But it's German! And a V12 made out of two I6s mated by two banks of German computers in German wiring harnesses! What could possibly go wrong?

I get an offer at every gas station too when I'm driving my Lightning. However, mine come from lifted Ram bros that offer to show me how they polish their stacks.

Some things are too good to keep only in America. We've got plenty of these guys in Alberta and Saskatchewan too.

I know exactly what you're saying. And it's not just GT-Rs they want to harass. Driving my Lightning, I've only been followed into parking lots by two people ever that wanted to bend my ear about my truck and segue into a monologue about their car, and they were both driving Gs.

...and a password system designed by a council of evil beings from every major faith in the world.

Door handles that don't line up with each other still bug the crap out of me.

Door handles that don't line up with each other still bug the crap out of me.

Global, huh? You sense they've noticed what Nissan is doing with Infiniti lately.

Oh so true. Not to mention U.S. gallons, Imperial gallons, and litres going hand in hand too.

It works perfectly from where I'm sitting. I'm a pipefitter in the Alberta oilpatch, and this is exactly the sort of stuff that will get welders, boilermakers, ironworkers, scaffolders, electricians, and the rest of the industrial trades to consider buying a Maserati instead of blowing their shutdown/bonus wad at ze…

Oh merciful Ra! It's seeing stuff like this that makes me glad that I went into steamfitting rather than remaining in an autobody career.

Yup. Luxury makers doing highly derivative and overstyled copies of Hyundai's design language, combined with Kia putting out amazing designs make me wonder what sort of mirror universe I woke up in.

That could only be a good thing, but I can't see it making it to the streets this beautiful. This makes the Genesis Coupe look like a bag of smashed assholes in comparison thanks it actually having a decent styling language rather than the Hyundai randoswoops and awkward front end.

To call the Tacoma a mid-size is something I can't do with a straight face, considering that it's pretty much the same size as an F-150 from ten years back.

Tacoma's not much better inside (especially that horrible front door panel that wraps up over the beltline), and the engine choices from Toyota are definitely long in the tooth. A V6 that guzzles gas without a decent payoff? No thanks, since all the resale value is going to end up at the pumps.

This small overlap is my hero. Its Corolla busting powers are magnificent.

Agreed. The Toyota/Lexus front end is definitely in the running for it too. Hell, throw in the Acura beak, and you've got a hat trick for OEM nightmares. If you'd have told me ten years ago that Kia would have an entire lineup of models that managed to look better than what the Japanese big three had... well, I…

Boring Nissan products are easy to differentiate, though. They're the ones with the style that's getting progressively uglier. Between the random extra spikes on lights with Nissans and Infinitis that look like they're melting in a desert, there's something to uglify any parking lot!

I have one of these signal bell defeaters, only mine's made out of a chopped up old seatbelt. It's sitting in my toolbox. I know a few other guys in autobody that have them to keep bells from driving us crazy if we have to do something in a car that involves it being started and the damn thing won't shut up.

Those quotation marks work perfectly for the perception of Infiniti, IMO. I've known a lot of people that consider Infiniti to be a step-up from the base level brand like Buick or Jeep rather than being comparative to Lexus, BMW, or Cadillac.