oh fuck off

Summer 2021: new 86 debuts

I can’t believe no one suggested the Mini Clubvan. Good luck finding one, though, as they only sold about 50 units in the US.

There’s one on craigslist in NJ right now for $10k with under 100k miles

Have you driven a vehicle with the ZF 8-speed? There’s nothing ‘tragic’ about it. 

Look at sales data - people buy cars with BMW badges, not Mini badges (regardless of which wheels are driven)

Hyundai 1M badge, coming soon to a poseur’s 128i near you

It's going to be in the follow-up article along with the "They Love Ford GTs And Claim To Be a Woman Living In Colorado" section

Ladies and gentlemen, the 1990s:

I've owned two special editions, a 97M and a 10AE

What was special? This is before Mazda came up with the idea to call special editions of the NA the M-Edition. It's colloquially known as the Black and Tan, which means it has black paint and a tan leather interior. A lot of them had the C package, which included the Nardi shift nob and hand brake along with…

I traded it in for a 2011 WRX. The next owner totaled it.

Preach. I'm just as sick as you are of reading about Raph's ineptitude when it comes to car repair.

He's right though.

Nor can I say that driving as a whole is more boring now than it was in the past. But I can say that driving today is boring as shit

Last I checked you don't shift gears while cruising on the highway regardless of transmission type

Of course you picked a Toyota as the lede pic. So original.

How exactly is the paperclip method preferable to an OBDII code reader?

Stop bloviating, sell your two shitty projects and go buy a Miata. What the hell is stopping you? You work for a major automotive blog. You have nearly endless automotive resources at your disposal. Buy a fucking miata already. It's easy. It's not fucking rocket science or open heart surgery. You find one on…