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Sam Payne
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It's a flying car AND it's a time machine. Boo-yah.

The most interesting man in the world is not actually a national of any country.

My dream would be to take a 1929 Pierce-Arrow (above) with a heavy patina, leave it how it looks, then put-in a 29-liter, 9-cylinder rotary engine (R-1820-97) from the B-17 Flying Fortress (below). That's good for 1,200 horsepower.

Oh, reallllyyy? You might be interested in what I just bought:

The Ferrari 458 is not a supercar. It's a sports car. I dislike the largely meaningless term "supercar." There are cars which are intended to be appliances, and there are cars that are intended to be enjoyed. That is all.

GM B-body, for sure.

Epsilon II platform with 2.4L ECOTEC. I know this platform has been modified for AWD applications, so I can imagine it should be even cheaper/easier to make it RWD (I'm no engineer, but that's my best guess). Use the six-speed manual from the Regal Turbo. LSD should be standard as well.

I knew a guy whose brother worked on the Noble M600. I wish I would have asked him more about it when I had the chance. Bummer...

I'm not sure that the comparison with an S2000 is all that fair, since it was considerable up-market from the BRZ. Having said that, I love the S2000. Neither the RX-8 or the S2000 are still in production, which means you're left with a decision between a used RX-8 (which is cheap but scary as hell) or an S2000 (try

You're telling me that someone has been manufacturing a V8-powered, rear-wheel drive, body-on frame van that I did not know about!?!? How did this one slip pass me?!

There are plenty of nice cars which are not expensive. I'd hardly call an Infiniti a "nice car" IMHO. All it means to me is that you bought a more expensive Nissan (which is a real, non-made-up brand).

If I lived in the country, I would just nab it and let it sit in my lawn. I would get up every morning at 5:00 a.m., pour a cup of coffee, and sit in front of the thing and look at it for at least 15 minutes.

You have got to be kidding me! Most of the E30s I see around here are 318 4-cylinders, so nothing worth writing home about anyways (unless you're a certain Ginger who needs cheap, $500 BMWs to be awesome with...)

Lol, I'll have to remember that line! I thought you only needed to double-clutch when you were downshifting, hmm. There's some old Discovery/original Land Rover sitting in a lot around town here, and it's been sitting there for well over two years with lots of work it needs, but I like the patina - it's like a

I actually didn't start with a manual, I wish I could have, but we didn't have a car with a manual transmission when I was 16. I picked-up a five-speed Miata NA so that I would have to learn how to do it!

They don't come standard on new BMWs though, I'm almost certain. The E30s came with them, but after that, I just don't know.

Um...

I can imagine it's probably a lot easier to tow something with an automatic as well. Plus, when you're in a truck, you're probably trying to handle some business-related stuff, so you want your hands free for that too so you can at least think a little more clearly about what you're doing. My dad had an old Mazda