"Fairly" reliable still means not reliable. Personally, I own a Chevy Volt and it has way more character and a offers instantaneous torque, making it a hell of a lot more fun than whatever the Golf might offer.

Note: there are other brands that make un-crappy cars that are also fun: ala- Mazda.

oh boyeeeeee! beeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!!

I'm a happily married man but found this article interesting as a comparison to what it was like when I was single ( early 2000's ) back then it was craigslist. I wonder if its easier today than back then. On Craigslist there were like 20 billion men and 100 women. The chance of getting any response was next to nill.…

Not sure Toyota should try to out VW VW. Toyota makes boring yet incredibly reliable products. Out VWing VW would mean making fantastically crappy cars.

I see wafting fumes of car problems in those pictures. No fucking way.

agreed. If one buys a truck it's more as a tool. I doubt the above trucks would be used as such

I suppose I'm like who fucking cares? Respect the person who has talent. Respect the person who has skill. It does no good to turn any sport into a Beauty pageant.

I like how their name sounds like spaghetti sauce.

good ole NHSC would say no, regrettfuly.

Yep. Agreed.

Agreed. I re-did mine about 12 years ago when I had no money. The interior is original and looks like it too with lots of tears, stains and so on. The chrome is shot and the steel rims are original. Doesn't matter. I like driving it and people like it the same. OTOH there's a guy who lives in town who owns a 1940…

That's just it: you nailed it. The reality is that nobody really cares about some other person's fully restored Belair or Camero. But you know what seems to ALWAYS get the attention? Its the all-original cars, some with original rust and dents. That and someone's weird garage project complete with tack welds still…

Exactly. The gauges look like they came off the shelf of whatever big box store. The real tragedy is that some of the most beautiful looking dashboards in old cars were the ones that CAME with the cars. Not some generic cluster of round gauges stuck to a chrome plate. BTW, I LOVE those old packards. Beautiful machines.

I quit going period. One time I set my car up in one of the large local "Good Guys" shows. My car isn't exactly rare, being a 4 door Mercury Monterey, but it was the only one in the show of thousands. The vast majority were the same models over and over again with slick paint jobs, glitzy chrome rims.... blah blah…

As an owner of a non-hot-rodded classic I myself am sort of tired of "Hot rods" in general. To me so many of these look the same. Lotsa' chrome, ridiculous wheels, and paint that's borderline tacky. I would have been more excited had this been a story about actual reproduction F-100's down to the double-ply tires,…

Doesn't matter really unless they actually take whatever concept eventually shows up to some form of reality.

This is why anyone who designs anything needs at least a few other people to take a look over their shoulders and say something if said design is amazingly ugly before it gets too far down the line.

That makes more sense... sort of. I don't know a lot about Clarkson. Is he a heavy drinkin' guy? I can just imagine:

So if I read this correctly this was over.... cold cuts? Really?