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Ha! The Germans have goodwill as well, although their approach is much more conservative than that of the Japanese OEMs.

Just so you know, your mom’s trans was replaced under what the industry calls “goodwill.”

The manta I hear is ALWAYS call the police. I completely disagree. There is a time and a place to call the police. For minor accidents, especially when both cars can easily drive away, calling the police can do more harm than good.

I am still amazed we haven’t seen a video or picture of this escort yet, despite living in the age of cell phones.

I’ve always found turn 9 to be the scariest, especially taken at the limit in car setup to not understeer. Mazda Raceway is a world class track though, and still my favorite place to race.

Great article, as usual!

These are hilarious!

Have you spent time with the 2016 MX-5 Miata yet? What do you think of the ND?

The 94 Explorer?? Are you insane????

Genius idea and brilliant article. I suspect that making “new” Integras and E46s would still fairly close in cost to what they cost to build originally, assuming the original tooling and methods were used. That being said, I bet some smart engineers out there could come up with some great ways to cut down those 1999…

So you bumped the McLaren F1 off the list, the single greatest car of all time, for a grey bumps ML. Man.

Yes, this is the what people usually do. 2.5 can easily be done at home.

I’ve seen plenty of Miatas with tow hitches before!

As many seem to have missed, while the new motor is down on HP compared to the NC, it’s up on torque across most of the range. Nearly 10% through a lot of the RPMs. And if you understand how engines put down power, you realize this provides a lot more benefit to acceleration. Losing those few ponies up top doesn’t…

I totally agree. Upgrading my garage lighting made my list of top three upgrades (the other two are a sink and hardlined air compressor).

I’ve often made the same argument about Ms. Universe. There are trillions of planets out there, who are we to say that one particular woman in a given year is the most attractive female in the universe. So cocky!

Speaking of Al stories, Al and his wife once stopped playing tennis to assist one of my best friends in…

I love Al as much as the next guy (I take that back, I love Al more than the next guy), but you know that Al ended up marrying a Ms. Universe, right? I am sure your sister is wonderful, but it’s hard to compete with a Ms. Universe that also happens to be Al’s super-cool soulmate!

Unfortunately, that’s not how it works. The dealer is required to return it to Lexus. Based on typical procedure, Lexus probably shipped the “defective” unit back to Japan to break it down and thoroughly inspect it to locate the source of the problem.

Excellent news. Hopefully this R&D assistance and new money will let Mazda do what Mazda does best!