My band Pinion Bearing Blues is just wrapping up our tour in support of our latest EP: “Pops out in 5th gear.”
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Is it a good car for my pal Brett who learned how to grind a rail on in-line skates down at the sewage treatment plant and who got sponsored at age 17 in 1995 by Salomon and whose parents put that money in a trust fund whose trustees invested it well and now, at 40, has like $400,000 to spend?
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Is this a good car for a milquetoast nerd who is now the owner of a cardiology practice and doesn’t know a lot about cars, and would probably be fine with a base-spec wagon, but knows that ticking every last option box is the best way to spend a lot for a car, which is exactly the point?
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Part of the purchase process should involve choosing “face up or face down?”
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Folks, let me tell you, I haven’t seen the golf media pay this much attention to a golfer’s joint since [hits red button on the Joke-o-Matic device] Matt Every. Read more

I’m sorry that all I have to add is sympathy for Shannon. I had an almost identical car, parted with it and miss the F out of it. It was pretty good at almost everything, yet somehow, the sum of its parts was greatness. If I could buy a new 1999 9-3 SE HOT, 5 speed in silver, charcoal leather... I would.
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Shitposting Loudly is the perfect description of “pivot to video.” It’s like Sucking Out Loud.
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Also, the only thing more annoying than an unreliable car is an unreliable truck.
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Hello. Please allow me to graciously suggest that this increased amount of video content is not... great. Many of the people who would like to consume this content work in offices where playing a video is not really OK. Also, video sucks. Finally, in conclusion, the future is text. Please pivot to text.
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I’d rather get tetanus in a Simca than make love in a Tatra.
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This article, and all related ones in this vein, are Extremely My Shit. Read more

Erik, with all due respect: Nah.
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I inherited a couple of antique cars, including a beautiful, half-restored 1926 Buick roadster, and a slightly ratty 1941 Oldsmobile coupe that was almost daily driveable. Needed to sell one, so of course, I chose to part with the one that I could drive around and enjoy. A decade and a half later the Buick sits, no… Read more

Hoo boy, I know that feel, albeit in reverse. Bought a 2011 Colorado with 17k miles. “This thing will run until the end of time!” I thought. 1 ECU, 1 BCU, 1 ignition switch and a cam phaser later, I paid it off early to have it out of my life. POS had less than 40k miles when I sold it. Based on my experiences with… Read more

I’d prefer not to.
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I’d prefer not to.

Bless you, Poundingsand. Read more

It’s interesting how the memorabilia business works. Before JFK died, his back was so bad that he could hardly ride his beloved appaloosa and this struggle was captured by a Life magazine photographer. Rumor has it that the government blocked the sale of the picture of Jackie and a bodyguard helping Jack off that… Read more

Thanks for pointing out an interesting tidbit about how the longitudinally-mounted engine does a wonderful job diminishing torque steer. Now, to take a big sip of coffee and stomp on the gas in my ‘93 SPG.
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Right. The population of that non-negligible crowd is what puzzles me. Even if you drop, say 33% of the car’s price on a down payment ($15,600) you’re still taking out a loan for over $36k. - $640/mo for 5 years at 2.4%. That’s $7800/year! That’s like a 10-day trip to Aspen in February and a 10-day trip to Portillo… Read more

I’m not sure if this is a question, a complaint or a rumination, but who the hell buys a $52,000 car? My significant other and I are both early-mid-career professionals who also own a successful side business. We could afford that car, but those payments (almost $900/mo for 5 years with $2k down) would be a… Read more