Yep. “Don’t kill people or we’ll kill you” is not a legitimate basis for a just legal system. Aside from the morality, it also has a the effect of degrading society in general. Not only do citizens (rightly) distrust a hypocritical state that tells them to ‘do what I say, not what I do’ they also take bigger risks…

This. Regardless of the moral reasons to abolish the death penalty (killing people isn’t ok no matter who does it) and the practical reasons (whoops, guess that guy was innocent after all - too bad we already killed him!) the cost is simply prohibitive. Kendradical gets a massive hardon when they sentence someone to…

Discontinued in the US and the 5mt was not available with the top trim level. That’s the only trim with leather seats (a must for babies) so no rowing my own gears, sadly.

If a nuclear bomb goes off in your area and you are so unfortunate as to survive, take the last few hours of your life to clear up any urgent matters and leave notes for loved ones. Then kill yourself in the most painless and effective way you can think of. A gun in the mouth (not the temple, you idiot) is pretty much…

I loved the power of the v6 and the looks, but yeah those low-profile GT wheels just got beaten to hell by potholes.

Get the damn minivan and fuck what anyone else thinks.

Yeah, they’re great cars but they really don’t baby. When we had our daughter I ended up trading my Mini in for a minivan (and yes, it still hurts when I say that). Still miss my little Mini Convertible, though...

Huh. My wife bought a new 2009 Fit Sport with a manual tranny about a month after I bought my 2005 Mini Cooper convertible. We both really liked that car, especially the versatility of it. It actually had a bit more power than the Mini (albeit far worse handling, of course) and it served us well for plenty of long…

It may not be the exact explanation in this case, but it could very easily be due to the requirements of modern Just In Time (JIT) manufacturing. I used to work for a company that made MSRP II software (basically manufacturing inventory control and planning tools) and I saw firsthand the primary concern of…

A couple with my 2005 Mini Cooper convertible:

Fair enough. The odds of either happening to me are so unlikely as to be proverbially so. That said, I’d imagine a convertible wouldn’t be ideal for either situation.

As I look outside at my Eos parked with one wheel up on a snowbank and the top down, I agree. The only caveat is that you seem insufficiently enthusiastic. Convertibles are not ‘good’ they are AWESOME.

The odds of this question mattering are literally the same as your odds of being struck by lightning.

One of the very few times a drop top doesn’t improve the driving experience. I’d still rather drive it an a hardtop, though.

However, get stuck on a hot summers day with the top down in traffic too fast to close the top, and it’s a downright torture.

As long as there is no rain coming down then a convertible is always more fun to be driving around in!

I’m over the convertible thing.

You’re obviously not the convertible type. You’re much happier in a noise-insulated box that keeps you in perfect comfort and allows you to ignore the rest of the world around you as much as possible. That’s fine.

No. No, they are not.

Indeed. I used to drive a beat up Chevy Sprint with lots of visible dents and rust. If some asshole tried to cut me off or force me over I’d just swerve towards them. In most cases, the panicked overreaction when the realized their paint is worth more than my entire car was hilarious. Had a similar experience when…