“See it’s okay because I’m also physically repulsive.”

My five things:

Do you know why it’s gone? All you “enthusiasts” who ask me to bring these to the NA market and then buy a CVT Kia Soul instead because you suddenly remember you’re 39 years old 215lbs, make $65K a year and have a wife, 2 kids and a dog.

You could just save your money and fix the VW 135k is not a super huge amount of miles. Dump some money into fixing its problems, then in a few years give it to the kid, it won’t be so yuck when it’s either this or get a job you freeloading brat and buy your own car. Then go buy yourself a midlife crisis Corvette.

I miss having an old shitty car people hate riding in, it’s the best excuse to not waste gas on them and their poor opinions.

I was curious about that. Iirc the chicken tax has to do with small trucks and vans to protect US automakers that like big trucks. That’s why the subaru BRAT had the jump seats in the back and they still import ford transits with rear seats, only to strip them out and throw them away to avoid the tax.

You never stipulated I had to be able to afford it -

Exactly. $4200 will get your a NICE carbon 22 speed road bike with hydraulic disk brakes.

“The bicycles were intended to introduce young riders to the Harley-Davidson brand and were styled to look like the company’s motorcycles.“

I think there’s a common thread here, and it’s not leases. Please tell me which of those cars you would want to own without a factory warranty. Personally my answer is “none”, except maybe the Buick, but I don’t want an Enclave anyway.

That’s kind of a dick move. I did it once, but only because it was some asshole outside of a laundromat who tossed his trash on the ground on his way out. I thought a better place would be the bed of his truck.

When I was a kid, the joke went, “What’s the difference between a good ol’ boy and a redneck? A good ol’ boy throws his empty beer cans in the bed of his truck. A redneck throws them out on the side of the road.”

I would never own a full-sized pickup(except for maybe a SRT10), but warning bells go off when someone starts opining on what everyone else should drive. I can see similar arguments made against V8 ponycars- two inefficient, too big, too powerful, etc. My overriding vehicular ownership philosophy is: What car or…

A couple years ago my wife and I were shopping for a replacement car after her’s was totaled. She wanted the same as what was totaled. So, we hit up a few dealers. There wasn’t much of a selection, but we found a dealer with a couple of options in our price range. They pull around two vehicles for her to check over…

The seat belt is one of the most effective safety devices in a car. Wear the fucking belt.

It’s like scientists engineered the world’s most punchable face.

Yep. this has been done since the 70s. For the longest time 914s were nothing special and a dime a dozen. And to be honest, they still are nothing special; without 911 values skyrocketing no one would look twice at one.

Right, they have been doing this swap since the 914 was new. 3x the power, similar weight distribution, what’s not to like?