There are upholstered seat cushions and three-point belts—what else would you call it but a rear seat? And call it a 2+2 if you like, but 2+2 does not equal a 2-seater. Just look at the old 280ZXs and 300ZXs, both of which were available as real 2-seaters or long-wheelbase 2+2s.

The Paseo is not a two-seater. If it wasn't obvious enough from the body proportions, you can see the rear seat in the ad.

Barney Kroger's car?

That's a perfectly cromulent word.

Is this even a question? 911 Carrera 4. Winter traction that is as good as (or more likely, better than the GTI) and leagues ahead of the E30 M3. The GTI would not be as fun or memorable as the M3 or 911, and it'll depreciate significantly, which neither of the used Germans will. Unless you absolutely need the…

Truth. And in some cases, the "power windows" consisted of a motor and gear-reduction mechanism that would slide over the splined shaft where the manual window crank normally attached, meaning that the same window regulator could be used regardless of whether the car had manual or power windows. It made sense to…

I remember reading an interview with Eddie Irvine in the late '90s, and I'm not sure why the subject came up, but Irvine admitted that he had, on occasion, dropped a deuce in his suit during a race. He also remarked that drivers piss their suits quite frequently. I'm paraphrasing here, but he said something like,…

Yep, my parents had an '85 or '86 Caravan with the 2.2 and the stick. The shifter location, between the front seats, put the shifter awfully low and far back. But as a newly licensed 16-year-old kid, it was fairly entertaining—if only for the "shock and awe" resulting from the godawful screeching of the crappy…

You're right—I misread your comment. He *is* right about Grands Prix, though.

Although I am a fan of the Oxford comma, I recognize that its usage is not universally accepted. I'm willing to cut Mandel slack on that.

Looks a little like "handbags at dawn" to me.

Detroit doesn't need any more "entrepreneurs" spewing meaningless bullshit marketing terms (is this what they're teaching MBAs these days? If so, God help us all). It doesn't need more consultants or (shudder) "think-then-do tanks." What it does need is a grocery store. Or preferably, a bunch of them. I know it's…

A better question might be *how* would the car accelerate after they jumped out? For the car to accelerate from whatever velocity it was traveling at the time the driver and passenger jumped, there would have to be throttle input. With a purely mechanical throttle, as found in the '98 Protege, where is that input…

Yes, that makes perfect sense. I'm sure that's what happened.

Sorry, but the "source article" contains so much ignorance about the way mechanical devices work that it is difficult to take anything in it seriously. It may not be the reporter's fault (after all, accurately reporting ignorant statements made by others is not a reflection on the reporter's intelligence), but it is…

Yeah, I had to wonder about that too—his comment about the interior, "Who thought wood applique was still a good look in the 90s?" is evidence of serious ignorance. If anything, wood trim—fake or real—became much more prevalent in the interiors of cars built in the '90s and onward, as many European and Asian…

You're comparing it to crap-handling cars and saying that it's not as crap. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.

Methinks you have not driven enough different cars if you think that the Escort has "great handling dynamics," even if you qualify that with "for a cheap front-wheel drive." The Escort is a mediocre car that also happens to be not particularly reliable.

And they weren't great cars to drive, not even close, so you have totally missed the point of the question.

The question asks for great cars that are also unreliable. The Cavalier is *not* a great car.