Low compression, 8 valves and poor flowing head.  Recipe for crap power. 

That Omni is something.  There’s a low mile example here in Indy for sale on CL.

That thing is CLEAN!    I saw an old man driving an early FWD Cutlass Ciera the other day that looked like it just rolled off the showroom floor.   I have no idea why, but I love seeing cars nobody would care about otherwise in such pristine condition.

That’s a no-mobile. 

Yeah...I think they had a zetec version escort that came out right before the Focus was introduced....pretty decent cars.

I remember when I was a kid and $20 could mean the difference between eating and not eating.  We had to have a vehicle for my single mom to get to work every day...sometimes a $30 used tire and time off to have it replaced was a tall order.   Not everyone is a clueless lazy person who neglects their car.  Think about…

Yes! Walmart’s $50 tire disproves his theory by a mile.

This is true.   My EF hatch with already notoriously noisy Federal RSR-R’s sounded like I had 4 really bad wheel bearings. 

Used to side with Sethersm until I hydroplaned in heavy rain and spun the car out in Cincinnati a couple months ago. Luckily we merely smooched the guard rail....considering I was going 50 mph I call that a win. The rear just swung out.....no warning.

Goodyear Roll-o-matic 5000 tires.  

Don’t care. “Industry vet” here as well...been busting tires since 1996.  I buy tires online and have a local place mount them. It’s literally their job. Commerce. I pay money for a service, you perform service....I don’t care if they’re seething with hatred from behind their glass partition or what....install my…

True hybrid because it burns both fuel and rubber.

I just have a lowly 2007 Rabbit with the 2.5 5 cylinder....I got it for $2K. It was bone stock when I got it but it’s got coilovers and Audi RS6 wheels. I’ve got an Integrated Engineering intake manifold, cold air pipe and tune and 3" exhaust from manifold to the bumper. Also have solid engine mounts, the dogbone…

Those tires look baaaald

Paul Walker skirted the line between legal and illegal with his relationships of these girls, depending on the state...but it was still creepy creepy. If he was 45 and they were 20 it’s still creepy....probably more accepted but creepy to me.

Good luck proving intent. “That’s not why we flew to another state.....we were on vacation as friends and it just happened.”

You missed the then fresh new Neon SRT4 in 2003.

I currently own #773 and it’s got some strange issues.....finicky TPS that has to be purchased from the dealership, rusty oil pan, crap serp tensioner and idler. Overall the car loves to rev and is fun to throw around.  I got it for $2500 with a cold air pipe and eibach rear sway bar.   

I loooooove my MK5

In the 2010's, everything is assault!