"Stingray" has some panache, but as car names go, "Corvette" is still one of the coolest out there. Better than any combination of numbers. The car itself remains an excellent bang-for-the-buck choice..

Me too. I love my Miata, but I haven't named her because I don't want to have an obsessive relationship with her. That being said - she loves me, too. And my wife is never jealous of the two of us.

Corvettes have used a transaxle since the C5 generation. Making it fit may be difficult, but I'll bet someone, somewhere has given that a shot.

Paying at MSRP, let alone over it, is stupid all on its own. Unless you're the type of person who just hates to haggle with the dealership or your time is so valuable that you can't spare an extra half hour to negotiate a lower price. In that case, any dealer will be happy to take your money and see you off.

I'm the original owner of a 22 year old Mazda Miata. I remember Mazda dealers doing the exact same thing. The Miata came out in 1989 as a 90 model and they were rare that first year. There were stories about guys walking into dealerships with sacks of cash offering 25% over for the demo model and being turned away.…

I'll be here when you come up with a counter argument. Bear in mind that Wacker drive allows people to:

• Sheltered parking/garage access

Hey, if I don't say something, then the notion that Chicagoans feel inferior goes unchallenged. Think of it as a superiority complex. It's my way of offering New York braggarts an extended middle finger. It's the civic version of sibling rivalry. I love New York. I just love it from afar.

Civic pride, my friend. Civic pride.

Actually, it's because our politicians early in the last century were windbags. Come to think of it, they were big windbags in the mid-last century. Also late last century. http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnist…

Point taken. Outside of the city, there's not much to speak of in terms of tourist attractions or national parks, but Chicago is on the northeastern border. It's 70 miles from Michigan shores, 45 miles from Six Flags Great America, 90 miles from Milwaukee. If you have a car, those are all easy day trips. If you're…

I'll take my facts over your semantics. Even if the pejorative meaning of "Second City" were correct, the comments in your link beg to differ.

I'll give you that, but weather isn't something that can be helped. Sure, we've had a few brutal winters, but most of them are bearable. It's easier when you can park your car in a shelter. New York gets hurricanes and gale force winds. Chicago rarely sees a tornado. What we get when conditions are right is a…

Why is the onus on me? I've made three distinctive points regarding infrastructure. You've initiated with "Chicago has a huge inferiority complex" and countered with same. If you're going to bullshit on the internet, put some effort into it. My nephew is better at this than you and he's six.

You live in Chicago? What part? Naperville? I live in Streeterville. I have friends in the Gold Coast, River North, West Loop, Ravenswood, Wicker Park, Ravenswood, Lincoln Park and Wrigleyville. I have family in Evanston and the North Suburbs. I don't know a soul who would trade their life in Chicago for one in…

As a Chicagoan, I feel it necessary to point out that we are not the "Second City" because we're second to New York. It's because our city was literally built twice because it burned to the ground. The city was resurrected with a plan from Daniel Burnham to turn our town into "Paris on the Prairie". We had a double…

I loathe this commercial so much that I'd rather sell my car, pile the money on my living room table and take a picture of myself behind the pile giving the camera the finger. I'll donate the money to another charity and send the photo of me and the big pile of cash to Kars4Kids. I put way too much thought into…

If you had a chance to overhaul an aging Mazda Miata, what would it look like? If you're not into plastic bumpers, what would you do with, say, a Lotus Elan?

People don't make a fuss over a few hundred. They often do when it's over several thousand.

How can they possibly enforce this law equitably? How do they know the parking brake is engaged? Some automatics have pedals that return to position after they're set. Others are down on the floor where they're not visible. Still others are electronic. This is raising funds on bullshit. Shame on Fort Worth for…