I gotta say, I love "that side" of cars more than all this interwebz bitching about the handling of cars we've never driven or the appearance of plastics we've only seen through our screens.
No one can deny the awesomeness of a good (hellish?) project car.
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Oh, and as for the site link to Clunkbucket? Let's see, I could go to Lowe's today to get the rest of the stuff for the drywall fix, which I won't finish for weeks, and will leave me annoyed, or I can go to Clunkbucket and follow Murilee today...Hmmm, what shall I do? I think I need the choice with the positive reinforcement.
I don't mind spraying the work keyboard with coffee from time to time, as replacements are free, but that one made me spray coffee on my home keyboard.
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That's gonna be an awesome site. And bothBumbeck and Leaveatip contributing means pure gold. Looks like it's time to push the ol' command-D for another site. Geez, how am I going to get anything done around here?
@Iron-Balls McGinty: Man, I really miss the old Jalopnik. It used to be cool to admit that you thought Mitsubishis and Toyotas could be cool. Now, you just get laughed at if you're not a Big 3 fanboy.
@elwood: I sure as hell hope no one around here doesn't recognise the appeal of early Celicas, early Corollas, the Starlet, every Supra, every MR-2, any FJ (yes, even the new one), etc., and the Galant VR-4, the 3000GT, any pre-V6 Eclipse, not to mention the Evo... You don't have to like them, just understand why someone might, and you will not incur my wrath.
@elwood: Aside from the Evo, neither of those companies currently make anything interesting. Right now, Ford and GM (who used to be just as boring as Toyota currently is) are actually building interesting cars.
Now, old Toyotas, Mitsus, Hondas... yes, they can most definitely be cool.
@something_unique_and_descripti...: GT-R, 370Z, WRX STi, Evo. Plenty of cool cars coming out of the Far East. Unfortunately, Toyota and Honda don't have any cool car competitors at the moment, but I imagine once the economic climate turns around, we'll see an entry from the both of them on the performance car front.
@A promenading performer: That's right, I forgot about the IS-F. I think the IS350 is a sharp car too. And while not quite as cool as the FD RX-7's, the RX-8 is a pretty sweet machine. The Miata is also good, and the penultimate hot hatch, the Mazdaspeed 3. The Japanese companies really get a bum rap around here.
@elwood: Yeah, I like the IS in general. I wish the 350 came with a manual, and neither drives as well as the IS 300 (okay, Altezza) did nor has the intrinsic smoothness of the 300's inline-6, but they're handsome.
The only modern Mazda I've driven is the CX-9. It handles as sharply as a G35. If Mazda's bulkiest offering can drive as well as a legitimate 3-series competitor, then they're doing it right.
Oh, my god, the Starlet and the Starion, back in the spotlight... it feels like seeing an old girlfriend for the first time in two years, and you end up getting back together for a while, but it's never quite the same.
@BTLFED doesn't want Deartháir to leave: Yeah, I think it's a Honda S600, though I could be wrong. And Hells yes I would love to have one rotting, er parked in my lot.
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03/22/09
03/22/09
No one can deny the awesomeness of a good (hellish?) project car.
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LOL. Goddammit!
I don't mind spraying the work keyboard with coffee from time to time, as replacements are free, but that one made me spray coffee on my home keyboard.
Where can I send the bill for a new Mac keyboard?
03/21/09
03/21/09
And Novaload, that's awesome. That's a T-shirt/bumpersticker design if I ever saw one.
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Is not Jalopnik the sum of all of us, changing through the years as we do?
This is perhaps not the same place that I began quietly stalking about five years ago, but I still love it just as much.
03/21/09
Scheet!
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03/21/09
Now, old Toyotas, Mitsus, Hondas... yes, they can most definitely be cool.
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The only modern Mazda I've driven is the CX-9. It handles as sharply as a G35. If Mazda's bulkiest offering can drive as well as a legitimate 3-series competitor, then they're doing it right.
03/21/09
I am glad Jonny turned up somewhere, I haven't been interested in autofiends since his mysterious departure.
03/21/09
03/21/09
Er, ran.
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Sigh...
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And maybe I'm not completely awake, or missing my breakfast scotch, but what is that white car in the middle of that picture? An old Civic?
I NEED that car in my life.
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