I think the only roadster I frown on is the Saturn Sky. Granted, it has an Aisin (Toyota) tranny and 260hp out of a 2-liter D/I turbo I4 which is more than some of my Z3 forebearers – it’s still so… okay, I can’t use the “G” word here, but yeah, you get the picture. Arturo Junior’s yellow one was weaving in and out of traffic this morning. I guess you really can’t get away from that user demographic when it comes to Saturns…
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Smokers are inherently ethically vacant and morally corrupt egotistical individuals. They are so self-centered and self-absorbed that they don’t care how their smoking affects those around them, whether they are people who they interact with, or disinterested bystanders: Only the self is important. They litter with absolute abandon, both by dropping their ash and by discarding their cigarette butts on the streets or sidewalks: They can’t be bothered with properly disposing of their refuse. This puts them in league with the COFA folk who expectocate their phlegm and discard used baby diapers even in hospital parking lots.
- #Saw the vanity plate, "BF8FUL". I'm fairly certain this individual is of the evangelical, new-fashion religious variety ("be faithful") and not the meat-loving variety ("beef ate full"). Too bad he or she doesn't have a full command of English, since the plate reads "be fateful" and not "be faithful". There's a big difference there (hint: go check a dictionary). Maybe this is one of the friends of the "discreet"/"discrete" guys...
- #Saw a block-and-long-U-bolt lifted F250 pickup with four super-expensive external-reservoir Fox Racing Shox dampers across the back axle. Too bad the outer two were at the inboard 1/3rd distance stock Ford locations where they do little to moderate roll, and the other two were installed on either side of the differential housing. WTF?!?! The money would have been better spent on a real off-road coil-and-4-bar rear suspension and TWO Fox dampers.
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sigh. I kinda like this car. but then, I owned a Miata so…
Miatas/MX-5′s are fine – I’d buy one (if they weren’t so darned $$$ – especially the retractable hardtop version). The newest ones may not make as much power out of the same displacement as the Saturn, but they’re not Saturns! I think even the Pontiac version of the Kappa platform is less [alternative lifestyle] (and they even made an extremely rare hardtop coupe version).
Maybe because they’re trying so hard to make it not a girly car? No matter what, a convertible is a girly car. I’m not knocking them, they’re great fun to be in, but they’re always better with a hot chick driving.