Surprised not to see any Porsches in the mix. There are plenty of Boxsters out there in this price point and my understanding is that they are pretty reliable by German car standards. And while the 944S’s are pretty much at or above the $10K mark for a decent example, you can still find 944s and 924s for less.

The Fiero route isn’t a bad suggestion. If you can find one that hasn’t been kit-carred or engine-swapped to death, then you can get a lot of car that’s both easy and cheap to wrench on for a little money. Just be sure to focus on the 1988s. The last year of production got a $30 mill. mechanical upgrade to the…

Well, I guess every Jalop will have to step up to the 1SV to get it in brown.

If you think things with the Navy are bad you should look at the Coast Guard.

Cue the Benny Hill music.

It will probably be a lot cheaper to just order a coilover set with lowering springs and do it yourself.

“How none of them thought to address this in the actual settlement document is beyond me, but now, two months after final approval, we’ve got an answer in the form of a hearing transcript.”

Yep. That would be a trespass, and, considering the threat in the bible verse it might also be considered an assault.

Correct, unless the appeal raises a claim under and is decided based on a US Constitutional issue (which I highly doubt is the case here).

It depends on whether the plaintiffs’ appeal is (under Delaware law) via an appeal by right or via a petition for certiorari. The court can deny a petition for certiorari and refuse to hear the appeal. If it’s an appeal by right the court has to hear it.

Nukes are bad, so build more nukes ... oh, and use them too. I’m thinking that the Bos-Wash corridor just got a little more dangerous to live in. Time to start shopping for real estate in the Andes or some other place far away from anyplace that someone might want to nuke.

“It even comes with a personalized interior with McQueen’s famous quote, ‘Racing is life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting’ stamped on the illuminated door sills.”

VW’s lawyers will go back to the court and get the settlement decree updated to preclude this kind of blatant violation of the spirit of the agreement. Easy-peasy.

Would they sell that engine to my son to stuff in his Fiero? (Because more lightness.)

Said Bill Belicheck.

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COTD!

My family is doing its part to save the manuals:

And yet again, this is why the answer is ALWAYS MIATA!

It will hurt GM in China when China revokes GM’s privilege of making cars in China, throws GM out, and nationalizes their manufacturing facilities.