I owned one for 13 years, until just a couple years ago. They are underwhelming stock, especially in US trim, and they define understeer. Then you mod them a bit, and they're loads of fun in any weather. I only sold mine to help make a down on a house, and wish I still had it.

After that, I'll be once again flirting with that seductress, Road Madness, as I head to Austin to pick up our own Patrick George. He's got a record, of course, and is by all accounts a very dangerous man, so being cooped up in a car with him and my home-rigged urine collection system should be fun.

I don't understand why you didn't pick me on this. My plan was much better: I was going to park it in front of a Dairy Queen, assuming we have those in CA, and leave it there for a week while I walked around it arming and disarming the alarm. I had a liveblog prepped and everything.

What do you need a next track button for? All of the Jimmy Eat World songs are good

Hahaha. We need an Obamacare for unreliable used cars.

Doug is like the guy who signs up for Obamacare and promptly doubles everyone's premium by getting diagnosed with ALS, Leukemia, HIV, and Doug DeMuro's Syndrome. That last one is rare.

Absolutely. But I knew going in that wasn't going to happen. Their good offers are really reserved for late model stuff they can turn around and re-sell— not crap like this. I don't blame them.

It's especially extreme how it understeers off at 1:10.