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Sam Payne
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Is it sad that I've never thought of Porsche as a "sports car company?" I've always considered them a luxury car company that also happened to built sports cars - but damn good ones at that.

No, haven't seen it yet. I thought the second one was okay, it was pretty much just like the first, so I didn't really mind that because the first was so awesome.

Heart-click. Have you seen Part III yet?

What was that about "steelies being ugly?"

The answer is always Miata.

I never thought I'd see a day where these words rang true:

Those tires are about as skinny as - if not skinner than - the ones on my Miata. You would smoke those in every gear.

I don't think that you could ever argue that one badge is necessarily the "best" - surely this isn't the best - but it's nice and I like it.

Yeah, it's more likely that the "engine is misaligned with the timing belt" - not the other way around. You're buying a 25-year old Italian car, so everyone should know what they're getting into.

First off, it's a California car - which is worth one hell of a lot when you live in Illinois. If you're ready for the Alfa Romeo ownership experience, I can't think of a better bargain for a nice example of a fun daily driver.

"Car count is up to 1,200 right out of the box."

In order for NTSB to do anything about it, aren't they going to have to promise a bunch of federal funds to improve roads for those states that change their laws? If so, this could end-up being great for infrastructure.

I wasn't really sure. Just looked it up now, and it seems as though the red badge was used from 1995-1997.

I never noticed there was an elephant on the logo. What's the significance of that? I can't think of a stranger animal to put on a Lancia.

Nice, I wonder if there's a name for this font.

Don't hate. Personally, it's how it all comes together with the red-on-black combination. It's actually very subtle.

Nice. Nice and clean. Do you have a JDM Eunos or just the badge?

The red "Miata Mazda MX-5" badges on the rear of black NA (1990-1997) Miatas.

Lamborghini's design department hard at work.

I was at the dealer today picking-up some parts for my Miata. I was taking a look at a Mazda 2 out in the lot (thinking daily-driver at some point in the near future). The saleswoman came-out and started to talk to me about the car. I told her "really, all things considered, it's like a modern-day interpretation of