For the most part that’s true. I’m not opposed to making your own clothes and have even looked into it myself for one-off things like costumes. In my experience by the time you buy a pattern, fabric, thread, buttons etc. it is almost as expensive and you still have to make it. But over time my mom built up drawers and…

My mom made all of our clothes on a sewing machine in the basement with novelty print fabric from the clearance rack at Jo-Ann’s all of the way through middle school. All of the pants and shorts had elastic waistbands. The only things we had that she didn’t make were screen-printed souvenir T-shirts from places we…

Time to log off, kick back, crack open a Shiner Bock and... oh look! The low-ass bridge in Boston got another truck! Hooray!

My neighbor has a beat to crap one under a car cover in her back yard. It ran two summers ago, but hasn’t since. I ask her about once a month if she wants to sell it, but no luck so far. It’s too much of a basket case to be worth restoring, so I'd love to get it running and daily it for a while just to make commuting…

It sort of does in that photo, but have you seen one in person on the road yet? It has a really upscale presence to it that pictures don't capture. I saw one for the first time on my way home from work today and it didn't look like a Buick at all.

Surprised I didn't see this posted. Every one I have rented has been completely falling apart with less than 10,000 miles.

Same here. My Hyundai has a T-pattern with R next to 1 and is only a 5-speed that turns over 3,000 at 65 MPH... it’s like it was made to has 6 and two model years later they did add a 6th. Sigh.

The Peugeot 107 was just as bad.

I actually remember these being somewhat common when they came out. But I felt the same as you the last time I saw one a few weeks ago.

Exactly, it’s not bad and kinda works. But for the price, I’d expect it to be more than just “not bad.” If you stuck a 3-pointed star on it and charged $70k, then sure - but it just doesn’t seem special enough for a Bentley.

Tubeless tires. We take them for granted, but if you’ve ever had to deal with tubes you’d understand.

Plenty of people haggle on luxury vehicles. My boss just bought a new Benz and played two dealers off of each other for two weeks before getting it. He haggled on the Lexus IS he bought a few years ago. Lots of people who can afford luxury cars got to that point financially because they never pay retail for anything.

Jim is right. I was stuck in rush-hour traffic right behind an XLT 4x4 crew cab the other day. It is much taller than old US Ranger, but only slightly wider/longer. The high beltline exaggerates the size as well. I wouldn’t necessarily call it a “small” truck, but it is much smaller than any US full-size going back to…

It was probably production. It has been on sale in Mexico for a little while now. I live in South Texas I’ve seen several on the road. Of course St. Louis is a bit more of a hike from the border, but there is no reason someone couldn’t have taken a road trip up there.

All of the Mexican ones I’ve seen here in Texas have a giant “RANGER” decal splashed across here. I actually kind of like it better with the decal - reminds me of an 80’s Toyota pickup.

I named my son Nolan pretty much because Ryan was a total bad ass and I hoped some of that might rub off on him through the name. He's 2 now. While I watched this video on my phone he walked up to his 6 year sister and kicked her in the face. :-/

Thanks for this guide. I bought a base model with a crappy plastic steering wheel because it was the only way to get the manual transmission. Now that I can get the leather wheels cheap on eBay I've been wanting to put one on but thought it would be too much of a pain in the ass. Now I'll be giving it a shot!

Yesterday everyone was complaining the Jeep Wrangler that cost $48,000. I think you just proved that as far as convertible SUV’s go, the Jeep is a far better value.

I am way more interested in reading about this than Doug’s goddamn Hummer.