Re-read the thread again. If you do, you'll note that the point of the conversation is actually somewhat different than what you're focusing on.

As others who didn't actually read the prior comments before commenting themselves have done, you are missing the point of the discussion. It's not about whether or not this car in particular needs power steering.

Re-read the post and the other replies. The point isn't whether or not the car needs it. The point is that the mere concept of manual steering isn't necessarily an automatic good thing.

Not quite.

True. But I'm not arguing whether or not it needs power steering; I'm simply asserting that the fact that it doesn't have power steering isn't necessarily something to celebrate off hand. Celebrate it if it works well, but don't celebrate it simply because it's manual.

That's not necessarily a good thing. I know that these days one of the Jalopnik enthusiast taglines is "more manual, less weight" and that sort of thing. But, like many other taglines, I feel that too many people simply parrot it around without actually thinking about it.

I've always found the conversion of ocean liners into troop ships to be nothing short of amazing, particularly Cunard's two queens, the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth. These ships were built as massive, incredibly luxurious ways to cross the ocean at high speed for two thousand or so passengers at a time. In mere…

I have quite enjoyed your articles, and this is yet another interesting discussion.

I read through the entire comments sections waiting for some to make a response of this sort. Thank you for restoring my faith.

It's going to come down to the Fox vs the Impreza, and that's going to be a hell of a good match. My money says the Fox walks away with it and an agonizingly brutal and nail-biting fight.

Put them in the ceiling of the car. Let's be real here, there's only one thing that ever happens back there, anyways.

I'm thinking it was the lace-trimmed sheer flyaway babydoll you put on.

And here's the other - the Lyonheart E-Type

Here's the Corvette - the Rossi 66

I dunno, I'd rock one of those. If I had the money, I'd actually have a special place in my garage for a few really well-done attempts at this sort of thing. There was one based on a C6 Corvette that attempted to re-imagine the 63 splitback and one other that attempted to re-create an E-Type.

The Typhoons were known by the Russians as the Akula-class - the term Typhoon was little more than a NATO appellation randomly applied to them. The attack submarines to which you refer, though given the NATO codename "Akula," are actually known as the Shchuka-class submarines in Russia.

Why ish he giving me the dimenshions of the playmate of the month via Morshe Code?

Shuddenly, I forgot my Charlemagne.

Well, the Fox-body Mustang made it after all. I admit to having been on the verge of cosmic disappointment, but my faith has been restored. And now we're getting into some very tough battles here.