no. half of a back seat doesn't make anything better. neither does illogical and blasphemous nomenclature.

Janne Nilsson has the same reaction to the 1 series that i did, at 1:42

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what's a maclurrin?

i'd let Miata guy coach me. :)

sounds good! thanks for the creative and thoughtful recommendations! :)

after a childhood incident where my Mother was threatened for driving a Toyota, i won't drive an Asian car in Detroit. i was so scared for her, i thought these two angry rednecks were going to beat up my Mom, then possibly do something to me. people like that can't read bumper stickers, they wouldn't be so ignorant and hateful if they could.

it matters to the American automakers. whenever i drive by the "FOREIGN CARS MUST USE ______ LOT" at their facilities, i wonder who is out there checking VIN numbers to see where the cars were made. oh wait, i forgot, Canada and Mexico are "America" too. so a Camaro can park in the "American" lot, yet a BMW X3 made in the USA is foreign?

i avoided the whole issue by buying a German car made in Germany. you can ask the guys who try to run me off the road, spit on my car, and slam their door into mine while exiting their cars, whether it matters that i'm in an "import". it matters in Detroit, where i am considered by many to be the enemy. maybe instead of having road rage and trying to damage my paint, they should ask why someone whose great-grandfather worked in the Highland Park Ford plant bought a German car. some of us want to buy American cars, but we're not going to compromise certain things in order to do so.

thanks!

glad to hear it, thanks for the info. i knew it was a public toll road in the recent past, but i've been hearing rumors about fences in front of other fences, private ownership, and generally turning the historic area into some kind of crappy shoppingcenter/amusement park for people who don't think there is already a reason to visit the Nurburgring.

is the Nurburgring still considered a "road"? if so, the Nurburgring.

i was driving my 88 Mustang LX (4 banger) with a fresh coat of wax and a full tank of gas. the roads were wet from a recent rain, and i was turning left to go home. the light turned yellow, then red. the traffic all stopped, and i proceeded to turn. as i was turning, the truck hauling lumber (the huge pieces of wood that go under trailer homes) going the other way realized it was going too fast and didn't brake early enough for the road conditions and weight of the truck. the driver floored it to get through the light the same moment i turned. i saw the truck in my peripheral vision and floored it, which had the usual effect of making lots of noise but no real change in speed. the truck hit the back of the car, behind the rear axle, and spun me around a couple times in the busy intersection.

i was unhurt, but the irresponsible jerks actually blamed the accident on me. i vehemently denied turning in front of them when they had the right of way, as they clearly ran a solid red light after attempting to stop and losing control of the truck (the light was already red when i began to turn, which is common in this area since many people run reds). this debate went on in the back of the police car, me crammed in there with two filthy liars. i was worried about my driving record, my beautiful car, and extremely upset that 2 grown men would blame their carelessness and stupidity on a 17 year old girl in front of a police officer.

then one of the luckiest things happened. a couple days later our UPS driver asked whether i had been in an accident recently. i explained that i was, and asked how he knew. "i was there" he said. he was the first vehicle sitting at the light, perpendicular to myself and the truck of doom, and witnessed the entire thing. he made a statement to the police to confirm my story, and the company who owned the truck was more than happy to cooperate after that.

i learned an important lesson that day: sometimes you have to be lucky, not just right.