I know a guy that drives his 2009 Bentley Continental GTC Convertible from New Brunswick, Canada to Florida twice a year. South in the Fall and north in the Spring. He has yet to breakdown but I have a feeling when it does happen, it will be spectacular!

This is why my wife drives our kids around in an xc90. Marketing hype or not - it gives me peace of mind.

The second picture: With a late 80s Toyota Cargo Van in the background. As opposed to the VanWagon, which had actual windows.

Don’t forget to add in the fact that only certain areas in Pennsylvania require the emissions test (the green sticker in the header picture). So, if you live in the metropolitan areas, roughly defined as Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, you have to pay for the safety inspection AND the emissions test. That…

Reminds me of my own experiences with a 2000 Saab 9-3 Convertible. Purchased by Mom for my Dad t0 celebrate 5 years of successfully living with the disease that would ultimately take his life only four years later. Even only driving it in the summer, he managed to pack 78,000 miles into those four years. It now has…

LOVE the A HOLE plate in the video.

When I was growing up, we had the precursor to a Previa - a 1987 Toyota Van Wagon LE. It’s unapologetic oddness made the Previa look positively mainstream.

Not sure if you are serious about your love for the XC90 V8 or not but we have one and for a heavy SUV that eats tires, its a pretty solid car. I dare say that we love it, although my wife is personally offended by the abysmal gas mileage. I, myself, never get tired of hearing the sound of a V8 start up in a Volvo! If…

1991 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe. My then-girlfriend brought one into the relationship. Terrible in every way. Gutless (non-turbo) engine, three speed automatic, cheap hubcaps and horrible paint. It’s crowning glory was, however, when a significant part of the rear suspension (the details of which are lost to my bad…

I have a Hagerty policy for an old wooden boat from the 1940s. The company’s stated value policies are great for fools - like myself - that put more money into something than it is worth.

Very obscure. Growing up, we had a silver 1987 LE version. In retrospect, it really wasn't the best van but it managed to hit 200,000 miles before

Saab Sensonic

My first car, obtained in 1991 for the princely sum of $100, was a 1983 Volvo 760 GLE. Powered by the truly horrible PRV V6, it took slow to a new level (especially after the head gasket blew at 165,000 miles).

8/10. Was thrown by some of the Europe only models.

And folks, that isn't even the worst part. The worst part is that it wasn't what he said, but rather the way he said it. From the sound of his voice, it seems like he sees a lot of ten grand repairs. It seems like he's seen a lot of customers cry in his presence. It seems like his house is filled with plasma…

This ranks right up there with some of my pet peeves that show up in TV shows and movies far too often: car scenes involving a car driving in which the car is obviously in Park. This most often occurs with a shot into the interior through the windshield in a column shifted car when the gear lever is completely…

Particularly interesting read as, using your metrics, we have spent more to maintain our Volvo XC90 in the last year than you did on the Ferrari. Add in what it cost to repair the suspension damage after a direct hit to the largest Ohio pothole this Pennsylvania boy had ever seen and our "unusual" repair costs were…

When I was growing up, my mother purchased a then-new 1982 Corolla-Tercel SR-5, 5 speed, with the glass hatch. It was painfully slow but still fun to drive. It was also the first car we had with air conditioning, sunroof and a cassette deck, so it had that going for it. Finally gave up the ghost due to rust in 1995…

In the mid-90s, two of my friends had 1987 Golfs, both of which had only this type of shoulder belt attached to the doors. Neither had lap belts. It was a little disconcerting.

It actually does and yours is most likely burned out. It was located in the middle of the "grayed out" taillight band across the rear of the car, at the same level as the taillights. I always wondered how that passed the "high" part of the cHmsl.