the previous generation of a model is superior to the current generation is continuously updating. The models that people now prop up as the gold standard of automotive design were once the new models that people chastised as being uninspired and too technologically advanced. It wasn’t until very…

“Catalytic converters hurt performance.”

HP/L is such a stupid and pointless metric.

With all that said, there are hills and twists a-plenty in the DE/PA border area.  You can plan out some awesome routes that have scenery to match.

Just watch out for the Birmingham township clowns who will try to nab you for doing 36 in a 35. They are a local police who do patrol the back roads often.

I drive the backroads more often than the main roads, and there is a distinct drop-off in road quality crossing the border from DE to PA.  With that said, the roads seem to be better all around this year thanks to the reduced traffic from last year.

There is an entire spectrum of modified exhausts. If you’re just mad at those who sacrifice tone for volume, I would agree with you. If you’re mad at anyone who changes anything from the factory setup, then you can rightfully piss off and yell at the clouds elsewhere.

All of the roads in SE PA absolutely blow. They aren’t maintained and PennDOT loves them some goddamn cold patch.

I preferred the BRZ’s design for the 1st Gen, but the 86 won this time around.

Yep. Whenever someone complains, “No one wants to work,” I tell them to finish that sentence: “No one wants to work at the wage you want to pay.”

On the plus side, the Viper engine seems to be a bit more compact than the Hemi in terms of height and width.

“They don’t build them like they used to.”

There is a neighborhood by my work that people would cut through to get off the congested highway and onto some back roads for the trip home, and I was in that group. I always tried to keep to the 25-30 MPH mark, but the neighborhood developers took inspiration from San Francisco, and the hills did add an additional…

Yeah, this will get to areas that other ratchets can only dream of getting to.  Plus, the good designs (there are a number of them out there) are longer than your typical 3/8 ratchet, so you can get more leverage or get a longer reach into the abyss of some engine bays.