This isn't magic. Quit calling things magic. Unless it shits doves or something it's just a trackpad.

@ieatbabies: I think you misunderstand, I was talking about those Casio synthesizers you find in the mall which have the samba beat or you can play a recording of a classical song on it as a demo.

People don't like samey stuff. Nascar, even in the early '90s, had distinctive cars, with distinctive people driving them with distinctive mustaches. That's why people cared.

@maximum_sarge: As I was saying, Miatas can be for real men.

@ieatbabies: If we're going to stay with the musical instrument analogy, which is a good one, let's go this direction. A manual transmission is a piano. An automatic is a player piano, or one of those synthesizers with lots of presets. The latter might not screw up, and will play the song accurately, but you're not…

@maximum_sarge: HEY! Don't diss the Miata, you can get it in man spec. Yes, an automatic is a hairdresser's car, but a proper Miata with a real transmission is a super amazing car.

@Guizzy: What tech bloggers seem to believe and what is actually going to happen are sometimes slightly different.

For the most part, aftermarket trim. I did replace the shift boot in an old car with a leather one because rubber looked even worse, but 99.9% of aftermarket car accessories are gaudy, ill fitting and in poor taste. No better way to say "this car is owned by a twat" than to do heavy interior trim replacement.

@Guizzy: Granted, I was thinking of the Vectrex and handhelds, which probably won't become completely irrelevant so long as AA batteries and two prong plugins exist, and the DS and 3DS would lose something with emulation.

Heirloom test: Does it still have value after it is replaced by a newer model?

@MJM579: I was sure my friends' '97 didn't have 4LO, but that might depend on the option package I suppose.

@HeadTater: Yes! Then you know the back seat has plenty of space for... extracurricular activities, with a variety of participants.

I just find it hilarious that you're shocked and appalled that a car designed for suburban moms is a car designed for suburban moms.

@Lawdog: Remember the Cee'd is faster than the Liana

Dude, the Explorer was always a mom-mobile that wasn't good off road.

@ronmancvu: So does leprosy, genital warts, festering wounds, Rosie O'Donnell...

So it's an A5 with a sad butt glued on.

@PotbellyJoe - As seen on I-287: From the pics, there doesn't seem to be that much awesome lost. There seems to be a '90s S500 in there, but that's the closest to cool you're going to get in the pile, unless you really love Mitsubishi Diamantes.

If someone is so desperate that they want to break into my house and steal my underwear, they can have them.

@AndroidTeamStrike: "And Jesus Diaz, calling himself Jesus, who does he think he is, Jesus?"