I had such hopes for this car when I was in my late teens/early 20 a million years ago:

everyone hated every single one without exception and said they ruined the car (until the next one came out,

Ehh, you can currently get brand new wrxs for 29k (under MSRP)

Of all the things to complain about, this is pretty much a non-issue. Steering effort is always highest at a stop since the tires are 100% scrubbing. It’s not a good way to see the response from any system. Even a slight roll would probably make it much less noticeable

Not really surprising as these cars appeal largely to younger drivers, and those buyers have been feeling the squeeze of higher rent and other costs lately. The fun stuff is the first to hit the chopping block; at least for the wiser buyers. 

I’m thinking it would be fun to roll into Radwood with this, as the contrarian vehicle.

Gets a pass? What are you talking about? They’re getting raked through the coals on forums, blogs and vlogs, etc. I’ve never heard so much chatter of one manufacturer losing the plot. And that’s probably precisely because they’ve had such a stellar reliability reputation. Similar shit happened to Kia/Hyundai, and…

NP

I love that this exists–bonus points for the whitewalls–but pushing $10K is, well, pushing it. ND.

First of all, nothing exudes confidence more than soaking the engine bay in tire shine spray. Secondly, don’t people realize that as soon as they are on a public road, or if people drive by their houses that we can see their license plates? Hence why its sort of stupid to cover them up in ads. Lastly, good luck…

I completely disagree. The Blackwood was the forefront of what see on the roads today—behemoth crew cab pickups with dinky beds that are option-loaded so they cost an eye-watering $70K to $100K. Since the roads are full of Blackwood clones nowadays, the original must be one of the (ugh) best since so many pickups…

Lincoln Blackwood. Ford started with a perfectly good pickup truck and made it both infinitely worse and more expensive!

I have a soft spot for Bimmers- and buying this gets you a car that almost no one else has. But $13.5K seems high, no? 

The suspension upgrades are pretty welcome. AP is easy enough to do and the 2.4l seems to respond VERY favorably to tuning. Wish my 18 had the 2.4, not the 2.0. Maybe in a few years if they are still making the damn things ill upgrade to one (hopefully minus the plastic, which while it doesnt look awful... doesnt…

My guess is that the ABS module was removed to get the engine to fit

When I read the title I was about to come here and call BS on the 1990 with 5doors and 16V motor since I bought a 1990 GTi new and knew that neither of those were offered in 1990, but being a JDM explains it all. That interior is mint and essentially what mine looked like (guages where radio should be and can’t…

I love MkI/MkII VeeDubs. And this one contains a nice bit of kit. While I’d love to drive this one to enjoy what I liked about these lightweight pocket rockets one more time, $18 grand is just too much for me to spend for a fleeting 35 year old nostalgia kick.

Or had said he was on private land, or even just taken the Fifth. I mean the judge wouldn’t have been impressed, but at least with the former he’d have had a chance of not going to jail. Taking the fifth would have given his lawyer a fig leaf to hide behind too. He literally chose to incriminate himself though.

Exactly this.  I’ve held this position for a while now.  There needs to be an intermediate step while the charging infrastructure has a chance to grow.  The government also needs to decide on a charging interface full stop.  I don’t have to worry if a fuel nozzle will fit my ICE machine, I shouldn’t have to worry if…

I love EVs and I do think we should work on building up the charging infrastructure to enable a full transition to them, but I do think PHEVs are the way to go for pretty much everyone in the immediate future.