Category: Typical Transportation Tribulations
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2024 Toyota GR86 and Subaru BRZ: And Subaru took it personally
Do you have 30k and want to feel enough g-force to liquefy your brain? Well it turns out Miata might not always be the answer. And somehow, we haven’t reviewed one of these yet. It might still technically be slower than a Miata, but it is still unreasonably fast.
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2026 Hyundai Santa Fe – It Is… What It Is…
Another day… another rental… and our first model year 2026! Oh, what splendor awaits! And yes, it was driven in “suboptimal conditions”, how’d you guess! By our “professional automotive journalism standards”, that just means we’ve been able to fairly assess the Santa Fe’s all weather abilities. Starting off, no, I’m not in Virginia. I’m in…
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The tragic comedy of the PONTIAC GTO
ITS GOT AN LS BRO IT’LL BE RELIABLE BRO: the devious general motors electronic control unit looking me in the eyes. So there I was, an unwise teenager who thought I NEEEEEDED to have at least 400hp and willing to sacrifice anything to get that treasured 400 under 10 grand. Boy was I in for…
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The 2004 Honda S2000, an Angry Little Thing
By Backlicker For some reason, I never get to drive cars under normal conditions. Where most of our reviews are done on the open road and we get to see how the car is under day-to-day use, I only got to drive this car on a closed course. The advantage is, I could see what…
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2025 Vinfast VF8 Plus – The Tragedy of the Mediocre
Man this was a depressing experience. The car was ok though. We had originally tried to get our cynical grubs on the newer 3-row VF9. But apparently the last one was sold a month ago, so instead we clambered into the infamous VF8 excitingly anticipating the worst. If you know anything about the “upstart” (in…
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MSIMA “The Cars” of 2025 Awards
Yet another year of driving garbage. And occasionally something nice. Welcome ya fucks, to the “The Cars” of 2025! A time for us to look back and reflect on all the four wheeled abominations we’ve driven and reviewed this year. Except for me, as I am both above and incapable of self reflection. Hope y’all…
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1973 Mercedes 450SL “AMG” r107 – Your Eyes Doth Deceive
One man’s unhealthy Mercedes hoarding obsession is another man’s unhealthy car driving obsession. That’s right motherfuckers, our resident MSIMA Pimp has made another purchase. I’ve had to honor or disservice (the difference depends on your reality) to have driven and been around one too many mid 80-s to early 90’s Mercedes Benzes. Additionally, nearly all…
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2016 Ford Fiesta ST – Blue Eggs and Spam
Turbos are magical whirly birds of wind, hell if I know how they work but the end result is always the same: a giant smile on my face. Yep, it’s time to get FISTed back into the 2010s when dubstep reigned supreme, X-Games was the coolest thing you’ve ever seen and Ken Block released something…
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2017 V6 Camaro – Like it or not, its a sports car
So start out, this is my girlfriends car and I didnt have high expectations coming into the car. Everyone know how it is the with V6 and 4 cylinder cars, they’re “less cool”. They’re inehrently wrong for having an incorrect number of cylinders. Many an auto jorunalist has been laughed off for positive comments about…
