Free advice GM: Keep the Monza name or something else. Cavalier has too much negative equity in the name to bring it back. Admit that it was a mistake.

I also have a bone to pick with this section:

We put the air conditioners in in May, because there were a few days where it was 90, then memorial day weekend was frigid, and it’s back to gross and humid again, so I’m enjoying the fan function of my air conditioner right now!

My AC has been on and off since May. Humidity in Oklahoma is ruthless.

A properly regulated, funded, and schooled, tiered federal driver’s license would be the way to go. But since that’ll never fuckin happen in America, what we got is what we got.

PHENOMENAL GRILLE POWER!

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Toyota somehow did it.

It still isn’t! But man, something in the lizard brain really enjoys eating a gallon of over-salted and ”buttered” popcorn.

Okay, let’s just put this on par with other convertibles that are in the same shouting distance: You could get into a high-ish mileage S2000. There are some good Boxsters in this territory. A near-new Miata would be on the table here. You could do a C5 Corvette without a top, if you’re into that sort of thing. (Or, if…

Very easy NP. I was shopping these last year, and this is right about where the price of this truck should be. The price has nothing to do with the current market... in a way, it’s actually a bit of a deal since the seller hasn’t added a “2021 chip shortage premium” to his truck.

Yeah, exactly. And this one looks phenomenal underneath. At this point in the 3rd gen game you’re buying them based on the condition of the frame. Body panels, mileage—all the stuff people are bitching about here—are totally secondary to the condition of the frame and the mechanicals. This one has a perfect frame and…

In today’s market? Nice price.

I test drove the plug-in one, hoping for a Volt driving experience. That instant electric torque with the engine to charge the batteries when they get low.

It’s a bummer because it was a unique and “futuristic” vehicle, but if I’m honest, I wasn’t ever going to buy it, so I don’t think I’m allowed to be upset.

Not likely. Everyone seems to think this, but every prior version they point to (wagons, minivans) never made up a majority of the market. Crossovers do, and it’s not particularly close.

Go. To. The. Damn. Store.

I might have to take a break on this column until the used car market becomes sane again.  Or, maybe I’m just getting old.

Let me tell you something about this car. There’s a 42 year old dad named Wayne who owns an architectural firm in Asheville who is going to love this. His boys (Bryce and Sebastian) will happily hop in the back on the way to soccer practice. The rear cargo area is perfect for filling up at Whole Foods, and those tie…