Is it me or is Jim Hacket a terrible CEO? He’s certainly no Alan Mulally.

My parents have owned two “interesting” cars in the era of having me as a son.. and they aren’t even really that interesting.

I’ve always had a soft spot for these.  Still though, probably not worth the price of admission.  Now I’m sad. 

Russia.  That’s all.

I’m 41 and lived the low HP life as a kid but as an adult I always stop and wonder how it’s possible that engines of this era were always so ... pathetic. 135hp out of a 3.1ltr V-6.

There are plenty of good cars that are in the 25k range that have more modern power outputs.

And your nissan was consdierably lighter than this vehicle and I bet that those people in their 300hp cars are using less gas because they aren’t having to floor it to get up to speed.  See Top Gear’s M3 vs Prius test... I know.. it’s a shitty analog but it’ the one that sprang to mind first.  It’s more about how you…

Yeah, I’m clearly not the target audience.  

These things are underpowered pieces of shit.  Let’s call a turd a turd shall we?   

Exactly. Try merging onto 90 93 95 128 (aka Boston Roads) in traffic. You best be willing and able to merge with some authority.  I routinely use WOT on my ST to slot into traffic... aggressive?  Sure.  But here’s the thing... so is everyone else around here.  

155 horsepower? Did I read that correctly? On a car that weighs (I’m guessing) close to 3600lbs in AWD trim?

There is no place named “North Boston”. There is the North End (home of Paul Revere, the Old North Church, and a few other notable places).

Current 2013 Focus ST owner. Zero interest in anything else that Ford currently offers that fits my needs. None. How stupid. They will be in a world of hurt the next time gas reaches 4 bucks a gallon and the only thing on there lot is SUV’s and F150's

Plenty of AWD cars are manuals. The CLA AMG is not one of those. I’m not sure what point you are trying to make, but please, try harder.

Sure sure.  I’ll just beat the shit out of my very expensive car.  Makes total sense.  Welcome to real world.

EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. TIME. And then if you argue the point it become pages and pages of people who like AWD being accused of not knowing how to drive.  

Whenever I see cars of this age I always have to laugh at the size of the wheels.  My god.  I have coasters that are larger than those things.  

The only question I have is will I be able to buy a 508 Wagon in brown with a manual?

That thing is a bigger crack pipe than the one that Jim Spanfeller must be smoking from.

That heap of trash reminds me of the memo Paul Maidment wrote to the editors at Deadspin.