From our fraternity’s faculty advisor (name and school shall not be shared):

I was born in ‘81, so I’m going to say the ones with wheels.

Drove it off the lot.

the tri-state in Chicago is bad, but there’s a special level of hell that is Lower Wacker Dr. The problem is that it’s all too easy to find yourself on Lower Wacker, in the dark, in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and hard to get off of it. Google seems to have an unnatural affinity for Lower Wacker because, on paper, it’s…

The engines are awesome and reliable, because they’re old Ford engines that go back years.

such a pretty wagon! Love these things.

This right here,

I’ve put a combined 300,000 miles 0n various Jags over the years. It never fails that some know-it-all sees me parking my car, and then asks me about its supposedly crap reliability, only to argue with me when I explain how its never broken down, or done worse than have a window that refuses to go back up because a…

Land Rovers were a reliability nightmare in the 1990s, but post-BMW and now in the TATA era, they are much more reliable. No, they won’t take the abuse that something like a Land Cruiser will, but they are absolutely fine as long as you keep up with regular maintenance. That seems to be the issue in the US - people…

I’m sorry ahead of time, but I’m not carrying the same vibe most critics have that this car is a better looker than the outgoing Type R.

I plan to keep my two. Mercedes S212 E350 and BMW e91 328i.

Detroit may not be a desirable location like the cities you mentioned, but that’s not the biggest issue. NY and LA have both already have auto shows and they suck in comparison to NAIAS.

As a Detroiter, fuck you.

OK, let’s assume that an hour of Honda dealership technician time costs $200 in NYC; it’s currently about $120 in NE Ohio. So even four hours would be at most $800 in labor. In what world does a single replacement OEM catalytic converter cost $3000-plus? That is completely insane for a car that sold for less than…

There was a story in Portland a few months ago about a guy who was in his truck while someone crawled under it to cut off the CC. He opened the door, shot whatever part of the guy was visible, then tied a rope around the thief and dragged him into a field where he died.

Getting a reputation for voiding warranties over autocrossing (which is really not in any comparable to track use in terms of wear and tear) can really hurt a carmaker, more than one would think. Back in 2008 a local guy in my SCCA chapter had been campaigning a Mini in national autocross events. In addition to a…

This. When doing track days, I enter the gate, find an empty nook somewhere far from the paddock, and remove my plates. Then finally check in. I do the same but reverse on my way home. A little too much? Maybe. But you never know who’s watching.

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy. I hope Toyota rewrites their warranty for all GR vehicles covering non-competitive track use. If not, they can keep the GR Corolla, and I’ll keep my Veloster N, which does have a track warranty.

The original Reatta was a warning on why not to use touchscreens for all your controls. 

The first-gen of Sync wasn’t bad if you consider the technology back then. It was MyFord Touch that caused a ton of headaches. It either worked perfectly or it would crash spectacularly. There was no middle ground.