Sorry if someone beat me to this one...

I got Star Wars toys even though I was into Star Wars video games. My point is, fuck Star Trek.

That Cruz RS hatchback peaked my interest for about 1 second. Until, that is, I learned it had half the horsepower of the Ford Focus RS. Jeez Chevrolet, dark is the day that you are copying off Ford and coming up with half the performance.

This article reminds me of a guy in the ‘80's who is used to rotary phones, complaining after using the first cell phone that it has spotty service. “No thanks, I’ll keep my rotary phone thank you very much.”

This is a well researched and well written article. Thank you.

Let me make a short case for why you should join me in the Nissan club and get a 370Z.

LeBlanc is lovable because he doesn’t have a huge ego and he appears relaxed and has heart. He just seems to love motoring and having fun. In this way, he reminds me more of Hammond. Chris Harris, on the other hand is very opinionated and I perceive him having a larger ego and maybe wanting more control over…

I saw this kit in my Advance Auto Parts two days ago and decided not to buy it on two assumptions: 1) Seemed too cheap and 2) Not sure this would hold up for a tire that is occasionally at the track.

So based on your comment, I suppose that the solution is for all the poor victims to flee from their third world nations to first world nations. Problem solved.

I’m biased because I live in one of the few countries of the world with secular government and values of law. But, why don’t the people of these sucky nations just become a Republic and separate their religion from the state? I think they’d find it to be a better solution than fleeing.

Thanks for the article. Nice to hear that I’m not the only one who does stupid things. Too few people admit to them.

The whole “on trade” thing is also often an indication for “under-documented.” Meaning, no VIN number or state registration or the owner is without legal resident status. Or maybe he’s just a typical car guy with too many toys, an addiction to vehicles, and no patience for paperwork. (Based on my experience as a guy…

If you’re the sort of guy who stirs your tea with a spoon then buy a Porsche. If, however you’re the sort of guy who drinks moonshine for breakfast, then you build a kit car. If you are the sort of chap who drinks cold brew, then you might buy an already made kit car from the moonshine fellow.

“Truck-Flipping” is my new favorite non-swear-word

Pretty much the second I take any street car on the track, it becomes my obsession to make it better/faster/lighter/more reliable. This whole summer I was obsessed with making my 370Z better on the track after just two track events. $7k and 200 hours in and I’m just scratching the surface.

I take after the brits on classic BBC Top Gear and call everything in those weird brittish ways like Nissan is “Niss-ehn” and 370Z is “three-seventy-zed.” Jaguar is “jag-yoo-wire” and “MP4-12C” Is “MP4 (dash) 12C.” Honda is “Hon-der.” I also go out of my way to pronounce Porsche and Lancia like a dick European by…

Grabbing up a clean Elise for $25k is a great deal, but this one is hardly clean. Has to be Crack Pipe due to the “unclean” discount being too small for this car’s needs. If you could talk the owner down another $3k-$5k then you have one helluva deal.

And the “heft” of the woman.

The key here is that there’s a butterfly effect on the greater community’s safety. Making vehicles more and more safe for drivers and passengers creates an “arms race” where every vehicle has to increase in mass in order to safely deflect all the other vehicles. I drew a diagram to illustrate my point.

Safety is a matter of perspective. Any of us would be safer if we were struck by an MX-5 than whatever you drive nowadays.