Heads-up: it still says postponed up there. The F1 USGP’s been a fall date ever since COTA opened, so I just doubled-checked the email I got about tickets in late ‘19 to make sure—the 2020 race weekend was supposed to run on Oct. 23-25 anyway.

I always liked the seatbelt mandate solution GM employed on certain cars - which was to mount the belts to the door. That let you slide in under the already latched three-point belts or use them in traditional fashion like you were a responsible grown-up.

CP just for putting this at the end of the ad:

I am right there with you. I was sure this would be a record-setting NP win. This was a god-car twenty years ago. I know that time moves on, but That kind of notoriety and nostalgia usually translates into classic value later on.

This is a phenomenal example of a SHO but the quality of the car =/= the quantity of money that the owner is asking for it. I FUCKING LOVE this car. I can hear Mötley Crüe playing from that interior shot. I doubt most of us will ever see a 30 y/o SHO in this good of shape, but that doesn’t make it worth $7k.

As we recently learned on Jalopnik, putting back the drain plug or putting lugnuts back on are not actually part of the service but are courtesies that the tech is under no obligation to perform.

You could also get a Sky Redline or Solstice GXP with very low miles, more HP and nearly double the torque of the s2k and miata for that price.

Weren’t you just trying to buy a right-hand drive Cressida full of bees?

Off topic, but I LOVED the Next Generation magazine. They dug down into tech specs, and although it was filled to the brim with advertising, the articles were pretty informative, and looked at both tech and design aspects, but also the industry. (See the link to the SGI interview in the article above for an example.)

Remember the outfield ‘wall’ that was basically blue coloured Saran wrap?

The Twins used to play in the Metrodome. They have lost all rights to complain about the quirks or crappiness of another stadium in perpetuity.

Ummm....yes, I do know what cars cost to own. But I think you may have missed a few things:

But think of all the free flatware and mini shampoo bottles you’ll get with “The Jaaaaaaaaaaaaag”.  That’s certainly worth the premium.

The problem with the H3 was the H2. If the H3 had come first we might still have Hummer as a brand. But the H2 was as tacky and cheap looking as vehicle can possibly be - just owning a Hummer became synonymous with expensive bad taste. It was a pointless exercise in pretend machismo, and it destroyed the Hummer brand.

I owned a 2005 Quattroporte for 2 years, so I’m sure I’ve got a lot to say. First of all, this Marcus edition is the cream of the crop. This is in reality the cheapest way to get into an exotic / Ferrari / Maserati ownership. The only achilles heel with this car is the DuoSelect transmission. I bought mine knowing…

“Nothing more expensive than a cheap German car.”
“Hold my beer.”  - Maserati.

Common is not the same as benign.

You know what? I’m gonna go there. I prefer Begins to The Dark Knight.

Those four rings on teh grille are just a reminder of the brass knuckles you felt like you’ve been hit with when you have that first mechanical failure as an owner.

Ugly then, ugly now. The cool kids had GTP’s and their radio control steering wheel buttons