The two shallow depressions in the glove box lid go back for decades in many American cars, from before cupholders. The idea was more that the car is stationary and you are having a little in-car picnic at the local drive in and need somewhere to place your drinks.

Stage 0 tune nets 320hp 400tq for $600...

There’s just something about them that I’m drawn to. They’ve got a unique design for an American car of the era and I’ve never really seen very many on the road. Granted most of them were likely driven into oblivion.

He’s right. The last time I saw one was at a used car lot, like 4 years ago. They sure are/were cool!

Please, on God's green earth tell me that is a real revolver.

A corvair rampside truck is possibly the deepest desire of my wee ginger heart. I also want a corvair droptop car. I’ve got a soft spot for them.

Ridiculously quick turbocharged luxury sedan.. That’s my wifes 07 Stage 0...

This one. The CX looked more contemporary twenty years on than it did in the 1970s.

I don’t think this suggestion is as good as the EV1, or some of the others here, but having owned a Subaru SVX when they first came out, they were way ahead of the curve with styling and features, all in an expensive, luxury sport coupe. It was weird, but it was awesome.

How long ago did the dealer do that? There were several iterations of “upgraded” tensioners, because each successive one didn’t solve the problem. I’m not entirely sure they had a 100% sure fix before they switched to the N18...

A friend of mine is a Euro car mechanic and basically refuses to work of Porsches. Not because of the cars, its the owners he can’t stand.

You should have someone check her timing chain tensioner, if it’s consuming oil. That was a huge issue in the R56 with the N14 engine (they switched to the N18 for 2011, which eliminated the issue).

A rad poster like this one.

Well, this was from a body shop perspective. I seem to remember him saying that there were 30 0r 40 parts to just the driver’s door handle.

My sister bought a fifth-gen, new... I hated that car. I then went and bought a sixth-gen years later to which she expressed why I bought one if I hated it so much. Well, while the sixth-gen was not a car to really brag about, it was leaps and bounds better than the fifth. Heated suede seats, a sunroof and the…

...lawyers say they can go after almost anyone even remotely involved.

Same with E36/E39 BMWs (well, probably more but only have experience with these) and it’s amazing.

This is exactly why I don’t change the oil on my mini. The local dealer will do it for $65, which after cost of parts is about $15 more than what I could do it for. There is just no win with changing that oil. On the other hand, I’ll do the F150 oil myself all day since I dont even have to put it on a lift.

There’s been a lot of trouble with the quality of aftermarket filter elements in the MINIs. For an extra couple bucks, I’m fine with the peace of mind.

Most shops are puzzled by MINIs - and if you’re not careful, they can totally destroy a hose to the overflow coolant tank on the 2nd gen models if they do know where to find the oil filter.