Yeah, I don't tend to ask many questions when I'm buying a used car (and with my automotive ADD, this may happen as often as 6 or 8 times a year) because I figure it's just an invitation for the seller to lie to me (or if I'm being charitable, honestly misinform me). I don't know how many times I've had a seller tell…

Well, let's see. The V8 Quattro was heavy and thirsty and the 3.6 was pretty gutless. Now stir in a bunch of "battle scars" and unknown service history (for example, does it still have the original (and extremely expensive) UFO brakes?) and I can't vote NP for this one. There are much better examples out there for…

Yeah, Leno's humor may be too mainstream to be "cool," but as you have rightly pointed out, his collection is second to none, he works on the cars himself, and you can tell he really loves them (as opposed to collecting certain cars in the belief that they will make him cool).

Here in the States, it's probably as popular as a very unpopular thing.

On the one hand, yes. I've been racing on weekends where drivers have died, and I think we all use that rationalization; otherwise, how would we suit up and get in the car again? I think something like this hits most racing drivers in the gut, but then we take a breath and compartmentalize it, because you sure as…

This is far and away the number 1 answer, especially for the 2nd-gen Si. I had one once, rusty but completely stock. I sold it before all of the "Fast and Furious" crap, believing that I'd find a cleaner one someday. Little did I know that a stock CRX would become the proverbial holy grail.

SLR guy will take one.

What you said.

I understand what you're saying, but I don't agree with you. I see Maguire's stance as something more than a "personal preference"—there is a moral component to being a vegan that is absent from the diva-like behavior I cited. Vegetarians (those who will not eat meat, but may use or consume other animal products)…

Kind of makes me want to wander around a pasture, murmuring, "It puts the lotion on its skin..." to a bunch of cows.

Apparently teabags and the devil's onion ring are not on Maguire's vegan menu...

In other news, Sir Anthony Hopkins, currently reprising his role as Hannibal Lecter, reportedly requested a Soylent Green S-class to help him properly get into character.

Not sure what's up with all the commenteriat animus toward Maguire. If he had been acting like a diva and rejected the car for some frivolous reason (i.e., it was the "wrong" color, the climate control couldn't maintain the required 71.3 degrees exactly, didn't come with Cristal in the built-in cooler, etc.), then I…

Leather's nice when you've got small kids, though—it cleans up much easier than cloth. But a high-quality vinyl is even better: even more impervious to food, drinks, spit-up, etc.

Agreed. Every Mercedes I've ever owned has had MB-Tex, and keeping in mind that I've never paid more than $1000 for any of them, I'm obviously not buying low-mileage examples. Yet the interiors are always pristine looking. Hell, the "pleather" interior in my '70 280se looked way better than the real leather in…

The Germans have long called it "leatherette" (or MB-Tex, or whatever BMW calls it now) and it has been standard or available on most German cars pretty much forever, including in the present day.

"Come on, do you really expect a circa 2007 subdivision to show up on a GPS unit!?"

I was behind one of these heading south on I-75 near Detroit this morning, but it appeared to be filming as its camera was not covered. Being that I sometimes have trouble acting my age, I trailed slightly behind it making rude gestures that I hope will end up on street view one day.

Yeah, I've had a bunch of them over the years (mostly VWs and Mercedes, along with some full-size trucks), but have been dieselless for about a year since I sold my 240D. I rectified that last week by picking up an F-250 with the 7.3 IDI. So not a TDI, but since I've owned a few in the past... secret TDI handshake…

And here I thought it was no synchronized swimming!