D.B. Pooper

Yes, but it’s sad that we’ve lowered the bar so much that a cleanly presented car offered for sale is noteworthy.

Then hate life after the first out of warranty repair.

The Truckee CHP facebook is fantastically entertaining. All those funny west coasters that have never seen snow, playing bumper cars on a steep grade.

Agreed. This was my 2nd choice after Patrick’s. Although I really like the one you suggested it almost looks like a Ring Brothers car that couldn’t be had for $300k let alone $30k. But ya very nice

Doesn’t he already have a cool, reliable ride that he can cruise around California in?

Goddammit, Tom. Everything you write is just gold, man. Never seen anything consistent about financial responsibility or true car-buying help on any other automotive sites.

Unless it’s a rental car.

“We are also now deducting additional points from the Overall Score if a tested vehicle does not automatically return to Park or engage the parking brake when the engine is shut off, or when the driver’s door is opened with the engine running.”

“... hit a set of spike strips going 115 MPH, subsequently barreled off of the road and into a drainage ditch, launched the truck into the air and landed on a car parked at a restaurant” 

...or a fix’er’upper in the Bay Area.

Uh, yeah they did. Did you even read the article?

FYI, this goes back to the very start of the company. Enzo Ferrari routinely sold used race cars as “new” ones starting in the 1940's, then produced cars in the 1950's with serial numbers matching clients’ wrecked ones so they could avoid paying taxes.

Bill Paxton was one of those actors who took thinly written, move-along-the-plot characters and delivered fully rendered people.

Um no, a signal light does not give the driver the right to cut in, drive through or turn into anything.

There really is no market reason for gas to go up significantly anytime in the foreseeable future. Just to give you an idea who believes me on this the oil companies are writing their tar sand investments off because it will not be economical to extract from there anytime soon. The cost of extraction else where has…

Actually, 80s Toyotas were at their peak.

Yea wtf. I’d be looking at buying weird cars I could never get here in the US.

Everyone assuming you can figure out what’s wrong with their cars.

I mean, I usually can, but leave me alone. I can barely keep up with fixing my cars.


Second: people who ask for advice on what car to buy, and then don’t heed it.