The winner of this round of “What Car Should I Buy?”

I really wanted to make the point that nowadays all cars are porkers in general but yes, it’s not unreasonable when actually compared to cars in its segment, given that it’s also one of the biggest of that class.

... that weighs just shy of 5000 pounds. If power to weight ratio is the thing for a practical machine, the Teslas aren’t winning just yet.

The Accord doesn’t need the drivetrain and components or 305mm wide tires that can handle 700 ft-lbs of torque. It doesn’t need a massive engine.

I haven’t used this picture much since I shopped it when it was first a thing

“That money would probably be spent more smartly on an E-Class AMG that’s already done 50,000 miles or so, but we’ll keep that to ourselves since we need people buying new cars so we can pick them up used later, right?”

I’ve owned two first gen GTs (a 90 and a 91) and to this day still drive my second gen 1995 GT, bought new in July 1995 with now 148k miles on the clock. A 5 speed with almost no factory options. It’s a fun car to drive, not fast, but it’s peppy and its V6 sounds great.

I taught a buddy of mine how to play blackjack when we were in the 6th grade because he wanted to get a girl naked in strip blackjack. On an Apple ][e green screen in 1986.

I’ve owned only manuals since 1995 and my driving routes include Los Angeles traffic and Orange County. Yea there’s no substitute. Some people think it’s odd, but not once in my life have I said or thought “gee, I wish I was driving an automatic right now in all this traffic.”

We are now moving into an era where it’s possible that a car guy may not have seen the first Fast and Furious movie to understand the whole joke about overnighting parts from Japan.

This sort of education should be mandatory for every two bit car modder who puts the wrong bulbs in the wrong housings or drives a “wrong side” car. I’m rather forgiving of wrong side cars simply because of the effort usually involved to bring them in and I applaud their motivation.

I’ve had my own spin on the issue of money. People who take advanced degrees in financial matters are just improving their ability to screw others over for a percentage.

Many years ago I had an incident pulling PC power cables out of a barrel. One particular cable was a bit stuck, the black plastic end. I gave it a small unassuming tug and it popped free...

VAG’s next big cheat will be to have their all electric fleet actually be powered by internal combustion engines.

I had a conference call recently with a coworker working from home. The background distraction was louder than his voice (TV, kids, wife). And he didn’t do a thing about it.

The Dodge Caliber held my spot for worst rental car ever for about 10 years before I drove a Volkswagon Jetta rental last year.  

Was my first immediate thought. It’s practically the same 2.3 Ecoboost as in the Mustang anyway. It should be a no-brainer for a cheap boost in power.

It feels as though roughly 1 in 12 are getting the random ax, if the sentiment is that it’s happening seemingly haphazardly.

Best way to sneeze. Into the inside of your own damn shirt. About the only scenario where this isn’t viable is in a collared shirt with a tie and no jacket, but for me this is very rare. My work polos are fair game.

As a hardcore omnivore of things I can appreciate it when one thing can cleverly pretend to be something else. I applaud it. I’m totally down with my veggies tasting like veggies or if occasionally the veggies taste like meat because I enjoy variety. And hey, it’s not a bad thing to sub out your constant animal…