Good ones, yes. Significantly.

Trenta

I’ll take the small one, please, but it’s still a bit large. May I have a Mighty Boy?

Who also has problems with groping.

Think like an engineer and consider cost-benefit. I “would pay more for rear discs”, if indeed there was any chance I would pay much for anything, but it would be a fool that expected what I want to lead them to a profitable marketing demographic. The main advantage for discs in an application like this is easier DIY…

Great post! I’m not really a fan of Azteks, but every time somebody beats up on them I think, yeah, but the Rendezvous was even uglier. And less useful.

Similar experience. Was talking the talk with a bunch of gear heads and the Vibe dude starts talking bout the 2zz in his Vibe winding to above 8k. I did a mental double take. What? I had to look it up. Crazy. This car is now on my radar as a more interesting than average people hauler.

Screw that fake Rolls, where’s the rust free Metro? I’m in.

Wait for it, wait for it... It’s NOS, dude.

In Hawaii, this will fail your annual safety inspection.

Rob Emslie doesn’t know everything; it is actually a belt.

“The ad notes the replacement of the the timing belt at some point, which is weird since the Miata twin cam uses a chain.” No, it’s a belt. Still CP, but hard to know how much CP as really good low miles cars like this are increasing in value and will continue to do so. This may be a CP today, because you can probably…

Good idea. I’d buy it. Used.

I own neither a scooter nor a Goldwing, I’m just making unwarranted, prejudiced comments about the demographics of an owner group, because that’s one of the may purposes of the internet. I do think that it is as fair to paint a Goldwing with the ‘uncool’ brush as it is to do so for, say, a Chrysler PT cruiser or Buick…

Yech. I actually owned a cx500, though. Best hideous motorcycle ever.

Definitely cool-er.

Well, right. It’s a motorcycle. Designed for old people, so it can’t be too hard to ride. I bet this scooter is amazingly agile compared with a mobility chair.

I’ve been reminded it’s a 1999. I’m not sure if this invalidates or actually reinforces my comment about the museum.

The problem here is the 4 stroke and gold-wing-like references. Gold Wings may be the perfect tool for a certain kind of touring, but they will never, ever, be cool. A scooter that looks like a Gold Wing, and further, seems to have roughly the same mission in life, i.e. portaging around old people in comfort while…

I’m sure you are correct—I know little of Toyota truck motors in general and I’m speaking more of general reputation than first hand knowledge. I also was not intending to denigrate any other specific ‘Yota motor, but I have had a number of cars with 4A series motors and those do tend to start getting tired around…