I always thought the Lagonda looked like a Cadillac that someone sat on.

I see. Not the first time. Probably not the last. Thanks.

This has NP written all over it. You could probably get one that was originally non-turbo with a twin turbo 13b swap or a V8 for $10k, but original turbo models are getting pretty rare, especially in stock condition.

You do realize that more than one person can find something on Craigslist, right? H/T would only be necessary if he got the info about it from BAT.

To me, it’s more a question of by the time it comes out, will anyone care? First, when it was announced that it would not be following the lighter weight formula of the ‘90s, I hated it, but eventually I came around and accepted that this is going to be a new New Sport Xpermiment, yes, new new. I’ve become okay with…

The mechanics could never get mine to pass emissions back when we had emissions testing here. I later found out it was probably a bad EGR and a bad cat (blew gravel out of the exhaust and delayed acceleration). That thing was a sweat box with the leather seats and sheep skin seat covers. It eventually overheated and…

Oh boy, my very first car was an ‘80s Chrysler. It wasn’t the Imperial, but the big 5th Avenue, the one which was a Dodge Diplomat twin. Worst. Car. Ever. It’s unfair, I know, but I’m going crack pipe purely on personal history with ‘80s Chrysler vehicles. Mine had no working AC, no working windows, no working…

That’s half the price of a nice steering wheel. Nice, but pretty far down the line, unfortunately.

The simple truth, as much as car enthusiasts don’t like to hear it, is that most people don’t care about stuff the same way we do. For example: a guy recently came to me asking about a midsize sedan. So I told him to buy one of the two best midsize sedans on the market: the Mazda6, or the Ford Fusion. The Mazda6. Or…

I’m really enjoying having all of this Japanese content lately. It’s almost like the “old” magazine days of ten years ago.

As soon as I read that article, I thought of Tavarish’s frequent “why would you buy a Camry, when you could buy a used XYZ instead?” type of articles. Although Yoav might not have gotten it all right, I think his experience is worth reading as well. We’re not all expert car buyers, as much as we’d like to be. There’s…

There’s a loose nut under the hood.

At some of them, like my local LKQ, they’ll provide wheelbarrows that you can borrow for just that purpose.

I’ve never really felt the need to haggle. I guess it could happen if it became a regular thing or if it was an expensive item, but the last time I went, it only cost me about $20 for the equivalent of about $200 worth of new parts. I’m not usually able to map out where a specific car is either. Basically, I’m lucky…

What happens when you put a V8 in a Lada?

You know, not to be a wet blanket, but they could have just pulled the handle back on a regular wagon and used that to steer, without having to do any of that fabrication. That’s what I did as a kid with my Little Tikes wagon. Start at the top of the driveway and then coast with momentum and turn onto the sidewalk…

Nice, I saw one of these for the first time in person, this year, at Sebring.

The startup at the beginning of this gave me chills this morning.

I was with you until you got to the mild hybrid part. Only because I’ve been thinking for a couple of years now, that it would be neat for someone to buy up a bunch of old Checker cabs and put them back into service as low-emissions hybrids. London could follow a similar path with their black cabs. Granted, it would…

Thank you, it’s a ‘95 but had the heavy steelies when I bought it. The look, the price, and the weight were just right with these daisies. You’d think it would be easy to find a clean Miata in Florida, but most of the NAs are in pretty rough shape. I eventually jumped at this once because the body was at least…