If American Top Gear happens and they choose to rip off Clarkson's penchant for blowing up reviled vehicles, then I think a late malaise-era Ranchero would be a fine candidate for such treatment. I can think of no better use for this vehicle than being strafed to death by an A-10, or filled with dynamite and hurled…
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Peugeot diesel? Seems intriguiing at first blush, but I'm not interested. It'll just lose to a friggin' Audi in the end anyway.
Whoa there, fellas! I hate to be the voice of reason, but some of you should go back and read Al Navarro, particularly the paragraphs captioned "Do your part to make Jalopnik a club of gentlemen, not a 'gentlemen's club'."
Ah, the Malaise Triple Threat*: tape stripes, t-tops, and an 85-mph speedometer!
Hey now! The Mustang II's Pinto underpinnings weren't the problem. The original Mustang was based on the Falcon, which filled approximately the same place in Ford's lineup as the Pinto. Not to mention that for 25 or so years after the Mustang II it was based on the Fairmont's Fox platform. Style and power atop a cheap…
My brother used to drive a "4 Door Sports Car." One night, he took his fiancee out for dinner at a nice restaurant. He had some leftovers, so he had them boxed up to take home. He left for vacation the next day, forgetting the fact that there was a styrofoam container of fettucine alfredo and lobster meat in the car.…
Wes and I got into a long debate about this ourselves, not being able to agree if it should follow the racer model of forward (away from you) for downshifts and towards you for upshifts, or do the inverse.
Oh, yeah, the other thing you should do to make sure you don't get caught? Don't sell the fargin' cars on the internet.
Wow. Even with the "if you treated the Wankel right" caveat, you don't often hear an '82 RX-7 described as "orders of magnitude...more reliable" than anything. In '82, for 10 grand, I think I would have gone with the RX-7. Or perhaps with the slightly more poorly built (but fresh and new) third-gen Trans Am. Neither…
@smalleyxb122: I think that might be a bit too flashy. A couple of French dudes driving though the Central American boondocks in a convertible BMW with California tags?
Since they're French, not only will gas seem cheap, but they'll be accustomed to vehicles not necessarily being reliable. So I think it needs to be old American iron. After all, if they want to experience America, why do it in a Japanese car. I also firmly believe that convertibles are best for road trips. But they…
I do like the bright blue, but I'm afraid that's unlikely to be a factory color. And since I suspect the California is likely to put me over budget enough to make even a Maaco respray an extravagance, I guess I'll have to just paint it with a roller using Rustoleum. I'll bet I'll be the first to do that to a new…
Oh, I shouldn't have looked at that ebay auction. The diesel RX-7 (DX-7?) is about 20 miles from where I work. Now, despite the fact that I berated it earlier, I want it!
A diesel RX7!? That's project car hell in a more literal sense, as something so blasphemous (take a light, high-revving motor out of a sports car and put in a diesel) really ought to land you in actual hell.
Since the Bimmer is classy, I vote Fancy-Schmancy Aftermarket Exhaust. You should be able to get something that just gives a nice burble at idle or part throttle, but barks nicely at WOT.