The high salinity makes it awesome fore water skiing.

“Four stars.”

I have had the unfortunate honor to travel there three times for work, when I worked for Dept of Interior, running a broadcast video dept. Every year there was a significant bird die off. Shorebirds getting Avian botulism, cholera, avian salmonellosis or host of other lovely diseases. It’s Planet Mercury hot during…

The area was a sort of resort in the 1950s, with hotels and lakehouses and all the associated mid-century leisure stuff that entails.

FORD RANGER! Seriously, I figured that would be at the top of the list here. The 4-cylinder Lima engine Ford Ranger is a beast. My 1997 manual trans had almost 400K miles on it when I sold it three years ago. I checked in with the buyer a few months back and he had sold it on to another owner.

My ‘98 Dodge Neon. Bought in 2003 for $2,000 with around 80K miles if I remember right. Nothing was wrong with it save for a missing radio. Even the dreaded head gasket had been replaced. I actually wanted a Neon because I had heard that they took well to performance mods, handled great, and were cheap to maintain…

That’s a shame. Whatis, the ‘03 Matrix XRS (Toyota Corolla hatch) hit 200k, with only clutch changes, and that was mostly my fault. Yamaha aluminum block, same engine as the Lotus Elise, suspension of the Celica GT-S, and a cargo capacity that once fit 52 computers. Hauled ass and assloads. Used to have great fun with…

Salesguy at work had a Pontiac Vibe 400K miles on it, new motor, trans etc etc. He put at least 1K per year in it in consumables. They finally bought him a company car just so he would look better with the customers.

Junebug, my ‘98 Z28 never ceased to amaze me with the abuse she could put up with. After putting near 100,000 miles on it myself, I finally spun a rod bearing at around 170,000 miles, and while that may not seem like much, this was after a decade of daily driving that including:

Yeah, Miatas are statistical dogs too, that’s why no one buys them.

this was the surprise - downsizing to something that’s just a two row hardly gave me anything meaningful in fuel savings:

You’re right, they should have called it Pretty Decent Series If You Give It A Chance, I Mean If That Is The Kind of Thing You’d Be Interested In. I’ll be sure to email them a link.

Obviously, the Cupra Chabe.

I hadn’t heard of this until now and just looked it up. I can’t wait to see Willy T. Ribbs get out there and whoop some. Thanks for the heads up, Bradley.

I always thought things like this were cool.

The aforementioned fall. The tire exploded and the rim bent, but I rode it out and 300 miles on it since with no problems.

I ride a Trance 29 Advanced Pro.  Built it from the ground up with 12 spd. XTR.  Shifts like butter and rides like a dream!

Well, the hipster was probably slowed by the chafing.  Some people have to learn the hard way that jorts aren’t the best attire for a triathlon.

Last Triathalon I did some Hipster dude had a 15k Carbon Fiber wet dream aero bike while I was out there on my Steel Schwinn

This is clearly something done out of curiosity rather than necessity.