This is why polyamory is a thing.

Not worth the weight.

Yup. Mazda 3. It has something for everyone.

... And then there’s the Panamera, which is objectively ugly. No amount of camo can fix that.

3rd: This is the same crap a lot of older tech companies are trying to do. Acting like a startup doesn’t work unless the managerial infrastructure is willing to let go of the reins on the lower-level architects and engineers. If Ford does that, which is not always a good idea (or even possible) for a company as large…

So cheap for what it is. Subaru will have to respond.

I’d rather buy a used Elise or Exige for less and get more.

Bay Area resident here. Can confirm: non-VW German coupes/sedans are the official “I made it, ma!” of the Bay. A surprising number of my coworkers and underlings, upon moving into the area, buy one ASAP for status reasons, then discuss it at length.

I remember not really caring much about cars as a kid. I went to at least a few shows a year, dragged along by my father, and it was always kind of boring. Then one day, probably in 1996 or ‘97, we went to a car show at which I saw something called the Dodge Viper. It was the first time I clearly recall finding a car…

I did exactly this early last year. I was sick of driving my old slushbox around. There’s been too much bitching about new cars being too expensive, not enough standard-trans cars being made anymore, not enough car enthusiasts in my generation, blah blah blah. So I budgeted 30K USD for myself and went out and bought…

What I hate is when I’m trying to pass slow-moving traffic in the passing lane, and I come up behind someone slow who won’t get out of the way, and then another driver comes up behind me and rides my bumper, as if I can magically levitate the slower car out of my way.

People do this shit around the Bay Area, too. I’m familiar with a few corners that are particularly popular. I was nearly hit once by some out-of-control idiot crossing the center line drifting around a blind corner. I mean, I get the whole driving fast in the mountains thing, but you don’t cross into oncoming traffic…

I haven’t actually seen many CHPs on 101 in South Bay or Peninsula.

For me, aside from the absolutely absurdly high fees, registering my car and getting a driver license at the Santa Clara DMV office in CA was an extremely pleasant, efficient process, thanks to the help of several polite, well-intentioned staff.

The only time I’ve been bothered by a cop while sitting in a car with a woman — which has only happened once — was when I was NOT having sex with the woman in question.

Both EPA-certified and CARB-exempt parts are fine. Engine swaps are fine, too. You just can’t use 49-state engines in 50-state cars, you have to leave the emissions system intact, and you must pass a smog test. The California state government is obsessed with emissions, and given how many people are in the state, and…

And even if the writer had mutilated the language to that degree, the assertion of the Panamera’s ugliness would be no less true.

I've driven around in an unregistered car at times in my younger days.

Of note is that, at least in many parts of the peninsula region of the Bay Area, inflation-adjusted housing prices in general are higher now than they were at the peak of the housing bubble in 2006, and there's no end in sight. South Bay isn't much better; we're on the way to peak prices again. I don't think it's…

Anyone driving "spiritedly" accepts the risk that excessive speed may cause would have been an avoidable accident, had the driver been traveling at or around the speed limit. It is always safer, more responsible, and much more legal to take your spirited driving to the track. If you don't, whatever accident you're a…