Ha! I was just thinking of a base 1998 S10 I drove between vehicles - and I do mean BASE. You could race anyone and they would have no idea. The gas pedal was an on/off switch - on being making forward progress. 5 speed with no tach, crank windows, AM/FM radio, manual locks, 2wd, 4 cylinders of GM’s finest I-checked-th…

Easy one for me - 2005 Ford Escape. It wasn’t necessarily bad and I got it new as a company car, it just...was...

I’m guessing the numbers wouldn’t work, but this would be fantastic advertisement for a high end rental car business.

Came here to suggest the same. Had one as a rental car and wow did it set the bar for terrible and somehow new? 

Came here to suggest the same. Had one as a rental car and wow did it set the bar for terrible and somehow new? 

I have to laugh at the Tacoma expectations. It’s an old design from a company known to not push limits, quite the opposite in fact. They don’t even put electric seats in the Tacoma. It’s designed to be as unkillable as cockroach’s, not to be some ground breaking vehicle or a radical new design. I bought one new after…

Have you ever looked? Porsche’s aren’t rare but they are far from common. Just look at production numbers compared to a “normal” car.

Practical car that you can track you say? Everyday drivability? Comfortable on long trips?

Piech fathered 12 children with 4 different women and died at 82. I’d say Elon’s Musk is ahead of pace with 9 kids and 3 women at 51.

Piech fathered 12 children with 4 different women and died at 82. I’d say Elon’s Musk is ahead of pace with 9 kids and 3 women at 51.

I work in the automation industry and have spent countless hours as a passenger in other’s cars. The one that absolutely drove me insane was a guy that was somehow convinced he got much better mileage by tapping the gas. It was infuriating. Pull out from a gas station? Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap up to speed. Passing a…

Agree on the Prius. Hey if someone has one and likes it, that’s great but hard pass for me. Everything in them is carefully engineered to be as light as possible. That’s great for gas mileage but makes absolutely everything you touch feel incredibly cheap. Like rental car from the early 90's cheap. This isn’t from one…

Couldn’t agree more. They know how to make software and hardware better than anyone on the planet if you judge based on sales. I’m no Apple stan but you really have to respect the position they are in. That being said, a car is so far different than a phone it’s laughable. It would be like GM saying they are going to…

While on the surface I agree with your statement, what makes it a classic is you can’t get the same experience now, or ever again. Does that make it worth it? Totally depends on the buyer.

Near lifelong MN resident here. I actually started to get hot under the collar reading that it’s so spot on. It’s annoying in a car, downright F-ing dangerous on a motorcycle, bicycle, or walking. Its so dangerous I wish these idiots could lose a license over it. Did they see you? Are they on the phone?

Wow, sounds like you caught all the E36 gremlins and I have to agree on all counts. I’m familiar with all of those issues and had an eye out for them but luckily didn’t have them crop up, other than the 5th gear lean. I paied to have that fixed as it was beyond my meager shade tree skills. Just remembered I had the…

No no no, this is a great opportunity, and congrats! Staying with Toyota and assuming you still want a sporty car, here’s what you do - desire a new Supra.

Interesting. I owned a 98 E36 M3 and LOVED that car. I only sold it because the garage was too full and it was either sell that or the E90 M3. Both are extremely fun cars but for very different reasons.

It looks like some kid stuck two fog lights in a lunchbox...

...it’s not The Wizard,