IMHO MINI has kind of backed themselves into a corner by typing it’s brand identity so tightly to one styling paradigm. Unfortunately at this point there is little they can do because that styling is so tightly coupled with the brand that I don’t think the public would except a MINI that looks like something else.…

I always have to read the name of that car twice.

ALWAYS.

I've been trying to insert every curse word I know and still can't find a match. Could you please just write the fucking word you mean so my brain's autocorrect doesn't develop Tourette's?

Points awarded for 24 Hours of Lemons races: -800, -900, -1000 Points to third*

Still a great motor ruined by a crappy tranny. Bring back the MT option!

As I said yesterday:

Sounds like you got yourself a keeper to take rallying. She basically gave you 50% pace notes.

bring back the column shift

Reminded me of PJ O'Rourke on pickups.

NP x10. If I had $2000 and money to take care of getting out there and picking up the car I'd be on a plane tomorrow to go get this thing.

Of course, a big chunk of this is gearing. For example, the boxer-6 in the 1991 Subaru SVX made 231 hp. However, it had a 0.29 Cd and was low slung, for an exceptionally good CdA rating. According to the calculator, top speed would have been 165 mph.

Good thing the doctor doesn't drive a BMW...he'd have no idea what the foreign object was!

Let me know when I can drive from the phone

Mercedes To Hatch Exciting New Autonomous Egg-Car Concept

Call me a Luddite, but I don't find any autonomous car concepts to be exciting.

(Full disclosure, transactional securities lawyer (debt finance ftw!) here, never been in court or dealt with any personal injury work) Lay off the ambulance-chasing comments, you need some new material. People who make these types of comments automatically assume the majority of claims are fraudulent or …

I wonder if RockStar will sue for copyright infringement.

Real scummy holding people responsible for their negligence and having them pay restitution to the people they've injured. Do you have any clue how much an emergency room visit can cost let alone surgery or a multiple day stay? Id rather hire a lawyer than lose my house trying to pay off tens of thousands of dollars…