Reliability. The 22r has a Volvo redblock-like reputation for chugging to astronomically high mileage without rebuild and withstanding incredible abuse. Despite their overall reputation for quality, most Toyota motors have worn rings and worrisome blow-by by 200k. Not a 22r variant.

I agree with you that this is about intent, and I would further state that I do not believe there is any hard evidence that can tell us this. The reality could be as complicated as Stewart taking a line closer to the stationary car for inappropriate reasons without realizing Ward was out of the car until it was too…

Sigh. A long time ago, in a land far, far away, but actually in Bowling Green KY, I used to deliver pizzas for Papa John’s. My ride at the time was a very, very hard abused Volvo 240 sedan which I had picked up for free as a gift from a friend of mine in the same business that could not use it anymore due to multiple…

I’m not sure that it is at all clear that he was actually high at the time of the incident. Marijuana is very easy to detect in the system as long as a month after use in urinalysis. It’s probably safe to assume an autopsy toxicology report to be more precise, yet I’m not aware of any standard for concentration of THC…

I believe the point was that American cars also often stop working for no reason at all.

Well it is FWD, not without flaws, and an unusual vehicle to be striven for as an ideal, but I’d say it was a couple of orders of magnitude removed from the Tempo, largely because it is actually a Mazda.

Lots of similar stories here, but I’ll add some more props with another true tale of bulletproof construction. This was the family car of my best friend in elementary school and they put well over 200k on it without so much as touching anything other than regular maintenance—no alternator, no starter, nothing. The…

Nice. Looks like a grand adventure. Have a star.

I’d be happy with a streetable race car—maybe even a non-streetable race car that has more than one trick (if I had that kind of disposable money and time) but this is a DRAG race car that is unlikely to be very good at anything else. I like horsepower, but I also like to turn. CP

I’m fine without the bumpers, but agree 100% on battery box. How simple would it have been to get this right? That along with the weird dangling gauge...and some other things, i.e. it is worthless as anything but a drag strip toy = a big CP. I want to like it—I actually think the exterior treatment looks great and the…

You clearly do not have children, or at least not smart ones. Mine are boys, but make pointed observations about illogic of our incomprehensible adult society all the time.

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This one’s pretty simple: No AC, no timing belt records, no ask this price. In this condition, with those issues sorted, NP. So, CP...

And then there is repeatedly talking out your ass because you are obviously just trolling. Just because it isn’t required doesn’t mean there is no reason to learn it or that it has no impact on wear or performance. Not to mention the benefits of practicing a skill you need in a different situation so it’s there in…

Suzuki Swift (same as Geo Metro). These are good cars, but the transmission can be an achilles heel. It will actually last a long time if you treat it like it is made out of glass, but will not tolerate abuse. It’s easy enough to rebuild them, but I’ll try to put that off as long as I can. So what you are saying is…

I double-clutch downshift my regular production car every day. It has flimsy synchros and I’d prefer to lengthen the interval between transmission rebuilds. I absolutely have a “fetish” for operating a manual transmission—this whole place is for people who have a serious car fetish. What are you doing here?

I believe the comment was sarcasm based on the historical evolution of the automobile. If you ever drive a Model T or similar you will find you have to manually adjust ignition timing with a lever on the steering column. While most people would rather not do that on their daily drive, I bet it actually is a lot of fun…

So, what you’re saying is, it’s ok to continue a practice that is obviously sexist because I am able to explain to my children that it is sexist. The bottom line is that me personally, as a potential paying race fan, would prefer something different. It is true that this is because I believe the objectification of…

I wish I could award more stars, lol.

Offered for sale anywhere else, NP, Michigan car, CP. Or maybe it’s the opposite? I’m not sure. This is borderline I suppose, and I like the car enough to maybe, if this were on my local CL and I needed such a thing, go and look underneath it to see how far the cancer really goes. Maybe, if I had to live in Michigan…