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Amid the tumult of the Middle East's so-called Arab Spring, Saudi women have been quietly agitating for something most Westerners older than sixteen take for granted: the right to drive. Several women, organizing via Facebook and Twitter, got behind the wheel last June in a public protest. A few were arrested and otherwise harassed, but the campaign continues on the Internet and has recently included calls for automakers -- namely Subaru -- to stop selling cars in a country where not all are allowed to drive them.

When the Bentley Continental GT was first launched, in 2003, it was three years before a convertible GTC joined the hardtop coupe. For 2011, the Continental GT was redesigned, and so far this year, Bentley has been selling the old-style GTC convertible alongside it. Oh sure, the company has rolled out its characteristic special editions to maintain the appearance of freshness (Continental Supersports ISR convertible, anyone?), but the brand's keenest buyers know what's coming: a new GTC. And Bentley executives say, they've been impatiently asking for it.

Not so long ago, the thought of inching a Mazda Miata onto a giant car ferry in Muskegon, Michigan, at 9:30 on a Thursday morning -- after already having driven three hours on the interstate in the little cruise-control-less two-seater -- wouldn't have seemed very appealing to me. You see, before I worked at Automobile Magazine, I thought that Mazda Miatas were chick cars and American horsepower was absolute king.

Months in service: One
Miles to date: 1957

There are several common indicators that your car is fully depreciated. Perhaps you get in a fender bender and don't bother fixing it. Maybe you find yourself earnestly weighing the cost of a brake job versus the price per ton of scrap metal. Or maybe your car has a date with Larry.