Lawrence, I hope you’re ready to churn these out every week. This is quality old school Jalop writing and I loved it!

Make sure it has an N18 engine and not an N14 (so 2013 or later to be sure) otherwise just maintain the oil changes ever 3-5k and you’ll be fine. I’ve tuned mine to the gills, but it’s still my reliable daily rocketship

The nicest thing about my two vehicles (R55 Cooper Clubman and FF) is that they both have windows I can lean my elbow on comfortably

Got really accustomed to sports talk radio for under 20 minute trips or anything that doesn’t require car play

No thanks, these lights are atrocious in the dark and actual LED lights (not HIDs) should last the life of your son’s next car.

Lawrence, I think that adds greatly to the absurdity of the story. You should have absolutely included that bit, it wouldn’t have been wordy.

I’ve wanted this since the day I laid eyes on one in 2011

In 2020 I bought a 2013 Mini Clubman S R55 for 8k with 60ish k miles

slow cars are whatever, but I think at this point with it’s size and everything it’s actually quite dangerous to merge onto a highway if you run out of onramp before you’re sixty.

As a Champagne nerd, yes. blanc de blancs from certain vineyards are out of body experiences

ABSOLUTELY ZERO DEATH RACE (2008) SLANDER

Manhattan car owner, yeah this checks out

I just got TE37s for my FF, so if you see it running around the city say hi! I don’t have a question. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Mercedes definitely is the most jalop writer because she spent years being an actual jalop (along with writing talent of course)

was just thinking this

Everytime I see a minivan or SUV with the tire under the body I shudder and think of our old first gen MDX and the first time we needed the spare and it was completely rusted from years of salt and grime from the northeast.

I feel this. In Manhattan we had all but stopped worrying about covid because of our high vaccine rate. Now I know omicron raged through the city, but the mask mandate here is half baked at best and only applies to certain buildings making it a pain to know which one is which. I hate feeling like a dick because I…

SMS will always be important because it doesn’t rely on a data connection to work. That will always be valuable.

Hey if it works for you then that’s all that matters, I get the appeal of all the things we lost over the years but when I see the zealots who hammer away at it I just shake my head, you don’t seem that way so that’s good.

In no world does a Corvette or a Miata hit the rear three quarters of a hatchback and do anything but crash into it and maybe get stuck.