I had an 88 1/2. No AC, TBI engine, sometimes wouldn’t shift out of first in a 3 speed not that it got over 60 anyway.

The younger generation will never really have to know about driving an 80's chevette or escort.

Indeed. The size and horsepower made me think that this car occupies a VW Beetle-like place in the ecosystem. If you just look at inflation and ignore other variables such as duty and the relative strength of the dollar against other currencies, the US MSRP of a basic VW Bug in the mid 60s was $13k in today’s dollars. …

I have never had the pleasure of driving a Dacia Duster, but I did have the good fortune to see a few while in London and Dublin.

I love it. I want one.

I know it looks like they have no choice, but EV will rush all these brands to demise.

I’m insanely biased, but I’d take the shorter range German options based on their VASTLY superior interiors over a Tesla any day. But that’s just me and I know a lot of folks feel differently.

I look forward to seeing how VW/Audi can make electric motors complex and unreliable.

Except that she will likely suffer no real long term consequences. If anything, her social media following will probably grow. People are trash because American has become a landfill.

We may be thinking of different rocks... the Omaha Rock I’m thinking of is in a business parking lot and it keeps getting hit because SUV’s and Trucks have such a high belt line and such stupid drivers that they jump the curb and land on the rock when the make a right turn upon entering the parking lot.

Or some “vintage lawn art”

Yeah, go full Nebraska Rock

One of the first things my parents ever taught me: NEVER mistreat people who handle your food.

These are the same types of people who yell at the McDonalds cashier when there is a pickle in their cheeseburger when they asked for one without. People like these assholes wish they were rich and powerful so they act that way to other wage workers to make them feel better about themselves. I hope too that they get…

IIRC, one of the defendants posted a video on social media after the incident and basically said the driver was lucky he didn’t get a beating.

Insurance didn’t cover it because it was a pre-existing condition.

and her insurance rates have skyrocketed because of the crashes.

sounds like some large landscaping rocks are are in order

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Lowering the budgets of the Grand Tour would make the show watchable again. Some of those specials just seemed like they asked Amazon for “all the money” and were left to create something expensive.