I've been told that by a car salesman, of all people. Insane.

I've never heard of a governor that was lifted when you turned on hazard lights. I'm not saying it isn't a real feature, but I'm a bit baffled by it.

As in the beginning, when Eve listened to a damned lying snake and fucked humanity out of it's free ride in paradise for good, women always find a way to ruin a good thing.

Concurred. While not everything that was once manual control should remain so (hand crank starter, ignition timing, and A/F ratio on very early cars, for example), there is something about the involvement that you absolutely lose when you ditch the clutch pedal for motors and servos that is irreplaceable.

Body-on-frame isn't essential to a "real" RWD/4WD off-road machine. Remember the Jeep Cherokee? Unibody.

How very original of you!

No overdrive? Well, yeah... how on earth could 90hp move that beast with an overdrive gear. It's got to keep the revs up to keep it in motion!

At least they bothered to build it with an aluminum block, so it's quite a bit lighter than its truck cousin.

Really, my only beef with this car is that it isn't a Ford Transit. America's City should have an American (if only American-branded... but they'll be produced in Kansas City, soon!) vehicle as its signature cab. Like the Vic and Checkers before it.

Fix? No...

And what's a British car that can't reliably produce copious amounts of wiring smoke, I ask you!?

Uh... no? Only if you're shifting before the hot cam profile rears its head. It might be slower to 60 if you soft pedal the launch, yeah, but if you take it up to redline and keep it in the hot zone, it screams.

If you're referring to the DX/HX/LX/EX/*X, I concur. Especially if you're talking a model made after they exchanged the double wishbone front suspension for MacPherson struts.

I concur. Anyone who thinks that Initial D is a story about a car is missing the point. It's a story about a slightly-slow kid with innate driving ability. The car is just a vessel for his ability.

And to think — that was supposed to be the Mustang's replacement.

::golf clap::

The kid definitely didn't have the right of way, right? The camera car was proceeding through the intersection with a green light.

I don't get it, either. As of my vote, it was 299/293, just barely NP.

Don't whiz in my Cheerios, man! 'Twere meant to be a funny, but you kilt it.

Little known fact: In some markets, cars are given different names because the original name has an undesirable or otherwise off-putting name. In South America, the Quantum was called the "Seis", which is interesting because, though branded a VW, it's built on a platform shared with Audi, and can be considered the…