Unfortunately, I believe that the answer is Miata. Perfectly balanced, refined, and always under-powered. This is a joy ride still living in a sea of bland, but full of boring utility, crossovers (also usually underpowered). This car should always exist. Sadly though, sales numbers in decline means that the days are…

Surprised that there was ever a single phaeton registered in boone county. Yes, the little “06" sticker on the bottom right corner of the plate indicates county of registration (numbers are county name in alphabetical order, eg. Adams is 01, Allen is 02, etc...). Prior to 2008, additional numbers were used for lake…

wake me up when smart car re-enters the USA market with a widened and lowered suspension, a drift mode and 450+hp.  a heavy SUV with 300hp is the most meh thing ever in 2021.  

wouldn’t those landing thrusters have likely blown out the sides of the box truck?  how to account for that?  kidnappers would have had to do alot of mathing to figure out how much extra to reinforce the sides and bottom of the box so that the truck itself does not become disabled.  SMH here... nice try torch!  unlike…

Good ol’ 11ft8 bridge must be totally jealous.

People who STOP at a roundabout entry when there is a YIELD sign and absolutely NO traffic approaching from the left. My town is awash in these congestion alleviating marvels, yet so many drivers still continue to be baffled by their beautiful simplicity and EASE of understanding and usage.

Nice clock there!  too bad it stops telling time after 3pm each day.

I really, really fucking love my ‘06 corolla S with the venerable 1ZZ... however, this might be enough to tip the scales and make me consider switching allegiances to cars bearing a giant H on the front of them. (always loved the h cars anyways... 2000 accord v6, and then the “other” H, a 2011 turbo sonata)... maybe…

I’m just glad that the HVAC controls display temperature in Celsius units by default (according to the photo)... More cars sold stateside should do that.  Fahrenheit, as an UOM for temperature is just dumb.

I remember a friend’s dad saying to me back in the mid 80's “You’ll like my brand spanking new car, it’s the Yugo GEEE-VEEE-EXXX, this is their flagship luxury version!” After getting permission to try out the radio which gave us about 2 minutes of static whilst tuned to a high powered FM station beaming from a tower…

I was born in 1978, at the height of the Malaise era.... in fact Motor Trend awarded their car of the year to (drumroll please)

Totally not really related to the actual thread, but since you brought up Muncie, Mr. Torch, I am obligated to let you know that I bought my ‘14 Cadenza from the Kia dealer in Muncie.  I have nothing bad to say about that town.  In fact, we all owe a great debt of gratitude to that city.  Maybe not for Ball state..…

my first car was a hand-me-down ‘85 celebrity eurosport wagon... with the 2.8 carbureted engine that was a pain to start when cold.  power nothing and the a/c quit working a couple years after dad drove it off the log.  that vehicle was the absolute worst.

I live in the northern part of Indiana and travel to Illinois, Ohio and Michigan enough to at least have a handle on the state of the roads in those four domains. If you want to try scary, just find yourself a county road in dekalb county Indiana... but, bad as those might be, Michigan is the hands down worst of the…

too much bezel on either side of the infotainment screen... this is a damn fine vehicle, but why did they cheap out there?

My first car was my dad’s hand me down - a 1985 Celebrity wagon in the eurosport trim with red accents. It even came with the 2.8L V6, albeit it was the carbureted version. It had power nothing, and the air conditioning hadn’t run since the odometer hit 37000 miles (it came with a 3y/36k mi b2b warranty when he bought…

55hp of sheer 3-cylinder terror in my ‘95 geo metro hatchback.  power nothing and no AC, but it had the correct number of pedals (three) and a fun stick (hand-op e-brake).  assuming you knew how to operate the fun stick and the gear box at the same time with one hand while steering with the other, you could actually…

it’s not a real wrangler without a third pedal. just sayin’. (i’m not an off-roader or jeep owner - just trying to stir the pot... although i did have a suzuki body-on-frame grand vitara with three pedals many moons ago, and did occasionally take that onto a gravel road so i have a tiny speck of cred here... and by…

Was pulled over in Wheaton, IL in ‘96 or ‘97 for having a hanging tree in my car. Can confirm that police will find whatever trivial reason that they want to detain you. Once they ran the plate and my license and inspected my insurance card for way too long (did people really counterfeit ins. cards back in the 90's…

Dear Ford, please, please, PLEASE, do not ever bring back ANY vehicle with a soup of letters and numbers in its name ever again.  -Sincerely, Merkur XR4TI