I'll take my cookie now. I remember a neighbor had one of these almost 10 years ago. She had no idea why I liked it so much since in her eyes it was just a junky old Toyota. I took her for a joy ride to illustrate the beauty of RWD, and she nearly vomited out of the passenger window. Good times.

I'll go ahead and say it. This thing is a good idea for Bentley, period. Sitting here, I can't think of what Bentley 'stands for' other than uber-high priced luxury fluff. They specialize in land yachts that are expensive for the sake of being expensive. An SUV shell can haul around leather and wood just as well…

By 89 they were using a much smaller setup. That car is an ur-240, and has the big 70's era commando bumpers. The silver is actually aluminum. It's a heavy gauge C-channel with vinyl striker pads on the front, and I haven't seen a corrosion issue with those. The silver ones came off to be replaced with black ones,…

This is from last year when I brought home my "new" 1975 Volvo 242. Those are the original bumpers, which had seen 250K miles in a dozen countries on two continents. They've been doing their job since Gerald Ford was in office. I replaced them later with a nicer black set, and I recycled the old ones. Because they're…