Too bad. My nearest BMW dealer when I lived in Vermont was an hour and a half away, and the second-closest was three hours away. But whatever—I'm still not buying a Chevy; purchasing a car on the basis that the dealership is close by seems like a terrible decision, not least of which is the fact that it's, you know, a…

It will be. That's been confirmed.

Obviously video coverage is allowed. Professional required a pass and credential, but to suggest it's not allowed is kind of silly.

You need a specific pass, but you're absolutely allowed to if you have that (the pass is basically a contract that says that the organizer owns the footage, and is letting the videographer use it in a pre-defined manner—Daytona does the same thing). But there were dozens of people and companies doing videography at…

That's not his point though. A good price to pay for a Miata is $3,000. Not $25,000. It's largely the same car as it's been since 1990, with some minor problems resulting from age. For $25,000, you can have many, many better things. You could also have around a dozen Miatas.

Wow, I'm amazed you made it through that DMV without abandoning the car. And you are precisely right on both counts (that there is a procedure, contained within one massive—and often dusty—book, and that no one has ever had to run through it before). In order to sell a 1985 BMW, I had to provide a notarized bill of…

I imagine it would, but I'm not sure if you can register with an out of state license. Knowing how the VT DMV works, it's entirely possible, but I just can't speak to that. But yeah, that occurred to me as well.

That's handy, especially for sales. VT won't even offer that (I've tried, at the behest of irritating potential buyers).

Correct. A 1999 M3 would also have no title, to provide a more alarming example. There's also no VIN verification on vehicles purchased out of state over 15 years (normally a requirement for out-of-, but not in-state, purchases).

Today I get to be the commenter that asks questions that Doug can't offer an answer to, but perhaps feels obligated to respond in some fashion and provide insight as to where an answer might be found.

Initial Reaction: What the hell is up with the filter on that pre-play image?

I've found that 2005 represents a nice cutoff to adhere to, maybe 2006. It was before BMW started all the turbo stuff, and before Honda/Acura and Subaru lost their way. And it was before massive infotainment screens took center stage. Plus it allows the Subaru Legacy GT wagon, which holds a place in my mind as the…

Oh, that's weird then. Although I guess anything's possible at this stage.

I got hung up on that too, but I think it's saying that the 245-horsepower motor is exclusively for the rear, putting the rear wheel output at 340 and the front at 204, meaning 544 total with a 62.5% rear bias.

That's our fault though—Honda have been making Type-Rs for years, and we never bought a single one! Tut tut, American market.

Guise! Here it is! It'll cost more than you'll make in your life, they'll build two, and you'll never see it because they'll both be bought by some guy in Poland who'll race them on runways a decade from now as soon as Koenigsegg finishes building them.

Also a semi-obvious answer, but one that bears repeating after the article earlier this week. The Range Rover was pretty dramatically changed by the SUV game, in ways that the original development team may never have been able to imagine. We all know what it was, and what it is, but when you look at the transition and…

Uh huh. And what percentage were you on that Integrale before its quick mechanical inspection? *Insert professional alternative to winking emoticon*

I've found Vermont news comforting. It seems much more real than the conglomerated, sponsor-driven bullshit available everywhere else.

Eh, that's not really too big of an issue in the scope of things. I communicate with most of the people who work on my cars through text and Facebook Messenger, and work with a lot of my clients through FB messages as well. And if I ever felt like wasting four times the necessary amount of money to have work done at a…