If that's a real, genuine, bona-fide Max Wedge engine in the car, $3259 is a good price.

It was such a great design that it was the template for the common layout we see today -front drive with transverse-engine. The irony is that the imitators (VW Golf, Honda Civic, etc.) were so much better in execution.

Totally agree and good point about home mortgage and job security. If you think you are going to be in one place for a while and feel secure about your job and want to buy, go ahead and buy. But buy only as much house as you need, don't buy as much as you can afford - being "house poor" and saddled with a big…

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Does the US still make college education more accessible than other countries? In most countries, a much smaller portion of the population has been able to go on to higher education than has been the case in the US. Whether that's still the case, I don't know, but it would be interesting to know if the…

Yes, I figured most jalopnik readers should know who David's father was, but I was surprised after reading all the postings on this thread that nobody mentioned it.

David Donohue has quite the racing pedigree - his father was Mark Donohue, who was Indy 500 winner in 1972, Can Am Champion in 1973 with the Porsche 917-30, and IROC champion in 1973 with the 911 RSR. Also, his father was the Trans-Am champion several times in the Sunoco Camaros and Javelins in the late '60s and…

Lots of incidents like this on wreckedexotics.com (including this one):

True - There's the "I love my family dearly..." part in the second paragraph, but the unstated rejoinder you imagine coming seems to be "... but that dorky nephew of mine is such a goddam pussy."

"I would like to apologize to my fans, teammates, coaches, marketing partners and the entire US Soccer and Seattle Reign FC communities..."

Explosion jokes aside, when was the last time you saw a Pinto on the street, in ANY condition? They were ubiquitous in the '70s, thinned out in the '80s and are never seen at all nowadays.

It's not just a matter of supply - If interest rates rise, an existing bond loses value because of its lower payout (coupon yield) relative to newly-issued bonds.

Would the average person have been better off the S&P 500 index or Enron/Worldcom/GM/Chrysler over the last 10-15 years?

I've read that a lot of the Sultan of Brunei's cars are moldering and deteriorating in storage from lack of use and maintenance.

What language is that in the subtitles, Hungarian?

Stamford has a very "money and brains" demographic, lots of Wall Streeters and Corporate Execs live there.

The ice-pack lady reminds me of the story of the woman who complained about getting pregnant, even though she'd been putting contraceptive jelly on her toast every day!

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yep, didn't realize the Nationwide cars were still going there until I saw the race yesterday on TV.

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