that was somewhat rare and unusual option back then and wasn’t quite the AWD we know today. 

blue velour interior? or material?

ugh! My first car in 83 was a 76 Capri.  I’m happy I got the used Ford not the new Ford!

Escort was their “World Car” and woulda been cheaper for sure too.

I will give you that the first gen is a better looker than later gen’s.  I’ll even venture it had more of a Euro inspired look to it.  Manual back then would always be far more fun than the Auto’s for sure.

My buddy had his hand me down from his older sister’s Maverick (which was previously their parents) and he beat the snot out of it. It was an utter POS otherwise but it was never boring when at the hands of my buddy.

I recall that one of the contractor’s cars had poor alignment and duly handled even worse than the others. But there were numerous things not right with these cars and they didn’t have but say 20-30K on the clock. Even the ones with the good suspension suffered from torque steer to the point they wanted to dart across…

Factory paint, fade provided by sun and lack of washing by the looks.

Ford Tempo. Most of you probably never drove one let alone heard of one. But they were the Jan Brady of Ford’s lineup. You either got an Escort (really basic car) or you got the family car, the Taurus. The Tempo filled a small niche.

Don’t forget the chem trails man, the chem trails...

I’ve been using (necklace type) BT noise canceling ear buds too. Find them to be an excellent choice. Lately they’ve been failing due to usage and wear so I’ve tried my apple airpods pro. They work nearly as well for straight up listening to music and/or gps directions from either my phone or my Zumo GPS unit. They…

As a current Audi S5 Coupe owner, I’d say get an S5 Convertible. Quattro, amazing heat from the seats and the HVAC and its an S. Don’t want to spend that much coin, go for the non S with the 2.0 and still get the gorgeous looking car.

All excellent points. Clarity on point #5, if unsure look it up in the owner’s manual or google.

Perception is their biggest problem:

I love the Paso’s. I wanted to buy a new then 93 907ie Paso but they stopped selling them in the US and they launched the Monster which I fell in love with and promptly bought.

Enjoy the Monster for a while, then graduate up. I’ll be honest, I am not at all a fan of the Chromo’s or the Darks for that matter. They all have to be red for me. Both my Monster and my Diavel, RED.

After seeing the Monster at the NY MC show in 93, I went and purchased a brand new one in Red in March of 94. Rode it for 12,600 miles before selling it 6 yrs after buying it. Loved that bike. If yours is in generally good shape you paid a fair price. The Corbin seat and the carbon cans are excellent upgrades. I…

Uh, back in the day it was:

While Red Bull and Scuderia Torro Rosso/Alpha Touri/etc... are the most blatant, there are and have been other teams that support the bigger team (Ferrari/Alfa Romeo; Mercedes/Williams). Look at who supplies engines to who and you’ll see a level of assistance but of course RB being RB, they’ve always stretched it to…

13yo vehicle with essentially zero miles is a timebomb of small and big things going wrong due to inactivity. With that mileage its seen 2-3 tanks of fuel at best, so that’s gotta be flushed out at least. I can imagine alot of other items will come up too.  Hard pass for me on this type of deal.