TTAC’s new crowd favorite, Doug DeMuro, compares the Acura ILX to the Infiniti G20 today on that august site. He’s not totally wrong about all of his assertions: his inflation-adjusted pricing appears to be spot on, for one. Still, the idea that the cynical, cheapened, just generally depressing Acura (You Be) IL(lin’)X has anything to do with the G20 upsets me.
So let’s fire up the wayback machine and tell my G20 story, shall we?
Never let it be said I don’t pay my debts. Six months ago, my boon companion and vintage-clothing collector C. McL agreed to store my Boxster for the winter. Which is now over but I haven’t had time to go get the car. So it’s still in storage, taking up space in her garage, just sitting there.
Clearly I owe her. “What can I do to repay you?” I inquired, fully expecting that the answer would be
“Nothing.” But instead, she said, “Why don’t you come to a wedding in Minnesota and play guitar for me while I sing?”
Me and my big mouth.