I suppose, and I still fondly remember hooning around in F-bodies, but even coming of age in that era I’m not sure I can be nostalgic for something that reminds you over and over how little GM cared about getting the details right.

“Do you feel like this vehicle is safe for highway travel?”

It’s the family truckster of LeBarons!

I was ice racing last weekend and a local yahoo rolled up in a Daihatsu Rocky soft top. Blew my mind.

Toyota just bought Daihatsu; might have something to do with it.

You could learn to double clutch and then the weak second gear synchro will be avoided. Did this out of habit in all my Alfa’s.

Protip: The 1-2 shift actually improves if you shift right below the redline. I have to upshift below 2500rpm or above 5500. Anything between crunches.

I think the ergonomics are a build dependent thing. If you are lanky like me, the steering wheel and shifter feel just right. Having just a couple of inches from the steering wheel to the shifter is very cool.

Subaru XT Turbo dash

Back in 2009, no there was no Bluetooth button. There was AM/FM, Sirius, AUX, CD, Mute, but no Bluetooth button. You had to access it via SYNC command. Yes, it was a strange omission.

Sell for parts, car is ruined. There’s probably no workaround whatsoever.

the Jalop (i.e. ‘gearhead’) attitude does not reside in the car, it resides in the reasoning behind the car.

Production of the “Cheating” engines started in 2009, I’m having a hard time believing this has anything to do with Winterkorn’s statements in 2012. If anything Piech should be blamed.

This isn’t exactly a new thing. Ryobi had something like this at least 15 years ago. My dad had a trimmer that had a quick disconnect thing in the middle, so the trimmer end could be removed, and replaced with some other attachment. We never had any of the other attachments, but they definitely existed.

The last VW story, I promise.

CP. Needs a turbo or a stick at that price.

I’d pay 10K if it had a manual swap and factory wheels.

I’m in an odd mood today and this car hit me in the right place especially as the rear is “finished” and not some after thought with trailer lights for tail lights. so I say NP in spite of the landslide that this is probably going to garner.

I seriously hope the captain has a lisp.

I’m thinking one of those early 90’s oldsmobiles that went along with the Lumina