90s era safety, at best, and no possibility of ever finding any parts or someone to service it. I’d say donate it to a museum, but it’s just not interesting enough for that, even considering some of the shitboxes the Henry Ford museum keeps on hand...

It’s not weird when you remember we have to pay for the new plates...

I still have my last one. I has a sad, too. I’m holding onto the one with the blue stripe on top as long as I can, but those are being phased out in favor  of the Pure Michigan ones sometime in the next couple years. I don’t think I’ll be allowed to renew that plate when I finally get my Mini road worthy again...

It’s a Michigan car from the 80s, wearing a plate that hasn’t been road legal since 2006. I think rust may well be the least of the worries on this one. If it was driveable, it’d have a different plate...

That plate says all you need to know about how long since this thing’s been roadworthy. Michigan phased out the blue plates in 2006. CP. This is someone trying to make money on a write-off.

And yet, we can’t get the lower powered versions of a lot of really good bikes in the US. Personally, if I were shopping for a motorcycle, the one that tops my short list is the KTM Duke 195, but the smallest one you can get in the US is the 390...

MINI, WRX, BR-Z, Veloster N, GTI, I’m sure there are others...the list of sporty cars under $40k is pretty long, actually...

Used WRX - has been abused its whole life (they all have). CP at any price. I need to be able to rely on it without replacing the whole drive train. Only used Subarus I’d buy are NA (and at the very first sign of a head gasket going, yes, I’d slap an MLS set in, and never have to worry about it again).

I’m not one of those people who hates on the sound (or lack thereof) of EV racing, but I still think it would be hilarious for one of these riders to do the old “playing cards in the spokes” thing...

He also said reasonably attainable. Not everyone can float an MSRP over $40 grand...

It was also such a pain to get away from in races, if you were in anything at all near the class it raced in...

For me, something like this needs to be useful for ski trips. No AWD/4x4, no NP. Maybe some hippies want it to follow whatever jam band is scratching the deadheads itch, these days...

Yup. It’s the one thing that makes me grateful for the rental spec Civic I daily. It keeps the downtime of working on my MINI from putting an even bigger dent in my paycheck!

Yeah my bad there. I didn’t read in full...

David, you’re in Troy. Run over to Detroit Tuned off Crooks and 15. They are THE PLACE to get a MINI worked on. They can fix it, or at least tell you how to do it without cutting your friends car up.

I want to like this. I suppose for a track toy it is a decent price, but the cage is lacking compared to what modern Sevens have, it’s not an SV size (so you’d better be Richard Hammond size to fit in it), and it’s just made to be too insane for street use. Hard pass from me on the first point, and it only goes…

This is why I’m sad the Caterham 165 isn’t available here. I love the cars, I’d totally drive one on the streets as often as I could, but I think the 80hp turbo 3-cylinder is plenty for my tastes...

Soooo....it’s a Forester XT, but half-assed in every meaningful way. Got it. CP.

But as the article says, the H2 conversion is for powering it when the sun isn’t out, sooooooo.....

hahahaha wow...so many people missed an obvious joke. RIP your notifications! XD