It was a joke. Lighten up.

Yup, I know. Want to see what it’s like to drive a mini-minivan with gobs of power. :D

We’re currently seeking to acquire a Mazda5. I’m also searching junkyards for wrecked Mazdaspeed3's .

Welp... the Daihatsu had to be flogged like a recalcitrant mule to *almost* keep up with L.A. traffic (was traveling on business), got horrible mileage as a result, and when I stopped to put gas in it, was visibly smoking from the oil leaks running down from the valve cover. The smell was uh... powerful. Turned it in…

I dunno... I rented a Daihatsu Charade because it was the cheapest thing I could get, and it convinced me never to buy one.

In the U.K. perhaps. However, there are 300 million of us, and 60 million of you, and we codified it first.

You sir, may fuck right the hell off.

Jayzus... will it ever end?!

Wait... they took it out?! I *love* the way my wife’s ‘08 Fit Sport handles. Throw that thing onto a decreasing-radius freeway onramp, mash the gas flat and watch as your rear passengers get hilariously mashed into each other/one side of the car. Fun times!

Sell your soul... for that?

So... what about tiny thermally-efficient engines that *never* get up to operating temps while simply sitting and idling? My wife’s Fit simply won’t. It doesn’t get that cold here (15F is about the coldest, and briefly), and when it’s cold outside, i’ve sat in it idling for 25 minutes and the “Cold” indicator (no temp…

You mean interest rate-wise?

It’s so bizarre to me that this is a “Whoo Hooo!” moment. My first savings account in 1980 was yielding 6%.

Even if this made any sense, which it obviously doesn’t., $52K?!

Excellent article. I’d read about that years ago, but the refresher was nice.

I looked at one of these in 1990. Looked at the paltry horsepower/torque figures, looked at the exorbitant price tag, and bought a Mustang LX 5.0L Notchback instead.

Because top fuel cars:

Funny, I used to do just that with my ‘89 Taurus SHO. I always thought it was a hoot to lift off the throttle, then jam it back down again and feel the front end pull me through the corner... I was a terror on the traffic circles in my neighborhood in SF.

CD’s are easy to break or scratch?! Obviously you’ve never lived with vinyl. Or 8-Track, which would simply bind itself up under normal use, or cassettes that would be regularly eaten by the tape deck.

That’s totally nuts. Hell, the recommended interval for my wife’s Fit is 7,000 miles with full synthetic, and even that makes me cringe.