>It makes you wonder what did they do to that bun before they put the meat on it

That’s exactly why I bought a Subaru - I’m a government employee that’s designated “essential” even in snow emergencies, but I also need to haul two toddlers in car seats.  I didn’t want to buy a $60K crew cab 4x4 truck to do that.

I just bought a car with this features last week, then immediately took a short overnight trip (~3 hrs. on the highway).  Gotta admit it was kinda great. 

Subaru’s rapid growth is one issue, but the selling points of all their cars is 1.) AWD, 2.) Boxer engines, and 3.) their EyeSight technology. All of these result in a car that’s inherently more complicated than a FWD car with an I4 engine and less/no collision avoidance tech. If you’re of the “a car is an appliance…

I agree, but it is what it is - I just looked again and all the NB’s in my area are $7.5-$9K, except for a flood salvage car out of Texas for $2900.

Eh, I’ve been toying with the idea of doing this - clean NB’s go for $8K-ish in my area, plus $3K+ for a turnkey turbo kit, bigger brakes, wheels & tires, misc suspension, etc, and I’d be at...at least $13K. to build a car that wouldn’t hold it’s value nearly as well as this “unmolested” version.

Can’t believe Kate is walking away with this - they’re solid picks, but every single one is available in any MegaMart on the planet. There’s nothing interesting/regional/weird at all.

To be fair, listening to Jimmy Buffet makes me violently ill no matter where I am.

“Moist Clowns” is now the name of my post-hardcore band.

Everyone’s hating on it, but to be honest I’ve been looking for something exactly like this to throw on a small trailer with my camping gear to use as a campground/fire road bike.  This seems like a good alternative to dropping $4k+ on a Monkey or a TW200.  If it was near me, at at least go check it out.

Interesting - back in the early 2000's, I worked at a dealership that specialized in classic/muscle cars. We had two first gen Rivieras when I started working there (one black and one Seafoam Green) and we couldn’t sell ‘em for ANYTHING. I think they both wound up being in inventory for close to 500 days.

I have a major mental block regarding high mileage when used car shopping. I got my license in the early 90's, and one of the pieces of advice my parents gave me was “everything starts breaking at 60K miles” (which was absolutely true of the malaise-era clunkers that were in my price range back then). I know it’s an…

“they’re marketed to be snacks that you’d grab instead of lesser-processed foods like nuts or fruits or the like”

These weren't street legal? Because a buddy & I definitely rented a couple on spring break in Panama City in 1991, and they definitely had plates. (Although I wouldn't be surprised if there was some kind of "arrangement" between local law enforcement and the businesses that cater to tourists...)

>Those still perplexed as to why Honey-Baked Ham would undergo this survey in the first place

From 2000-2002, I worked at a muscle car/exotic -oriented dealership. These were our bread & butter - we probably sold a dozen or so mildly built ones every month, and developed a bit of a following among the Mustang guys in our city.

I’ve actually had one these or a 944 on my radar as a project for a while now - he’s pretty on the money for a 928 with the usual body/mechanical issues... but a Porsche of that era with the dreaded “intermittent electrical problems?” Oh HELL no.

It was named a “Public Ivy” in a book 30+ years ago, which was mostly based on the look & feel of the campuses. In reality, it’s not much better or worse than any other State U. in Ohio. It’s just where all the ultra-preppy kids who didn’t have the grades to get into Kenyon or Denison favor.

I was rabidly anti-croc until I got: 1.) a house with an overgrown jungle of a backyard, and 2.) a dog that somehow manages to shit her own body weight day. I can work in the minefield-infested yard all day long, then just hose them off. Then we had kids and bought Crocs for them- same easy clean up, they last longer…

The van is a ‘64, Aerosmith was formed in ‘70 and signed to a major label in ‘72, so it would of been 6 - 8 years old when they were using it. Probably not THAT beat up yet.