$19k to buy it (and nobody did) is just the cover charge. $8k for the inevitable rod bearing replacement, and many thousands more for everything else that will break, all for a car that’s ugly as sin and as dependable and trustworthy as a Panamanian dictator.

There are loads of Armenians in Glendale.

That is why you always, always, always take your company lettering off your old crap before you trade it or junk it.

I’ve done clutches on Saturns in 3 hours. Time consuming is a legitimate part of “difficult”, which is the opposite of “easy”.

“No car is difficult to work on” + 40 hour clutch job = massive cognitive dissonance or A-grade trolling

17 hours book time to replace the heater core on a early 90s SL500. God knows how many special tools

Nope. Been there, done that. Rust never sleeps and it’s almost always cheaper to buy a nice one you can find that’s done already - and ready to drive, right now - than to spend years and vast dollars fixing one on your own. Good luck finding the unobtanioum parts for those half stripped rust monsters - there's a…

And going to the moon just involved some engineering and a few lines of code

Holy mother of God that's an insane deal on an insanely amazing street legal track car. If I were in the market for that sort of thing, I'd jump on that rightnow.

“not actually any more unreliable than any other car”?

Also, good article. I’ve also seen more double charging lately for things like wheel locks, when aftermarket rims have been fitted on the showroom. One set of factory optional locks on the window sticker and another additional, separate, higher charge for locks on the add-on window sticker for the aftermarket wheels…

I’ve bought a lot of new cars, for clients, family and friends. My advice to buyers is always this: when dealers pull this shit, tell them to take it off/make it free or walk out. Same thing with bullshit $300 per unit “processing fees” and “ADM” (additional dealer markup).

Oh look, the new one is slightly less worthless!

$2,200 is one decimal place too many for a dead 28 year old derelict car that is sunburned to death inside and out, full of trash and has mismatched wheels, too.

I was in a part of the northeast that didn't get much snow or salt on the roads, so that might've helped

I’ve owned a Tiger Explorer 1200 for a few years now, and it’s a great road bike for distance travel but (predictably) not great as-delivered for any kind of off pavement use for anything more challenging than a well-graded dirt road.

What was the first production year for your engine?

2nd gear: either USA Today or you guys need to get better at proofreading, math or both:

I hate Illinois Nazis.

You need to breathe through your mouth more on the video, Doug. Also - did you sell it yet? The R32s on Philly craigslist don’t look like your car.