I have a 7 minute commute. This Mini SE would do and be fun. However, if I were choosing a Mini for my 7 minute commute it is going to have a 1098CC A series engine and twin SU carburetors.

There is a nice summer time weekly Monday evening car show on the Bayfront where I live. It’s mostly old muscle cars. There is always a group of people watching by the exit for burn outs. The one time there was an incident, a built Fox body Mustang, ran head first into an SN95 Mustang sitting in the turn lane to enter…

Can they make it the most interesting EV on the market by offering it with a three pedal manual?  There are a few electric conversion outfits that do this and apparently it really amplifies the driving experience into something unique and wonderful.  They could really grab people's attention and my money if they…

I had the most extreme experience of buying a low end car at a high end dealer, and I will admit they treated me every bit as well as any of their high end customers. I purchased a very well done highly modified R56 Mini from a Rolls Royce, Bently, Austin Martin,... name your exotic dealer. I was very pleased with how…

You just spoke my exact desires for a car. I’m 28 years old and at this point, things with screens bore me. Real tactile controls. Buttons, knobs, levers, they are all wonderful at connecting you with your car.

I still think this is the best car design of the last decade.  I'm still heartbroken that it wasn't built. 

As much as I adore the 4 speed in my Sprite, it is a quite antiquated gearbox.  When was the last time a 4 speed was even offered in a consumer automobile in the US?  I'd wager the early 90s as I think Jeep still offered it on their 4 cylinders.

I owned an e39 M5 with the equally wonderful S62 at the same time my boss owned an e92 M3 with the S65. Both sounded glorious. The S65s power was much higher in the rev band, which was good fun to seek out.  My boss had his muffler straight piped, it sounded of pure old American V8 at low rpm, then transitioned to raw…

I think I saw one once in the wild. I understand the local BMW dealer sold one, I’m not sure they ever sold the second one they got in. The local market is more into 320i xdrives and X5s.

I still daily my first car. There’s a lot of things to like about it 13 years on but a lot of it is sentimental value of my grandparents who gave it to me. Many people wonder why I keep my plane Jane base model 99 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight in tip top shape.

I’m still driving my 1999 Oldsmobile 88. I’ve only had it for 14 years, but it’s been in the family since new. I have no plans on ever getting rid of it. I thank my grandparents for giving me such a wonderful, simple, comfortable, basic car.

British car parts are surprisingly easy to come by and also surprising inexpensive. Moss Motors is a great resource, and there are other sources just like them.

I was traveling just outside of Millan Italy for work. Came across this.

Actually I drive my grandfather’s Oldsmobile. A 1999 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight. It’s a very good normal car.

I have an e36 M3 and my best friend has a frs.  The M3 is significantly faster in a straight line, period.  The FRS is more nimble and feels way tighter.  The FRS is fun, but the engine does not feel engaging to wind out like a the chassis deserves.

I really just want a two door Gladiator with a stick.  I will probably just buy another Comanche when I decide to get a truck.

Yep, the new Chevy is one ugly truckling. If I had to choose between the three, it would be the ram on style.  Though if I had to buy from any new truck it would be a Frontier or Gladiator with a stick.

It does help that the challenger is one of the best looking cars on the market today and definitely in its segment. The front end in them is brilliant and the rest of the car is nice and clean yet aggressive in an understated way.

To put it into perspective, the Mini dealer I frequented had 20 loaner Minis!  My favorite was the one manual one  they had in the fleet.

Cramped is not the way I’d describe a F56 MINI. The interior felt huge in the one I test drove. I have orangutan arms yet had to lean forward to reach the rear view mirror. That was one of the main reasons I seeked out an R56 Mini. That and the R56 was much more raw and engaging to drive. Fake engine noises in the F56…