Yeah, down here in Aus it’s a bit different, and it’s split between two camps.

You have the older set - 50+ years old, retired, weekend car, generally a club member
Then you have the younger set - wants something JDM but can’t afford anything turbo since drift tax has put anything powerful out of reach, often lightly…

My take is that the vast majority of Miata buyers are 50+ retirees who want a nice convertible for the weekends. When I joined the local MX-5 club (necessary for racing), I noticed that there were two members under 50, including myself. Out of a total membership of over 60.

That’s why they’ve never added any serious…

That’s the thing, isn’t it?

Had they driven over, loaded the Jeep, and got home for the Super Bowl in four hours as planned... it’d be a throwaway article.

Instead it turned into an epic story of a man’s battle against the elements and two imperilled friendships.

As always, Tracy prevails. GLORY BE HIS NAME.

It’s the tragedy of the NC and ND.

My favourite thing about NAs and NBs is that it’s almost impossible to find a slushbox.

The classifieds for NCs and NDs are full of godawful autos.

No radio in a brand new vehicle? Yeah, man, that sucks.

Is the vehicle useless? It really, really isn’t.

Ugh, that CRT. Need that in my... Volvo. That’d be amazing.

Ugh, this.

The wedgenose prototypes were some of the sexiest racecars of all time.

This just in: Football Players are Cars.

Coach: “Uh, yeah, Coach to base, Coach to base, can I get a fluid change on #47 ASAP, please, need a full Gatorade flush, over”

man door hand hook car door

Profit sharing is a great way to reconnect the worker to the fruits of their labour.

Without that, what incentive does the worker have to do anything beyond the bare minimum?

Unions rule.

Their parts catalogs can suck sometimes. I had to lie and say I had a Volvo 760 instead of a Volvo 740 to get the right transmission filter kit for my car, because they only had the obscure transmission option listed for the 740.

Do they exist? I feel that’s more of a teacup pig situation.

Mazda have done what Lexus have failed to do for years: Have a unified brand look without making hideous cars that scare children.

They’ve also been killing it in the paint department. Soul Red light me up!

Which car are these from? What’s the blue one for?

As an Australian, I’ve never needed these, though I have them on my 740 Turbo.

I only just got that. Kudos to you. Kudos.

This just reminds me of that Youtuber interviewing a Toyota rep at the New York International Auto Show.

“Can you confirm Toyota is working on bringing back the Paseo?”

My dad told me years ago at a modified car meet - you don’t stand in front of cars doing pulls. You just don’t. XD

Why do I feel terrified they did that on air jacks? XD

I... I’m having a moment here. Excuse me. *sniff*