Every so often I’ll see a Honda 600 here in Los Angeles and it makes me want to break out in applause.

Whenever I see an old shitbox in mint condition, it brightens my day.

I sometimes enjoy the parking lot of a car show more than the car show. The parking lot is where all the enthusiasts with they’re half finished cars park, not for the garage queens that are taken out and polished twice a year.

Rare everyday cars. There are plenty of good examples, but I’ll use the Saab 9-4x. Less than a thousand were made. Most people have no idea what it is. But we do. We know why it’s special.

I voted for this. Still looks like a baby shoe to me.

The phrase “Low range” indicates that there is a way to use a range of gears at increased torque multiplication. In the case of the Subaru I suspect its a true “low range”, meaning a 3rd variable in the torque multiplication figures (transmission x transfer case x final drive) versus just 2 with US Subaru’s…

yeah, with the manual trans that only gets you a 21:1 crawl ratio, its not what I would call “low range”.

Yeah, it depends on the swap. Subaru used different AWD systems depending on your transmission, so you have two get a new ECU, which requires wire harness work. They also used different axles and hubs between some of the models so you’d have to swap those out.

Me neither. I pretty much scroll past all super car content. In fact, I was just thinking yesterday that there are too many supercars at my local cars and coffee, and not enough charismatic old beaters.

Amen.

Everyone always assumes I am really into supercars, when really, they are what I care about the least

That we’re only interested in fast cars. I know plenty of enthusiasts who love cars that aren’t fast.

If I were him, because of the fines, I’d rid myself of it and find the largest, ugliest rusted busted piece of shit car I could find and park it there until I died. Problem with our society today is everyone is nosey and are habitually offended by nothing.

I knew my “never buy GM” rule was a good idea. You just confirmed it. You probably had the AC fan running full blast. You know you’re not supposed to do that with a GM...

I don’t agree, really — the sound, noise, smell, and sometimes genuine weirdness of the old mechanicals is a huge part of it for me.

I’ll just leave this here...