Oh shit!! My dream car... so it's a fixer-upper and it's only got the smallest engine, but wow, am I tempted! But I'm already in over my head in project car hell, and I think I'd have a really hard time justifying this to my bf.

Man, there you go again. It's not that you're not factually right, just - how can you not understand that people can enjoy cars that don't measure up to today's standards?

Dayum! Had I been wearing sunglasses right that moment, I would have been compelled to take them off in a dramatic way.

Also, pssst. If today's crazy prices mean another RAIV GTO isn't possible, a Le Mans with a 428 swapped in will give you all the fun for much less. You'd have to jump over your shadow, though.

I have to say, I wonder when people decided to call them muscle cars. Because back when they were new, the popular term for your definition of muscle car (a high-performance version of a midsize car) was "super car". And the pony cars were generally called "sporty cars".

Ooh... now you can't just leave me hanging here. What are the most anal shows (that are nationally known)? I gotta know, so I know which ones to avoid. As a spectator I mean. My 95 Trans Am isn't really fit for anything but Car and Coffee.

The thing is, most Europeans really cannot conceive how far real Southern hicks are removed from mainstream society. They just can't believe that there exists this set of people - and I know about them, as I live in Georgia and some of my extended family are the worst kind of trailer-living, hostile hicks - that truly…

I was thinking about the brakes. I've heard from multiple owners of Challengers and 2nd gen Cudas with the big blocks that their cars have a high likelihood to go sideways under hard straight-line braking.

I don't know where this guy got these numbers from, but just because some dude posted it in a forum doesn't mean it's true. Look at the other replies I got, you'll find no disagreement with my numbers.

Still an incredibly tone-deaf thing to say.

Never mind turning, how do you slow down without massive side pull?

I just can't get over how she says "everything about the 50s is better than today". You really have to be white, straight and married to believe that.

Agree, with today's aftermarket parts, if you can fall out of a tree, you can make a 360 that will pull a C-Body any day.

Drunken German is best German. I've been to Germany, and I found that even native Germans have a real hard time with their language once they've imbibed enough Weissbier.

I am trying hard to picture Raph speaking German, but I just can't do it. How would that sound? How would it look.

Yeah, real 340s are getting thin on the ground. While fantasy-shopping Hemmings classifieds a couple of weeks ago, I found that Dusters with the 340 now have entered the 25 grand club. Damn. Back in the 90s nobody would have believed that any Duster would ever sell for 25k.

Aw yeah, the Monica is a sexxxy beast. Sleek coachbuilt body that oozes style, De Dion rear axle and a 340 cui V8 - which I maintain is secretly Mopar's best engine.

I think VW management answer to that question would likely be "Uhhh... dunno". It appears in their relentless quest to become the world's biggest automaker in the most efficient way possible they forgot that consumers can actually see through marketing smokescreens. All those best laid plans operated on one faulty…

But as a matter of fact, the meanest regular production classic muscle car engines - the 426 Hemi and 454 LS6 - make about 350-400 hp stock. The vast majority of big blocks have less than 300hp.

Definitely. The Charger isn't a lightweight at nearly 3700 pounds, but it's easily lighter than a current 5-series. It clearly loses in the traction department though, which is all sorts of fun and/or scary.