How much bourbon was involved in the whole process of creating flowing river of menacing engineering prowess?

I'm in the same boat. Saw that they had a sale and splurged, even though I already have Outlook. Then I heard the news about development ending following the acquisition.

I don't get it. That's not a 4 way intersection, that's 2 T intersections next to each other. There's no way of seeing cars coming from the second intersection without moving out of the first, and vice versa for the other direction. By the logic of the stop sign, there should then be a stop sign at each intersection…

In the respect that they can't afford to expand, I agree. To that point, I think I'm just sad to see that not only did people work hard on a misguided project to do the best they could with it, but the also never saw their work come into fruition along with getting sacked. That's like hiring 10 baristas for a fully…

Lotus engineering is frequently outsourced. Just think of all the "tuned by Lotus" or "handling by Lotus" cars out there and you'll see they can definitely be a source of revenue.

While the business plan has finally taken the kick to the balls it needs, the firing of engineers merely doing the biddings of corporate crazy-folk is unacceptable in my book.

It's "nurple" and is not available from Pantone.

I'd be happier with a diesel AND a RWD platform, but I guess we can't have it all...

Now all it needs is a return to the Speed version and we're in business.

The only use I have garnered is for connecting a cinema display. While I have used the USB ports on the display to connect mice and keyboards, they have also been negated with my purchase of the bluetooth kb/trackpad set. I've been waiting for Thunderbolt to hit the portable storage scene, but alas. With the…

BYD/Geely. Then maybe we can get some knockoffs sold cheap around the world.

Screw that. I want a 123d x-Drive. 2 liter diesel with 225hp and enough torque to teach you German in a week in a rear-biased chassis that weighs about as much as previous 3 series. Frugal and fast that doesn't get stuck in this snow-bound hell I live in while being fun enough sounds like a winning combination no…

I like the Countryman in the way I like the Skoda Yeti, which makes me think that BMW didn't want to sully the "good" name of the 1 series to offer a lifted x-drive version of the hatch, and used what it already had in the portfolio to compete in the "premium small crossover" (?) market (??). It's consumerist culture…

I'm getting there! I'm still in the doing stupid shit stage. I drive a '00 Twingo Alize (vinyl roof, let the sun shine in!) because I need to stop buying cars that make me want to buy faster, more powerful, better handling cars. In the meantime I'm teaching my fiancee how to drive better (we both drive stick and enjoy…

I agree with Neal's "a car is a car" approach in that for simply mundane transportational needs the Prius excels in that it offers unique attributes beyond a the requirements of most transportational needs. As such, it could be considered a gadget. You can drive it, and it will drive perfectly well, while also…

1st: The innate problem with that idea is that we don't make anything remotely similar to the CRF250R here in Turkey. The few locally made bikes are either mopeds, scooters, or those atrocious 100cc mopeds made to look like supersports but fail miserably.

"Take turns"...

That doesn't sound right to me, since geometrically you're just adding more sheetmetal aft of the rear axle, as opposed to stubbing it off where the rear window ends. Most hatches also have much more vertical rear glass, which allows that glass to be shorter while still providing the same viewing angles as a sedan, if…

After owning my first hatch (205 GTi), I seriously wondered why sedans exist at all. It's not like they have a practical advantage because despite having more cubic feet of luggage space, less of it is easily utilized. Add to that the awkwardness in parking, rear visibility and the simplest of all: lack of a rear…

She was a portuguese water dog. That was a fairly large doo. I think she was getting back at us for living in a landlocked city.