We used to say the same thing about GM; they not longer exist in the same state that they did a decade ago and the scope of the impact to VW is still largely unknown.

You’re missing the point that they were sold and operated for a prolonged period of in which they were out of compliance. They were sold under fraudulently-obtained certifications. It is important to owners precisely how the affected fleet will be made compliant, if it can at all, but this is irrelevant to the…

Not the same impact? It affects more people, as it is an air-quality issue.

To each their own...

It’s not “slightly more”; thousands of well-researched articles have explained in detail the tests that show it’s 15X-22X the allowable limit. And the real issue here is the public that the rules were established to protect, not the car’s owners.

I know that automatic transmission hate is de rigueur here, but a good auto would compliment this “cruiser”. I’m basing this on use as a daily driver...assuming I could bring myself to trust something this poorly made.

A little, but a hell of lot less than I’ve seen elsewhere. And I’m serious about living the message...

Very well written Sean, but you’re preaching to the choir when you post this here. The real struggle is out on the street, where the cliquishness is thick enough to drown in and is rife throughout the hobby. This is, to an extent, simple human nature but should be resisted whenever possible.

Excellent article, Joe. What variant did you fly? Early TF30-equipped “A”s with equally early intake controllers were a lot more susceptible to ‘going sideways’ than later variants. Or so I understand, as I was long gone by then...

Was asking myself the same question ;)

I’m not an expert on F-Bodies, especially from this era, but this looks like a V-6 car that someone dropped a period-correct 5.7L TBI engine into. There’s none of the usual badging I would expect for a 5.7L and I thought that the rear bumper covers had cutouts for the exhaust. It wouldn’t be the hardest job to drop a…

The R/T has a 5.7, the R/T Scat Pack and the SRT have the ‘Apache’ 6.4...only the HellCat has a 6.2.

I don’t have a candidate at the moment, but I think this is a great idea and am hoping this really takes off!

I have to bow to the bad-assishness of that!

Agreed...

I’m rooting for the 93 Riley Motorsports “Don’t Mess With Texas” Viper GT3-R. I would have like to root for the 33 Viper as well, but...”Gas Monkey”.

Reluctant CP - it’s not an unmolested ‘survivor’ and is in need a complete restoration to get the asking price.

I doesn’t matter that this has a manual, as it really isn’t going to make this anemic, heavy marshmallow any more fun to drive or collectible. And it’s still a malaise-era Jaguar, with all of the crapulence that implies. Super-CP...

I’m all for personal freedom until you’re costing the rest of us money.