I had a 2004 Sport-Trac until 2012. Great car. Dead reliable and reasonably useful. Hard on gas, though. I sold it to a kid in the neighborhood and still see it around. I’d probably buy it back if offered.

I so want to do this. It’s got me thinking what would be my perfect car.... A jacked-up Mercedes 240D wagon? A ‘78 Fiat 128? (I had one of those a long time ago), a Toyota Previa minivan?

Captions! My kingdom for some captions.

We were all set to watch it until we saw it gets one and half stars on Netflix. Experience has shown that anything with three or fewer stars on Netflix is garbage or worse.

I just watched this with my wife and the only thing we could say is that we are so happy our daughter, a sophomore at Bama, was not in this or any other sorority bid video. The greek scene there is just stupid and we’re very happy she wasn’t interested. The dumbest part about UA sororities is they do their rush the…

Captions, my kingdom for some captions!

This was in the mid-80’s when people were turboing carbureted engines. There was nowhere near the level of engine management available today.

A long time ago Csaba Cesere wrote in C&D how to test aftermarket turbos. The trick to finding out if they are any good was to go out on the interstate, put the car in top gear at starting about 45 mph, and put the accelerator to the floor. If it didn’t hole a piston in the first minute or so, you were good.…

Five percent are stolen? In the last three years I’d estimate I’ve checked bags for at least 150 flights. My bags have been stolen exactly zero times. Lucky or bullshit stats?

If you aren’t an elite flyer on a US flag airline, you won’t get an upgrade ever. And to tell the truth, you better be top tier on most US carriers before you really even have a chance. I’m gold on Delta, have gotten exactly three upgrades on over 60 flights in the last three years. Most of the time I’m number 39 on…

Made me think of Guadalcanal Diary.

I bought my daughter a 2nd gen Avalon. It’s a dowdy old granny-mobile but it hauls ass. It’s invisible to the po-po as well, the evidence being hot-foot daughter’s clean driving record. And it’s a damned comfortable car for four people. Im with Raph, Avalons rule hard.

I have the same fears, but the last car I bought I financed through the dealer anyway. The trick is to have a bona fide financing offer from the credit union before going shopping. Then make the deal for the car you want and only after you get the price negotiated do you start to talk about financing. The dealer was…

I hate this so much.

Head gaskets.

Same engine/tranny in the base Challenger too. Actually a very nice package with that combo. I’ve driven base/rental 2015 Mustangs, 2014 Camaros, and Challengers. The Challenger is the best driving of all three, I think mostly due to the so-nice 8-speed. It also makes a nice sound when you jump on it.

This same…

I’ll take the 275 GTB/4 please.

No. I liked them when they came out. At the time, it looked like aero-styling was going to be a thing. No one could have predicted how quickly it fell out of fashion. As for me, it met my needs for hauling around wife and two babies in car seats. No regrets here.

You obviously didn’t grow up driving 70’s cars like I did (In Atlanta). Back in the day, 90 HP was about the most you could expect from a 4 banger and 75 HP wasn’t unusual.

I bought a ‘97 brand new. It was and still is a pretty good car. My sister has it now with close to 200,000 on the odo and still on the original tranny. The interior fell apart a long time ago, but the outside and mechanicals are doing just fine. I still kind of like the old catfish.

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