Moral of the story...don’t trust the girlfriend on driving matters.

Exactly. The LS is a perfect luxo-barge. Snoozefest is precisely what a luxo-barge is supposed to be.

Still, it could be worse. I could be reviewing a crossover.

Der Sportwagoner approves!

A little bird told me that midsize sedans are dead. So... Wagon version?

Run. It’s what you should do because this car won’t, too often.

So, someone put a bodynkit on the only 350Z in Turkey. Got it.

Adults, you mean.

I always preferred Matchbox. I liked the less sharp wheel design and I thought they rolled straighter and smoother.

I owned the original Passat “GT” back when it was called the GLX with the delightful VR6 engine, upgraded suspension, steering, and braking bits. 1993 model with 5MT. Great fun to drive. Terrible to pay for the upkeep past about 5 years old...

No worries. More for me, as they say. I wish everybody shared your opinion, then I could have all the 928s for myself... :)

You’re right. About being unpopular, that is.

That’s the button which tells the chauffer to present you with the menu. The leather bound menu with lobster, caviar and such on it.

Nude pictures? Boy these dealership background checks have gotten invasive....

I have to fundamentally disagree. If performance cars were simply meant to go as fast as possible there wouldn’t be anything but extreme performance cars. No standard 911. No 911S. No GTS. No 911 Turbo. No GT3 RS. Only the Turbo S.

I think you’re kinda arguing against your own premise now. Previously we agreed that electric performance cars represent the apex of automotive technology (and by your premise should represent the performance model for each brand) so any talk of paddle shifters and gear selection should be moot.

One could argue that being able to push a vehicle to its limits should require a manual transmission. Using the most technologically advanced configuration available isn’t testing limits, it’s relying on tech wizardry to do things the driver cannot. Since three pedals are becoming unusual and therefore exclusive…

By that logic shouldnt the performance model of every brand be all-electric? Or shit, maybe self-driving? Technical prowess and all....

Me. It’s an improvement. i8 is fugly right out of the factory, both in design and color scheme.

If they offered them here they’d sell every one which came off the ship.