Most modifications tend to be a compromise. Want to improve the road handling by lowering the suspension? Compromise comfort. Wan’t more power? Kiss your MPGs goodbye. There are exceptions, of course, but automakers spend billions to engineer a car that makes the best compromises it can so any deviation we make with ou…

As someone who worked in the rV industry for a long time I can say that pop-ups are ND at any price. The canvas parts are expensive to replace and the lift cables are a HUGE PITA to replace. Nope. Never. No way. ND

Who buys new safety seats every year?  Most are now convertible and last the ~12 years you need them. Still a cool idea for when you’re in a pinch though, like if an unexpected friend needs a ride. 

This seriously pushes the boundaries of “Running, driving vehicle with a manual transmission under X dollars” so it’s definitely a conundrum.

In my neck of the woods, Cutlass/Gran Prix/Monte Carlo were the popular car to give your 17 year old boy. Our HS parking lot was infested with these cars. 

This is such an obvious NP that it makes me wonder what is secretly wrong with it.

I love the plug ins that get 20 or 30 miles on electric only mode.

See related: Stop blaming your wife and just say you don’t want to ride a motorcycle anymore

What about when you want something you know you shouldn’t have (another car? another boat? another toy?) and your S/O agrees you should get it, or even worse, get 2! Now they are an enabler! This is my problem.

Go for something not everyone else at the car show will have - like this 1970 AMC Rebel.

They drove over the hump above the actual trail, from what it looks like. Likely because he’s a moron.

I actually don’t think there will ever be a time when non-wrecked 392 Wranglers will generally be available for less than $50K.

The non-rubicon axles aren’t really up for the stress of 35's. I mean for looks only maybe but if you tried to wheel with the stock axles and 35's you would be pressing your luck.  The rubicon axles are only just up to the task of 35's and real wheeling.

4 grand isn’t bad at all especially if you plan to regear with 35's. You are going to be spending AT LEAST that to do all the work, plus you will get DANA factory gearing which will be setup properly and won’t sing on the highway like aftermarket gears can.

It’s just because there’s nothing that competes with it. You have the wrangler on one sort of end and then ?? on the other. Maybe a Tahoe? Or a crossover like a Grand Cherokee? If you want to spend every weekend in the dirt in an SUV, but don’t want the fatigue of daily driving a wrangler, there’s not a ton of…

These are the tools that build a LOT of your modern singletrack mountain bike trails- they can go anywhere without needing a huge footprint so trails stay as natural looking and feeling as possible. Still a bunch of trails done by hand with rakes and hoes and maddoxes, but these things make it sooooo much easier.

Just go with straight cut gears.

Not every brand can be Subaru so if this is what it takes to get the other half of the population into more efficient cars I’m fine with it

I can’t picture too many reasons a quick 4xe rollout can’t happen really fast on anything that has the ZF8HP, since the only major difference in hardware besides battery pack and ancillaries is the torque converter is swapped out for an electric motor.  The hardware is pretty common, the calibration base maps should…

Funnily enough the screen used car was posted on Jalopnik last year for only $4500. looks like a 1966 Datsun 411  https://jalopnik.com/at-4-500-would-you-make-the-call-on-this-1966-datsun-1841236601