I was in a bit of a rush, the sort of rush fueled by raw nerves and the ominousness of the day to come (as well as being late). It was a day to be spent in court, the sort of day where no matter what happens, you lose. Anyway, I was in no mood for the typical bullshit antics of other drivers in traffic that morning.

I like the middle-road, which is the modern manual transmission car. It’s fun, still engaging to drive, and it doesn’t involve a full-body workout to push down a clutch set in concrete whilst pulling a baseball bat through a bucket of broken glass and turning a wheel heavier that that on a submarine’s hatch.

So you bought a German Toyota? OHHHHH!

Sneak attack one month later, in the stylings of our incoming President...

I absolutely agree with your sentiment, though I would state that a modern manual transmission car, with a fully-synchronised transmission and hydraulic clutch, is nowhere near as taxing to drive as some old-school leadsled with straight-cut gears and a cable clutch or mechanical linkage for the clutch.

At least in that last photo, she’s got some taste (Abarth 500!)

So what you’re saying is that you drive a Toyota Camry? Because it’s not even up for debate - the Camry has the highest American content, period, of any car sold in the US.

V12s are excellent. The nicest car I’ve ever driven was an Aston with that 6.0 V12 and the engine make an absolutely spine-tingling sound. The immediacy of the thing is like no other. The takeaway from the experience was wanting my own despite the obvious financial peril that lurks beneath the bonnet.

Old post, but just wanted to dispell some of the below. These cars can return pretty low fuel economy when you hammer on them mercilessly because of their short gearing and the fact that they’re pushing about 18psi of boost and they run rich to stay safe while doing that. That all said, at typical highway speeds of…

Ha, not sure if you picked this image on purpose, but Trump’s gold H2 limo should absolutely wear Russian plates as well. Moscow plates, no less.

Lost me at Scorpions being 6WD. They’re actually pullers.

I covet my neighbor’s lime green Bertone X1/9, and want one for myself. Even if that means being turned into a wheel chock for a brodozer.

A great example of this is the Euro Fiat 500 as compared with the North American 500. The car was never originally intended to be sold here, and was modified quite a bit to make the cut. Our Fiat gains about 300lbs on it’s trip across the pond, and part of that weight gain is a big strengthening cross member near the…

So it is possible, then! I got a quote about two years ago for a DB7 when idiot me found one for $18k with a 6MT, and the insurance company said they only wanted $81/mo to insure the thing after I gave them the VIN and explained what the car was. I chocked it up to them being incorrect/me being female, but maybe the…

Different strokes for different folks. I think the FiST is a dynamically-superior car, but I wanted something kinda obnoxious for my daily that I wouldn’t see coming and going. I might have ponied up for a Mini S (also dynamically superior to the Abarth) but, well, “daily driver.” And Minis just never seem to work. :)

This this this.. This! There’s a lot of bitching about “they won’t sell manuals anymore” on Jalopnik and it makes me upset because the commenters also refuse to buy a car new because of all of the reasons why buying a new car sucks. And yeah, I personally would like to save money and by a CPO car myself. However, if…

There are more than just those two. The Mini S and Abarth are both about FUN! first and basically everything else second. And the take rate for both in manual shift flavor is very high (something like 60% for the Mini, and higher for the Fiat since it was stick-only for 4 years).

And spoiler ahead: Bubba pulls your strings using his hot stick and your butt.

So much this. I used to get bitchy and wave the finger at people, flip the high beams, lay on the horn, etc. The best reaction is none, though, especially when you’re a scrawny-ass girl. I was on the receiving end of a fucking blackberry once for flipping off a maniacal tailgaiter, and I left the dent in the car as a…

This is no different than how many of us would react anyway. I have a dashcam. If a pedestrian runs into the street and swerving would put me into a head-on crash with an 18 wheeler or off a cliff, I’ll go full brakes and not feel bad if I hit the pedestrian. It was their accident to avoid and I’ll use the footage to…