Totally agree. Kia bought the right to build the Festiva as the Pride, and my family had one in the mid-nineties. It was so much fun to drive!

It never ceases to amaze what a paint color will do for the looks of car! Suddenly, in THAT blue, the lines work for me. Still not a fan of the chunk of metal in mouth look of the front, but the car as a whole looks GREAT. Which is the first time I think I can say that about this generation of Focus. Well done Ford!

Yeah, but most people would just assume you're a loon and you'd hit them.

TBH I doubt Doug has the spare cash to run over a Mini. Even those that are basically in POS condition change hands for stupid money these days. That 25 is probably worth 5 figures at least.

Nope! I used mine when the fuse on the indicators burned out on mine. Say a prayer , slap the hazard buttons, and hope my turn didn't result in FIREY DEATH.

Awww man, you're basically driving my first car. After much searching, because I decided I HAD to have a Mini (in spite of a lack of knowledge about the idiosyncrasies of owning a car that had been designed nearly 40 years before my birth), I bought an orange '84 City. With no bumpers, no mirrors and riding on 10"…

A trunk lid with glass in it is considered the fifth door in almost every other country in the world.

Pretty much what I said to my wife when we watched the pilot. Drive it till it runs out of fuel, then find the next one.

I just moved to Michigan last fall as well and what I've taken most from driving here is that you have to treat every other driver like they don't know what their doing, ESPECIALLY in the winter. But yeah, take your time and keep your eyes peeled.

Why do American buyers insist on adding the leaping cat to modern Jaguars? It looks ridiculous, like adding mock-Tudor paneling to a mid-century modern house!

Oh I see, the process of importing your Skyline drove you insane! Where are you gonna park that thing? I'm guessing not your garage!

A buddy of mine had one, the three door and it had NO legroom in the rear. He and another friend were both over 6-feet, so I was always stuck in the back and TBH it was always irksome to me to climb up into a car and then squeeeeeeze into the back. Not fun.

This'll be by no means the worst story, but its worth the share.

That makes total sense, but why has the US almost never got fast wagons (CTSV notwithstanding)? I'm looking at you, Audi.

Yeah, that was my opinion too. The new car is cool and all, but if he's just doing the same stuff with it as before, what's the point? Plus, the series just feels too sanitised now. The controlled environment just feels too safe (and I say this from the point of view that Block is a HUGELY talented driver), there…

I have to be honest, I've never liked the looks of the Karma. Scratch that, I just don't like the moustache grille. It upsets an otherwise very cool design.

They need to resurrect COTD just for this comment. Utterly, utterly brilliant.

'yota MR2's probably. That's what most Ferrari replicas are based on over here.

Pretty sure that's a Lambo dude.

I know that. What I'm saying is that GM aren't going to repackage the interior for a column shifter for a single market. The North American market is the only one that gives a damn about them and GM are going to move a hell of a lot more of them elsewhere.