I just traded in a perfectly good vehicle for a new GTI because I missed a manual, and it’s one of the few fun, reasonable cars that still have widely available 6-speeds. (Also because VW had ridiculous deals on them and now has a six-year warranty.) While I was purchasing mine, another gent came in to purchase the onl…

I mean, this wasn’t going to be the case since 2012 sadly.

I’m trying to think of a bike joke but I’m two tired.

Newman and Garner were cooler movie star car guys in my book. Just sayin’.

She’s been doing her own thing over at Jean Knows Cars.

A few months ago I had the great pleasure of randomly sitting next to her at a pub during the Amelia Island Concours. Considering that I basically grew up reading and admiring her prose (and Jamie Kitman’s) I hope to one be forgiven for giving her a bear hug when I realized who she was. 

You probably mean a bare woman.

Congratulations, Mr. CarsofFortLangley, on COTD!  I would like to gift you with a Subaru which this lovely lady will deliver before any bears are attracted.

I can’t believe this won. That guy’s an idiot.

Yup, Jean went the wrong way when she sided with the publisher over Dave. Sure Dave was half way to the cemetery and technically they were her bosses not Dave, but he was right. Side with the bean counters, and they will choose the ever diminishing beans over staff every time. Jean went from every talk show’s favorite…

I have a C&D subscription that my wife bought me using one of the “One Year for $5" type of deals. I haven’t read Automobile since Jean Jennings was canned. 

I am a fucking curse. I subscribed to Sports Illustrated and a month later they switched to bi-weekly issues. I subscribed to Automobile Magazine and David Davis died and Ezra Dyer split to C&D. Automobile became a shell of what it once was. I just resubscribed to Car & Driver last month after a year hiatus and this…

Congratulations ESPN on the heretofore impossible accomplishment of kicking yourself in your own dick. Physicians and physicists alike will be studying this data for generations to come.

McMurphy leaves out one diabolical angle to what ESPN did. Its not just that they figured the McMurphys of the world would be too driven to sit on the shelf. ESPN thought that paying out the contract would cripple him as a potential competitor. Let his contacts and influence go stale while people forget about him and…

Everyone Stops being Paid Now

Thanks...I’m still around, mostly on Oppositelock. The FP has just gotten too crowded and angry :D

Dangerfield was fired after posting the video online...

QOTD!

US rally, Euro style:

That’s a nice Ford Probe you posted