It most definitely was

And this was the picture to lead a manual transmission story with?

I got my first one, 2006 Quicksilver Metallic manual with 18s, in 2007, one of the last new ones in the country, when GM was offering 0/60. Lost that one in an accident when the car in front of me got brake checked on the highway.

Friend of mine recently got a purple one.. it is, as FB would say.. so choice.

Good choice.

Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.. but the CL is really blarggh compared to the TL

2010 Honda Fit Sport in Milano Red.

I raise you the 2003 TL/CL Type S. Plenty of power with nice steering feel. And you can get the CL with a 6 speed manual!

Acura TSX all day long.

Not to be crude. But driving a Geo Metro is like going bareback on the chick with purple hair and #12 gauges, you just met on the subway.

GM should have kept developing and refining the Atlas series of engines, but instead, they just killed the whole line when they stopped making the Trailblazer/Envoy/Ascender and the 1st-gen Colorado/Canyon/290/370. My 2008 Colorado has the 3.7L 5-cylinder in it, and it’s been a fantastic engine for the decade that…

We need a baby Corvette...

What’s really crazy is these looks absolutely proportional. I would have guessed these were 19's or 20's.

Yeah. But lowering the suspension to raise the car has it’s limits. As you said. To a point. I’ve always been a fan of the smallest possible lift, with the biggest tire you could fit. But that almost always means some cutting.

Forgive for being something of a sick fuck, but did anyone else chuckle when he ht the brake pedal in mid-air?

Anyone else catch him pumping the (air)brakes right before impacting the bridge?

Counterpoint: I don’t think any of this stuff was meant to be sexual, nor is that even the most obvious interpretation. Most of this seems like it could just as easily be interpreted as them having a completely platonic fondness for each other, like many of us have for a pet, or even a car. Even the bit where she…

Oh man, you all have dirty minds! I got to see an early screening of this and found these moments sweet. If this article had been written before then it would’ve really ruined it for me!

It’s definitely better than the Michael Bay iterations of Transformers, that’s for damn sure.