Don’t hate on the cyclists. The way I see it, every time someone on the road is using a bicycle or a Prius or an electric car, they are doing us a favor by saving more gasoline for people like me with big ‘60s land yachts that get 14 mpg. These people are saving our limited supply of gasoline so that those of us with…

Exactly! Just because no one sells them, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a market for it!

I guess it kind of depends on trim level, then. But at the same time, the original Mustang was the same way. You could get it with an inline six and a bunch of luxury features, but they didn’t consider it a personal luxury car because that was the Thunderbird’s job, and I guess they considered the more luxury-focused…

Not a winter beater. From what I hear, those old Subarus are great little cars, but they have serious problems with rust. The reason why you don’t see them often anymore is because most of them have rusted away. Using the poor thing in the winter would ruin it faster than you can say iron oxide. As a cool and quirky…

“Now, that price brings us back to question at hand which is, what exactly would you do with a problem like Maria…”

I’m not quite sure you understand what a personal luxury car is. They’re not necessarily sporty, although some might have a sporty image (Like the Thunderbird). But it’s just that: a sporty image. They’re sort of like the pony cars of luxury cars. They are meant to be cool and flashy and more driver-focused, but they…

In anticipation of Tesla, they made sure to engineer it to be so safe that it couldn’t possibly catch on fire and reignite later. The way they accomplished this was by making it so unreliable that you’d rarely drive it, thus reducing the chance that you will get in an accident.

What Thunderbirds have you driven!? As an owner of a classic Thunderbird, I think I can say with some authority that the current Ford Mustang is absolutely nothing like a T-bird. The current mustang handles fairly well and goes really fast (until a crowd happens), whereas most old Thunderbirds are kinda slow and…

This is sort of unrelated, but am I the only one who thinks that some of those old tractor grilles would look good on hot rods?

You’re thinking of the Scirocco. The Scirocco was named after “a hot wind blowing over some peaks”, making it one of the few cars ever named after a fart.

The only Yaris I want is the Yaris Adventure, but that was an April Fools joke. The least funny April Fools joke of all time in my opinion because that kind of vehicle should be real. And Toyota mocked it and acted like it was a stupid idea, ignoring all the reasons why it’s a good idea. Why you gotta break my heart,…

I’ve never been a huge fan of the Spyker’s styling, but I do admire the design because of how different and interesting it is. It’s full of cool and interesting design elements and it probably has the coolest interior of any car ever, especially the early ones with the propeller steering wheels. The gearshift in that…

I seem to recall that all the tires, brakes, and lights were taken from a real i8, so perhaps those parts could be sold to bring the cost down. Then you could mount it on a modified van or crown vic chassis or something, and then try to convince the Lemons organizers that although it is still very expensive, it is at…

That whole thing about ancient gods was not what I expected at all. It’s so hilariously over-dramatic without really saying much that I love it. It’s certainly better than all the buzzword-heavy garbage that other companies write about how “dynamic” their vehicles are. The vehicle itself is somehow both very serious…

Separate bed shmeparate bed, if it’s got a bed it’s a pickup. Separate bed versus non-separate bed are just different kinds of pickup trucks. Scrambler? Pickup truck. F-150? Pickup truck. El Camino? Pickup truck. Suzuki Samurai? Pickup truck. Hotel room? Pickup truck.

... And yet, many people do. Bear in mind, they don’t have to run well, they just have to run. It helps that the $500 doesn’t include safety gear or wheels and tires, as that would definitely be asking a bit much. They let you spend however much is necessary to make the car safe.

“but it may well be the first mass-produced non-military convertible pickup truck to be sold in America ever.”

A while ago I saw a 1:1 fiberglass scale model of a BMW I8 for sale on Ebay with a starting bid of $100. It was originally made so that BMW dealerships wouldn’t have to buy a real one to show potential customers. My first thought was that someone should turn it into a Lemons racer. This Aston is similar to that idea…

If you can’t build a half-decent race car with $500, you aren’t being creative/brave/slightly stupid enough.

I say buy a 1963-65 Studebaker Wagonaire. It has what I consider to be the ultimate wagon roof in terms of practicality. Its roof features a large retractable panel that allows you to open up the rear cargo area so you can haul things that are too tall to fit under conventional wagon roofs, such as refrigerators. It’s…