$100 fine plus whatever pound-you-in-the-ass fee the tow company is going to charge.

The Focus ST with the optional Recaro seats. I took one out for a test drive when they were new and I made it to the stop sign at the end of the street before turning back around. The seat bolsters were way too aggressive.

Price absolutely was an issue, and is the exact reason why the LT1 trim came out. When the 6th Gen debuted, the 1SS started at something like $4000 more than the 5th Gen 1SS. The LT1 trim was GM’s attempt to bridge the price gap between the V6 and SS.

We’re in full agreement with the rest of your post. Everything about…

I mean, GM actually did lean heavily on the input of 5th Gen fanbois, which is why things like the visibility complaints were never addressed, because they never came up.

The 6th Gen is what happens when you use fanbois as your focus groups: You give them all of their asks which prices the car out of their reach, completely miss the criticisms that the rest of the world had of the previous generation, and then stand dumbfounded when no one is buying your car.

With $70k Civics, I guess we can expect $100k Integras.

This one because I witnessed it happen in person and it was on the front page of Streetfire for a hot minute.

The 944 is superior.

And here I sit: unscathed with all of my valuables intact.

I will not.  The 944 looks so much better.

The 968. They took the 944 and gave it some awkward 90's makeover.

I always found it curious that GM continued putting the 4.3 V6 in their full-size trucks instead of the Atlas 4.2 as the 6 cylinder option.

It is a travesty that Ford never brought the Falcon over to the US.

I don’t have a problem with synthetic fuels, either.  Even if the early versions aren’t fully carbon neutral but are still better than standard gasoline, it will be a win as long as development continues towards a cleaner version.  Setting aside the need for a gradual transition away from ICE due to infrastructural…

My wife enjoys her 2016 Cherokee, and she selected it over the CX-5 because it was a much better value with the peppier V6, heated steering wheel, $26k price tag, and 0% for 72 months promotion. Chrysler/Daimler/FCA/Stellantis even did a goodwill warranty replacement on a leaking rear axle seal back in December.

It is a result of the dealers never stocking cars with manuals. Trying to find a manual Tacoma or Frontier (when they were available) was like trying to find hen’s teeth. When the G70 was offered with a manual, the closest one near me in my search was about 4 hours away. I’m not dedicating 8 hours of travel just to…

I bought my GTI new in 2019. I got a survey shortly after asking about why I purchased the car and I listed the fact it was a manual as the top option. The survey also asked what other cars I looked at and why, and having a manual option was always the reason why.

And it still outpaced wage growth, so here we are with $43k Mustang GTs.

The all-new 2015 Mustang GT started at $33k and the Ecoboost started at $26k.
I guess Ford is enjoying being the only muscle car in town again.

That top picture is most certainly wrong because you are going to fill the funnel’s sump and spill before the oil even begins to flow into the engine.