Once Tevin has yanked the engine, stripped out all useful parts, put it in a field and left it for five years, David Tracy will buy it back for $500, with the blown motor from the other Cherokee, figure out a way to get it to roll under its own power, and drive it to Moab in 2024. Beforehand though, he’ll post two…

Similar story. Got one as a rental, thought “this is going to be awful”, proceeded to drive all over Texas, and enjoyed the heck out of it.  I just bought two new ones for work because of the experience and I am proud of those suckers.

Umm... no. This is a bad take.

Honestly, I feel this more relative than anything. The Journey is currently marketed towards people who need to cram a lot of people in a space, need it to have a warranty, and can’t really afford to plop down the dough for a better offering. And remember, sometimes it’s easier to finance a new vehicle than it is a…

The Frontier is the last of the basic, cheap(ish), not huge pickups. It is an underappreciated symbol of analog goodness that is rapidly disappearing.

Just realized none of these pictures include a dog, strung cafe lights or effortlessly beautiful person in yoga pants and/or jaunty hat. Hmm. Maybe they don’t understand #overland after all?

I did an engine swap on a Del Sol with 300,000 miles on it. You know why? The car was in good shape and low-mileage engines from Japan are dirt cheap.

Serious question: Do people even sell these ? They’re either kept forever or run until disintegration.

No 1st Gen MPV love?

Yes! The milk from our farm goes to a local dairy that has a lot of them, and there are bigger players that operate nationwide. Mostly in glass bottles that are then collected, washed and reused many times over.

There’s still milk delivery? What a quaint little country.

Yeah, I’m really not trying to be a dick here. If you want a fun car under $10k, Miata is the answer. If you want a fun convertible under $10k, Miata is really seriously the answer.

“Hey, I want a Miata like car, but for some unamed reason, it can’t be a Miata, what should I get?”

A sub 10k boxster is not a good car.

I’m not a fan of buying something inferior because it’s more “interesting.”

I hate to break it you, car shopper, but you want a Miata.

Mr2 Spyder. Next question. 

I don’t know who the hell you’re talking about, but I never colonized anyone or immigrated to anywhere. Which is pretty rich, coming from someone who identifies himself with the most imperialistic, native-exploiting, roughshod-running nation in history.

...and a country peopled by those with vastly more of a claim to be American than colonists and immigrants...

That is completely untrue.  The UAW has always cared where vehicles are manufactured.