I may be in the minority here, but I've never been impressed in the slightest with Tacomas. My friend got a brand-new V6 Pre-Runner in high school, and while it drove nicely for having such a high ride height and its suspension settings, it was otherwise utterly unimpressive. The worst of it, to me, was that it's gas…

I would totally reply to this right now, but I'm away from my computer all weekend and have nothing but my phone.

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I've never really understood the hate for the California. Not all Ferraris are, or have been, super-focused sports cars. In fact, proportionately, most haven't been. They've been fast, high-powered GT cars. Kind of like the California. Say what you will about it, but the Belvedere of Ferrari's lineup is capable of…

Dude, Amen.

I haven't always been a huge fan of Zagato designs, but - with the exception of the original V8 Vantage Zagato - they've always done right by Aston Martin and made some beautiful stuff.

The DB4 Zagato was a lovely thing; curvaceous, yet petite.

Uh-oh. Both you and Travis have gone over to the dark side. Let me guess: they lied and told you they had cookies, didn't they?

Read the sentence immediately after - the development of that transmission can be easily amortized. As a matter of fact, it already has. Internally, Ford knows it as the 6R80. It's got what it takes to handle the power. It's already used in the majority of their vehicles. Certification costs are always high, but R&D…

SVT actually uses a transmission capable of handling that power already - on the Raptor. That's not a huge additional investment, save for certification costs. They also use it in the Expedition, Navigator, and other F-150s. The Ford 6R80 transmission is capable of handling the power and torque.

And changing gears with your arm is a vital piece of self-expression.

Automatic or no, you're kind of missing the point here. SVT has never offered an automatic transmission in its car products (trucks, yes. Cars, never). They clearly — and the GT350's lack of one is prima facie evidence of this — simply don't want to.

It's not a matter of whether or not it has had any problems selling them. It's a matter of how many more they could sell with an optional transmission. GM proved that lesson loud and clear with the ZL1.

At no point in time did I assert, implicitly or otherwise, that an automated manual is an automatic. And guess what? Even an automated manual doesn't require use of a clutch. And yet, they seem to be quite popular with the people that actually do race cars professionally. I wonder why. Clearly, it doesn't seem to be a…

That's nice. Ford offering an automatic or DCT as an option doesn't change any of that. It simply means they sell more and make more money off of the car.

...Except your reasoning does not, and has not, applied for years. Just take a look at Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, etc. They all offer either very, very good alternatives to manuals, or they simply don't offer manuals at all any more. In Porsche's case, the latest iteration of their most focused, hard-core car…

That V8 is linked directly to a six speed manual transmission, and there is no mention of a dual clutch or an automatic or a CVT or anything else anywhere. This pleases us.

I don't even mind them as a collection. But all that yellow in that black-and-white checkered garage is nauseating.

You know, there's nothing actually wrong with the Stingray or the Chevelle in and of themselves. I'm not a huge fan of excessive chrome, but those wheels are far from the worst I've ever seen.

It's actually not. What is hard for people to do, however, is understand that an opinion can be presented for the sake of sparking a discussion as opposed to bashing the opinions of others. Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.