I’m six weeks away from my ten year anniversary in the car business.

Because it sucks.

Translation: It’s for people who love money, not people who love cars.

I owned a 2M6 Fiero for a while. On dry pavement that car was a lithe, responsive kick in the pants.

Or we we all have super rad engine swapped rides dog

Not only does it have a Camry dent, it’s also got a “clean leather moonroof”. What an option!

Which is why I made some quick and dirty 5-minute Photoshops of the 370z with 300zx headlights and taillights, or with 240z headlights. It’s the lights that I think drastically reduce the looks of the 370z.

I have a few:

Great the Nissan version will probably write haiku

At first I was all “What? This is beautiful. Look at that wonderful little Civic. Such a great little car. What a great family.”

Then IT CAME.

Testing cars on tracks is all fine and good, but it doesn’t have to be that one particular track in sausageland. Don’t most manufacturers have their own proving grounds anyway?

I am not convinced it is possible for American drivers to become less attentive than they are now.

Funny, I’m exactly the opposite. I want nothing to do with all that “driver aid” crap. I can drive just fine on my own, and it’s just going to lure me into being a less attentive driver. Basic cruise control is plenty for me.
But if full autonomy was available right now, I’d be near the front of the line.

Why? I assume you probably wear your suit 8 hrs a day, but drive your car 2 hrs a day for an average commute. The cost allocation is not bad.

No! I want points ignition, a carburetor, a manual trans and hand crank windows! Why won’t the industry listen to me and make the car that I want dammit?

You know what? Fuck those commenters.

Obviously, I knew this. It’s a very basic thing that most car people know. But what was most interesting-and what clearly nobody bothered to read-was the answer to why they exist. That’s something I didn’t know (though I did have a suspicion there was an ECE reg out there driving it), so I spoke with two chief…

As I stated previously, if this is your thing, then go for it. I have driven just under 350 miles one way in order to get a new car that I wanted, at a great price. I have driven almost 600 miles one way in order to pick up an older car that I wanted to restore.

First, you have to realize that this is Jalopnik, and as such, I’d say it’s fair to assume that almost half of the posters who come here have never personally performed anything more strenuous than an oil change. Quite likely up to 2/3rds have never performed anything more complicated than an alternator replacement or…

15.6% of you don’t belong here.

Suggetions of an LS swap are punishable by death.