Sigh.  Guy I work with bought a Garage Queen 2 door Cherokee.  Kept it for only 4 weeks, then sold it.  I had the $, I would have bought it immediately.  It was shockingly well cared for - and not a spot of rust.  You gotta love Southern US cars.

All together now... 1, 2, 3.... “...and we’ll all go down together....”

Having actually ridden one, mit sidecar, nope... pretty, but slower than molasses in January.

You probably don’t remember the last Pontiac.  GXP; Corvette engine, Brembos all around, 6 speed manual and sorted out on the Rings.  No badge engineering there, just the best stuff in the best package and one amazing sleeper.

Audi TT Quattro.  Audi has only sold about 140 of ‘em in the last 6 months.  And... now they are talking about making it a 4 door... get a two door TT while you can.

Still waiting for the $22,000 VW electric that will go head to head with Tesla.

If I had planned better financially, I’d buy a 2019 Corvette, equip it nicely, then mothball it.  The next year, when the mid-engine Corvette comes up, I’d do the same, equip it nicely and mothball.  I bet the value would beat the market results over 25-30 years.

Like the bikes, the price was probably determined by committees.  I’d buy a Zero for 1/3 of the price and get more range.

Been following the Dakar for decades. Owned five R80G/S and created one “replica” Dakar Racer from it; still have the 44 liter (ll.9 gallon) tank.  It sit’s astride Das Beast, an old R100RS beater.  Perfect mid-80's Dakar bike.

Neutral: yes, methinks the fat lady is warming up.  12-18 months onset. 

Bought a Subaru ‘88 Subaru Justy 4x4, new, off the lot. New Hampshire. “Take it to this guy...”. He had it for a day. Completely ATF coated it. When I sold it at 380,000 miles (that’s another tale) it had one, dime sized rust area, just over the rear hatch.

Our Westy, now happily gone, would start sometimes if you hit the starter with a hammer, or wrench, or rock, or...

My beloved but gone ‘67 Targa had ‘em. Nothing like leaving the targa top on, the rear window zipped down, all windows down and vents just so... bliss.

Turn signals?  What you say of these mystical things?  As a motorcyclist, yup, I use ‘em, but cars?  Not so much.  I just hope I don’t end up as a place that needs to be hosed off....

I started the same way, a half a continent south and 30 years ago.  V7 is the perfect mount... and much like my beloved old BMW R75/7.  I put 60k on that bike.  Rock star parking, good fuel economy, and enough room for whatever I needed to haul.  I bought my first Aerostich Roadcrafter in 1988... it made daily riding…

I don’t want a Jeep, I want a Jimny or a Samurai or whatever Suzuki is selling - no, wait, I’ll just buy a Roxor....and put turn signals, tags and a jeep front end on it... and drive it until the wheels fall off.

Hickory is 60 miles away from my little vegas in the mountains.  There is old mill money, it’s where NASCAR got it’s start (and never left) it used to be the furniture capital of the US.  Old money.  Some low values too.

Like my long loved Subaru Justy (sold it with 300,000+ miles) and it was still a solid runner.  Been thinking about a dog hauler.  3 50 lb hounds of different breeds, but a pack.   This would fit the bill.

Given what I know of Germans and having worked for VW shilling the things, no surprise.  They don’t love us as much as we think they do. 

Uh huh.  When the rubber hits the road and it is real, I may darken VW’s doors again.  Then again, a mate bought a $70K+ Model 3 and didn’t so much as have the keys thrown at him.  Tesla could learn from VW how to deliver cars.