Ford Focus with the dual clutch. You are pretty much driving around with a grenade for the powertrain.  And when it goes... and it will.... good luck fixing it or getting Ford to fix it.

It’s the Pinto. It’s always the Pinto. 

I will always side with a working class striker, no matter what.
Class consciousness is the only thing that is going to save us from the mess the 99% has gotten into.  The owners of our labour are not our friends.  

First thing - a pedantic detail, but the car was a Turbo S, not regular Turbo.

When they say used, they mean a Volvo square back with a couple hundred thousand on the odo. 

“In fact, it’s one of the best looking 7 Series models the company has ever built.”

Maverick Plug-In

you live a mile from school. walk when it is nice, have a friend pick you up when it isn’t. or buy a true beater for those days. a nice old honda accord with snow tires should do the trick. pocket the rest and go to europe the summer after you graduate (which if you’re getting 20 large from the folks to spend here…

that’s an American family road trip though.

I really like the look of the new Golf R. Subjective, I know. 

This is the way.

It would be fine without the goofy headlight shapes and the WTF were they thinking dashboard.

They are definitely not great looking but they are certainly a strong value for performance per dollar

I’m not even a VW fan and I immediately though “VW hatchback.”

what?? it’s beautiful.. how dare you

Totally obvious answer. Checks every single box.

Golf R is the most obvious answer...

Just over budget (starts at $59k), but look at it. RWD, 472-hp, manual.  And that color.  I think I just blue myself.

Your “girlfriend” did it, sure. Never heard that claim before.

The E39, especially the cars with M-Sport bumpers, looked much improved after the LCI.