No. 1 is kind of silly. Either the 911 has always been a grand tourer, or the distinction between GT cars and sports cars is so narrow as to be meaningless. I personally lean towards the “meaningless distinction” side of this debate.

Another question after looking at the configurator again. There is an option to have the (interior) air vents painted. This option costs $1,720. There is another option to have the slats on the interior air vents painted. This option also costs $1,720. So, if I want my air vents to be painted, I have to spend…

One of the things that is weird to me about the GTS is that it comes with an alcantara interior as standard, and then has limited options for other trim. I was looking at it the other day, because I got bored and decided to spec some cars out for fun. I don’t really care to have alcantara seats, though. So, I guess…

There is a not insignificant chance that things which occur on twitter are not really important. Consequently, there is a chance that things which happen on twitter shouldn’t really be examined too much. I would go so far as to say that whether twitter exists or not doesn’t really matter to your day very much. I…

I mean, if you run into someone in space, it would just make sense to orient your ship to be relative to theirs, especially if you have weapons and defensive systems that are pointed in a particular direction. IIRC, the photon torpedo tubes on the original Enterprise were above the deflector dish on the ‘neck’…

Um, car manufacturers care? For the record, minivans sold about 550,000 units in 2016. Compact crossovers—the segment including the CX-5—sold about 1.87 million units. Midsize crossovers sold something like 2.7 million units. So, minivans 0.55 million, crossovers 4.5 million. Sure seems like people are finding…

You’re not married, are you? Wife wanted AWD and room to transport kid stuff. I wanted the best car I could get, and would have preferred a sedan. We compromised—she got the crossover and I convinced her to go with the Mazda rather than something beige. If you go looking at car reviews, the CX-5 is still among the…

Totally agree. Crossovers are just taller wagons with AWD, but that’s what people want.

No one is going to buy a Ford Transit Connect. It’s one of those vehicles that jalops look at and say, “that makes sense!” and then no one buys it. Honestly, it’s sounds like a bad car: http://www.caranddriver.com/ford/transit-connect

This is true. The Minivan is for hipsters.

And those families are buying big crossovers.

1) Lots of short people like tall vehicles. Not saying it’s right, but it’s true.

Do some math, then. There are six minivans currently available on the US market. There are approximately 13 midsize crossovers. Why not total up all the sales for minivans and midsize crossovers and let us all know which sells more?

Sales data here: http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/mazda-cx-5-sales-figures.html 

My wife had a kid last year. In anticipation of that, we bought a . . . Mazda CX-5. That doesn’t make me a “cool dad” in any particular way since I’m pretty sure that the sales of the CX-5 significantly outpace the sales of the Pacifica. The mini-van’s moment has passed. No one wants these cars anymore, no matter…

“Why is he so lucky that the guardrail did its job?”

I’ve seen this car before. I swear it was on NPoCP. Have you posted this car already?

I would buy this one: http://www.holtmotorsports.com/inventory/1996-Porsche-Carrera-C2-Coupe/322526 It looks like a basic C2 from 1996 with only 17,000 miles. That’s pretty rad. Honestly, I don’t need a Turbo with 450 hp or whatever. This would be good enough. That dealer has several other vehicles that would be…

“Experienced lawyers don’t say shit like that to a judge unless they can back it up.”

Let’s not get to mad about this. Wheeler Dealers was a pretty crappy show, even with Edd China. How many times did he spray paint some shit to cover up problems with their cars? His repairs weren’t exactly high quality a lot of the time. The thing that always annoyed me about the show, though, was at the end, they…