Yeah, I have a 14 Sportwagen TDI and its awesome. I actually get quite a few compliments on it too. 

Is this all just a new season of The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margret?

I got this when it was an Amazon deal of the day a few months back. It’s a handy set, maybe a little better quality than a K Mart Craftsman set. Perfect for around the house stuff and light wrenching on a vehicle, and the case makes it pretty easy to store under the seat of a truck or in the side of a closet. 

I got this when it was an Amazon deal of the day a few months back. It’s a handy set, maybe a little better quality…

I hope it does well for them and sells better than their Street models. I’ve seen exactly one Street in the wild since they went on sale, not sure if it was a 500 or 750 as the rider didn’t speak English.

My FR-S was Ultramarine, so downshift blue is the way to go for me. But since the FR-S went down the road because of parenthood, the Supra would be a hard sell to the Mrs. even if my daughter is small enough to fit in the rear cargo area. 

The local Jeep vendor had a Gladiator that sat on the lot for about two weeks, then disappeared. It showed back up two days later with a body lift and brodozer wheels. It sold two days later. People are suckers. 

When the GT-350 first came out a Vegas dealership had a $120,000 “market adjustment” on it. The salesman saw me looking and walked over, I just said “disgraceful” and walked away, he didn’t even try to respond. 

There is a black 2000 GTS in the showroom of my local Dodge dealership that makes me want to try camping and living off the land for a year to bring it home. First gen Vipers have aged extremely well in my opinion. 

Not a fan of having to join a mailing list to see poll results, or do a survey. As for the ‘lude, CP. I see them not unfrequently for sale in my area in similar condition for around $1,500 less, even cheaper if you don’t mind Autozone cold air intakes and plastidipped wheels. 

There isn’t a whole lot of wiggle room if you are designing a car to be an homage to race cars from the late 60's/early 70's. Of course they are going to look similar. The rear ends are pretty significantly different. The shifter does look like it was lifted from the Huayra, but little else does. That said, the first…

Is it a better deal than the combined value of the Indian Scout FTR 1200 and Honda Africa Twin, both of which I want desperately? The Livewire looks cool, but damn! There is a lot of stuff that would be pretty awesome to have for a lot less. 

The Charger, Challenger, and 300. For a time they also got the Sprinter with an appropriately ugly grill. 

Here’s a picture of the perpetrator.

Those old console TV’s would run from $500 to $700 in early 80's money, so that would be around $1,100 to $1,500 in today’s money. It would be a lot harder to justify that every couple of years. 

I grew up in a Ford family, mom and dad both had Mustangs. So it’s pretty easy to guess where my vote goes. I did however buy a 95 Trans Am back in 2000. It was a blast to drive, but miserable to sit in any seat without a steering wheel in front of it, the passenger seat foot well had an odd lump for the pillow sized…

The 7.3 is replacing the 6.2 Modular V8 in the Super Duty trucks. It’s supposed to be have significantly more torque, and actually be better on fuel when towing. This is the motor to get if you tow an RV a couple times a year and don’t want to add the cost of a diesel into the equation. 

Do you want to tank them in the middle east or something?

When I was stuck in Iraq for 2004 I got the idea of trying to pick up a Lotus Europa. I had a bank account full of cash, and no bills to speak of, so off to eBay I went. Every single Europa for sale was in the Northeast, I was from the PNW. The thought of Lucas electrical components making it from upstate New York to…

Neutral: I’m biased towards Fords as my family has been buying them new since at least 1929. The new Silverado is just plain ugly, but I’d listen to the case for a 30mpg full size for sure. Ugly worked on a Prius because the car was as much a political statement as it was a vehicle to the american buying public, ugly…

I had a 93 Eddie Bauer that I bought from my grandparents who were the original owners. It was the most comfortable road trip vehicle I’ve ever owned. Kind of wished I’d have kept it.