The best automotive decision I ever made was getting rid of my Subaru WRX. I bought it new, first model year of the VA chassis (first mistake). 2000 miles outside of warranty, the engine died (I still have the cracked pistons and bent rods in my garage). I took it to a well-known tuning house to have a new engine…

Dang, that’s so upsetting. The Porsche tax comes for them all (except the 914, I guess). 

Specifically, they went after the looms of owners who used them to speed up the pace of work without increased pay and those who had dangerous working conditions. 

“New tech will reduce crashes” is just throwing fuel on the fire of distracted driving. Having smaller vehicles with better visibility and fewer distractions will reduce crashes. Having better driver training will reduce crashes. 

Hell, some of them will be in the grass some metres away from the shoulder!

Your measured take is well appreciated. Would you consider the 928s underpowered, too? It’s pretty close to the 1:10 power-to-weight.

My favourite thing is the vision-based systems that don’t register cyclists or motorcyclists at all.

Spoken like my kind of masochistic car owner.

Ignore all these incredibly-sensible suggestions. Get the most American Porsche ever made with a front-engined V8 and a dog-leg shifter: the 928. You can get one in good shape for $25k and then spend the rest on parts down the road.

I believe this is an absolute blast to drive, and I’ve always loved guards red, but for a street-legal car? Hell no. I’ve already gone through the pain of getting a modified car through emissions and safety inspections every year (even with CARB-numbered components); there is no chance in hell I would want to deal…

Grand tourers are my favourite cars. Fast and engaging, but not chasing after supercar performance. Stately and attractive without screaming for attention. Comfortable for a two-person road trip. The perfect candidate for a manual transmission and rear-wheel drive.

They should get some of those tiny European tow trucks with the crane so it can just be picked up and placed on the flatbed.

I think we’re going to lose interesting coupes and sedans and continue our slow descent (ascent, in this case?) into beige, jelly-bean crossovers. For every interesting new car out there (the new Ioniqs look pretty nice), there are also blazers and x5s and so on.

I just want to shake the person who made that decision and let them know “THOSE ALREADY MEAN SOMETHING”

Additional comedy from the light-up emblems because they tell everyone that you didn’t spring for the driver-assist package in your luxury car.

As with all of these questions, there are going to be a lot of common answers, and if the Fuel Shark isn’t already in the comments section by the time this posts I’ll be incredibly surprised. Similarly, high-octane fuel in a low-compression engine is just a waste of your money (and leave all that sweet, sweet premium…

It’s a great small car that is very easy to park, yes. Perfect daily-driver material.

Not really; they were in the high teens just 5-10 years ago.