If he got it for $19k new out the door like he claims he definitely did not get the optional Recaros.

Holy crap I'm pretty sure that car is just one or two subdivisions over from me and I see it on my mornig commute often. If I had the $ right now I'd grab it in a second to save the shipping. And these articles aren't really that crazy. I've been test driving ST, WRX, GTI, etc for my next car purchase at $30k in…

Yeah basically they gave us sticks on the things we didn't really want anyway instead of doing something interesting an offering one on the S60 R-Design or even the XC70. The C30 had potential, but was always FWD and never had a proper hot version. IIRC there was actually an S40 T5 AWD with a 6-speed for a year or…

Volvo was selling cars with manual tranemissions in the States through the 2013 model year. I wouldn't call that a very long time.

I work for a company that does hail stone and bird strike testing. Blades are tough. I've seen them shrug off baseball sized hail stones with minor damage.

Sorry I was trying to say not really less beige. I can't actually find a picture of a camry with extra lights and normal paint. But I did somehow get this when I googled for "Camry PIAA lamps". Happy Friday!

eh. Not really...

What a coincidence, I was looking for something to do tomorrow morning! I actually parked right in front of that cemetery last year for an event at the Alamodome. Had heard a rumor but had no idea it was that cemetery or I would checked it out.

No. Cars are not like TV's. Dealers only collect sales tax on new cars when they are also registering them for the buyer. If you are taking it out of state, you get temporary buyer's tags, walk out the door without paying sales tax, drive home, and pay it at the DMV or tax assessor's office in your home state when…

I know right. I see 208's a fair amount in San Antonio. But I do want to buy some land in a border town so I can bring over a 5-door M135i like the one I saw in rush hour traffic last week with Tamaulipas plates.

This is incorrect. Sales tax goes to the first state the vehicle is registered in. Tax shouldn't be collected by the state where the car was sold. Instead it will be collected at the tax assessor's office when the car is registered for the first time based on the bill of sale. If the store that sells the vehicle…

Ahead of its time!!!

These are pretty common actually. My 2007 Hyundai has one. Just test drove a FoST a few weeks ago and it has one too.

The resale on WRX's and STi's makes me wonder why anyone buys them used. I was looking the other day and even with the newer better ones out I couldn't find a previous gen below $20k that wasn't a basket case.

Can confirm. We have one here at work for schlepping crap around our office park. You have to give it like 50% throttle just to keep it from stalling.

They do. I'm exactly 24 months into a 5-year loan on an Outback and the cheapest one on Craigslist - with twice the miles as mine - is listed at $5000 more than I owe. Basically it has only depreciated $5k in 2 years. I really didn't expect that when I bought it. Truth be told, though I plan to keep it long enough…

Nope. Mine is a CM body with a K-VIN and Made in Korea door plate. Crap photo from my garage I had handy. What makes it so weird is that I remember Hyundai making a big deal in early '06 that they were making them in Alabama.