Point taken, but!

While I idled through high school in a big block ‘70 Charger that I was parentally-prohibited from modifying (and even driving after I slid it sideways into a pole), my buddy had a couple of these.

came to say the same thing

CARB requirements frequently trump (ugh) 49-state regs (if that’s still a thing), so they’re just built to CA standards. I suspect that won’t change a lot.

Yep, wound up with an 744Ti as an impulsive “we drove all this way, better buy something” auction purchase, then an 80GT, then a 97 855T5, 04 V702.5T, and oh dear god a 59 544. With a V8. What have I done.

They love it more than a “wow is this a BMW” “ZING!!! NO IT’S A CHEVY LOLOLOLOL!!!!” joke. Trust me.

Pshaw, my car runs on gas, was purchased pre-dieselgate, has had zero mechanical or electrical issues - EVER - my two years and the original owner’s five combined.

I absolutely get the herd mentality and not wanting to be mean to the people running the show. But honestly, how can they not say, “Um, well, my 10-year-old Golf has better panel gaps than this thing, and seriously, did you get a discount for buying fifteen different types of plastic in bulk?”

You left out dichotomy, otherwise A+.

Just test drove a Manx-style dunebuggy the other day. Thought it’d be fun, like a four-seat Miata. Instead, it was a terrifying episode akin to riding a soapbox derby car at 50mph.

Zero authority, but as a young pup I was always under the impression that sugar and gas would form an unpumpable slurry in the tank with time.

Fiesta ST is pretty affordable. If you’re expecting them to make a sub-20K “cool” car in the days of SUVs and high-margin trucks, I think you’re out of luck.

Fabulous!! Great Jalop right here.

Yep, as a lot boy it was terrific fun doing 6K clutch drops in the AWD ones.

It wasn’t Chrysler the noun, it was Chrysler the pejorative adjective.

25 years ago (wow), I worked at a Chrysler dealer, and the running joke at that time was Mistubishi was the Japanese Chrysler. Glad to see not much has changed.

Am I really the only person alive who doesn’t want to trust someone else to remember my password?

Agree that doriftu is not really the name of the game.... but that sure looks like an outside midcorner pass, which is commonly frowned upon. Unless he got pointed by, I suppose.

awesome

FYI, Tom, in case things have changed in the 25 years (wow!) since I worked at a dealership, “Perma Plate” is a snake oil paint and/or fabric protection.