Your choices have allowed you to enjoy the country life at a time of your convenience, then move on to enjoy other things at other times. They get to enjoy the country life every single day, with much fewer opportunities to “leave” and experience other things.

I don’t think any of the stereotypes on factory-original cars have basis in reality. Getting upset at an inanimate object for what YOU think it represents is absurd. Mind you, I have nothing but disdain for modifications that make cars less safe for traffic or for the environment.

There is a market for the entertainment. To a certain extent, entertainment companies sell what they think their audience wants to see. It generates a lot of unhealthy idolisation (kids being raised to admire a marketed (i.e. fake) version of “fame”), but that’s where parenting comes in.

[Putting on Internet Expert hat] The Acura NSX is clearly a tarted-up Honda S660.

It looked unique without Toyota having to do any actual redesigning (since the “hardtop” JDM Camry was likely unfamiliar to US Lexus customers). Exploiting an existing design is much less costly.

I love these posts. Hard facts, without silly claims from people who have no experience with the cars.

Brazen “badge engineering” has been fading worldwide over the past 20 years.

Having been an ES owner before (2008 vintage. I’m currently in a sports car phase but I have nothing but good things to say about the ES), this sort of claim irritates me. If you consider zero shared body panels and zero shared interior trim as “tarted up,” you may have a point.

Can an XK8 be LS-swapped?

The cars are frickin’ expensive. If you want a Leaf that goes 200 miles, that’s how much it will cost.

Performance and physical size aside, the Model S is about equivalent to a 3-series in luxury. Its design is somewhat novel, but the touch point materials are not earth-shattering and other cars at lower price points have better-executed interiors with tighter build quality.

The problem is, there is always some form of vanity in a car that starts at $70k. Nothing wrong with that—we all like cool and interesting (and usually expensive) cars. That’s just how it is.

Anyone else want the Viper to ditch the huge V10, go with something smaller and higher-revving? Sort of like the E60 BMW M5, around 5L and 8000 RPM.

With all those positives I think you are describing the 500, and this comes from someone who actually has a 500L.

This thing is all sorts of poseur.

Droopy styling only works on long cars. The CLA has a blunt front end, which doesn’t quite work. Doesn’t stop people from lining up for their first BENZ, though!

If the profile of the F355 cannot convince you, nothing can. I think it’s one of the best-looking things to come out of Pininfarina in the 1990s. The parallel big-brother little-brother intakes cutting deep into the side, the C-pillar buttresses hiding another air intake (only functional on 1994-1995 cars, fake on…

I agree too

That thing is lowered and looks mean as hell, but a stock 599 GTO is all that is right with Ferrari tradition.

It’s a matter of buying a specific car more than buying from a specific company. If a Ferrari car is what scratches your itch, a Mac just won’t do. Both have their pros and cons.