Advertent Body Doubles

During my last trip out to California, I was given a new Subaru WRX to tool around in. Since I saw the first picture of it, I was convinced that they had hired some Chinese company to steal the blueprints for the Mazda3. I finally got the chance to see them together, and here's the result. Thanks very much to my good friend Roben Bellomo for his great photography, and to Adrienne for owning the Mazda.

New WRX

These pics are supposedly of the new WRX leaked from a copy of Motor Trend sent too early. Perhaps a bit of Mazda3 envy?

Why I should be a high-paid auto consultant...

A shout out to my friend Michelle: we were just out car shopping, and when I pointed out that the Mazda3 she was driving had daytime-lit gauges (see previous post), she said that no auto headlights would be a deal-breaker.

I'm also responsible for her refusal to buy a car with flipper door handles or a gas tank on the left side. I'm pretty sure that soon, because of me, she will be left with exactly zero options when she goes to buy her next car.