@snapoversteer 'bout to get told: That's my sense too. San Diego is the Toyota Triangle, where their cars are possessed and the drivers first response to a crisis is to call 911. This was staged to validate the actions of the cop who died in a Lexus SUV while talking to a 911 operator instead of taking any of the…

@87CapriceEstate: The Avantine isn't a minivan, although it is built on the platform of one. It is a coupe with the chassis dynamics of a minivan and styling that might appeal to a science fiction fanatic. They get terrible mileage, have laughable performance, handle badly, possess French build quality and have…

@tollberg: My commute is basically accross the coastal part of La Jolla. The other day I saw a silver Ferrari Daytona parallel parked on Pearl Street. I see Teslas at least a couple times a week, and there are only 900 or so of those in the world. Gallardos are invisible here. The Elise was all over this place when…

@joeisuzu: Photo 32 shows the Nissan engine. Photo 33 is all Nissan Sentra except for the 405 DL badging and the the trim panel (that clearly doesn't fit) between the taillights. The taillights are Nissan, but have some tape on them to make them look a bit like 405 taillights. You may notice that what would be the…

I hear they also make steering columns.

Now lame? That suggests that they weren't before.

@AustinMiniMan: Until 1995, the sedan and wagon had two different chassis. The article makes sense. I didn't want to take the chance of being wrong, so I left my initial response as an open question until I had an opportunity to confirm what I remembered from several years ago. Wagons weigh more when all else is…

The idea that this just happened to occur in San Diego, where a cop made a phone call from a Lexus SUV with a stuck throttle before dying in a wreck, is too freaking much of a coincidence. There must be a linkage between Jim Sikes and the local cops. They've decided to create a world where their fallen comrade did the…

@AustinMiniMan: The 760 sedan started receiving IRS in 1988, and the 960 sedan followed on that platform. The wagons retained the old solid axle architecture until 1995. Wikipedia isn't ambiguous if you read the 760 entry and have been under the cars. I used to date an Edgecomb and know more about Volvos than I ever…

@AustinMiniMan: I confirmed my theory. The Volvo 960 Wagon didn't get the upgrade to the IRS chassis until 1995, so the '92 was only lighter than the sedan because they were two very different cars under the skin.

@Optixtruf: At least she wouldn't have been able to sell it.

If he bought it outright and gave her the title then I suppose he can afford this lesson. I'd feel worse for him, but anyone who buys a Nissan is in for some serious disappointment anyway.

@CJinSD: It is yellow, but here is a local looking to drop a "20K mile, immaculate" Elise for 20 grand:

I wouldn't pay $19,500 for an Elise with a clean title. They were as common as the Prius here in 2007, but I haven't seen more than 2 of them in the past year. I've seen more Teslas recently. When a car goes from five sightings on my way to work every day to three sightings a year in 18 months, I can conclude that it…

@AustinMiniMan: Is that because the 960 Wagon is just a solid axle 740 with a 960 nose and engine while the 960 sedan had a longer wheelbase and independent rear suspension?

Have the brakes been changed at some point? Shouldn't a '63 VW have 5 widely spaced lug nuts on big brake drums instead of a 4x100mm bolt pattern, or whatever it is here?

@Ben Wojdyla: Oh. Are you reporting the trip computer figure?

Consider where this happened people. Toyota needs to investigate the connection between the driver and the CHP officers. The alternative is that their fallen fellow officer who made a panicky phone call rather than making any of the 5 correct choices that would have saved his family was a victim of his own…

@gman1023: Most people I know have no more than 2 kids, but they still can't leave the house without a vehicle with 3 rows of seats. When I was 9 and my sister was 11, our family car was a Plymouth Horizon. We used to make 350 mile trips with my grandmother in the car too, combining a week's worth of luggage for 4…