I'm not a fan of driving. But I am a fan of the convenience of having a car. So I choose to live in an area where I can walk to most all the stuff I want, and just drive occasionally to some places I can't walk to (Target, the airport). And am looking forward to stuff like the light rail to the airport.

If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?

All of them. I'm a car slut. I have a roving eye. Every pretty car I see, I imagine driving it. I tell my car, "It's not you. It's me."

Every pretty car I see, I imagine driving it. I tell my car, "It's not you. It's me."

Oh, I'd ideally have a garage but if car monogamy was demanded, I have decided to whose cylinders I could be faithful.

I had wanted a 3-series BMW for most of my life, and I finally bought a 335i earlier this year, so I'm driving one of the cars I really wanted. I have a thing for very fast sedans. There's something about a car that is an effective commuter that get to 60 MPH in less than 5 seconds and easily sprint up to 150 MPH. If I were getting it totally for fun I'd probably would have looked more closely at the convertible model of the 335i or the M3.

I would like to take a spin in one of the current M5 models. All wheel drive, 4 doors, a real trunk, and a V10 with enough power to crush your skull.

I'd also like to have an Austin Healy Mark III with the straight six. Yum!

Hil, I'm sorry your mom has to stay in the hospital tonight.

{{{Shir}}} Ginger is, indeed, quite wise.

If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?

For a new car:

Aston Martin DB9

For a classic:

1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible

or a 1957 Porsche Speedster

I would also like to own a Porsche 911 at some point in my life.

If I were getting it totally for fun I'd probably would have looked more closely at the convertible model of the 335i or the M3.

I love my 335i convertible, ND. SO. MUCH. FUN. Because of course, I got it with a manual transmission, even though the salesguy gave me a funny look when I insisted that YES, dammit, I wanted the stick. Buy a car in the south when you're a woman has to be one of those special hells.

I am more than a little ashamed of the fact that I finally got my fast BMW and I got an automatic. I caved to the fact that I spend so much time in LA traffic. I really want to have a BMW with a six speed at some point.

I will say, it does has the most responsive automatic I've ever driven.

Yeah, I say that spending that much time in stop and go traffic earns you a pass on the automatic.

And the 335 I test drove was an automatic and it was nice, but i'd been hankering to get back to a manual for over fifteen years. I had a relative asking, "Now why do you need a six speed? Isn't it just huge ego stroking?"

And I looked him dead in the eye and said, "Yes."*

• brought to you the letters Bite and Me and the fact that I drove a minivan for seven years. I earned my fun car, dammit.

If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?

Easy. Tesla Roadster: [link] Fully electric, handles amazingly, and vrooooooooooom. My only beef if it's an automatic, but still. Electric vrooooom.

But really, since it's me, a 1930 Indian 101 Scout: [link]