For those of you eagerly keeping track of my CarMax columns, we can draw three important lessons from this experience. Number one: as it turns out, CarMax doesn't just blindly approve my repairs because I'm "the guy on Jalopnik writing about CarMax." Honestly, this surprised me. I thought by now I'd be flagged in the…

This is what 70% of the Land Rovers being driven around in less affluent areas look like.

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In 2010 there were about 210 million licensed drivers in the US so lets use that number. There were about 16 million new car sales reported by the auto industry. based on that math (16/210) shows that only 7.6 percent of drivers bought new cars last year. So yes, you are correct. 90% of the population could not…

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its so if you search for say "BMW 330i" you get a listing for an old Chevy in the results.

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My brother convicted my mom to buy one back in 2003 because he wanted to drive it. She did. It was the LEAST reliable vehicle my family ever owned. It was in the shop every 2 months for something different. It got horrible fuel mileage wile requiring premium fuel becasur to move it you had to rev the piss out of…

Seat is moved up to where someone 5'0" would have it. Makes the interior look even smaller than it is.

I'm okay with them not having a monthly premium. But they should have annual deductibles, reasonable co-pays and cost sharing like every other health care plan.

The Corrado is one of the greatest modern VWs, praised for its great handling, VR6 engine, and handsome styling. I can't even remember the last time I've seen one, or its older brother, the Scirocco.

Friend of mine just sold his 1998 CSE a couple months ago after blowing the motor on it. It was in amazing condition otherwise.

How does something so ubiquitous just disappear?

How do you think Ford and the UAW will handle these contracts?

How do you think Ford and the UAW will handle these contracts?

That 1997 has 73k miles. It has 2k miles before the transmission implodes.

These were great for pranks if your friends owned one. 4 people could pick it up and walk away with it.

My grandfather had a white one with a red interior when I was a kid. We called it the banana-van because we thought it looked like a white banana.

I owned a 1986 from 1996-1999. I actually saw one on the road a few months ago. It was in surprisingly nice condition with classic plates on it.

Back in 2000ish my family was moving across town. We had we had a riding mower we needed moved and no way to easily move it. We asked the guys down at the garage if they could flat-bed it across town for us and in exchange we would give them a running 1986 Temp we had in the driveway that no one cared to drive. …