I don’t blame the kid one iota. But dad? Who pays cash for a car and walks away without a title?

As the resident ( I think only) actual honest-to-goodness Train Conductor on the Jalop message board, I’ll comment on a few things here:

I don’t think I could get $15k for my every- option loaded, mechanically perfect 2015 GT with 80k miles (street parked in Brooklyn so some minor body dings). And that's a better car in every way except the Vanilla Ice nostalgia. So, ND.

Where are all these Opels hiding?

It’s pretty silly they don’t note that in the chart.  I’m an Automotive News subscriber and the first time I saw this chart early this year it was a definite head scratcher until I realized how they were doing it.

As a recently minted Saab owner who is quickly descending into one-brand tunnel vision, I was kind of surprised to not see them on there as well. I’m not saying the numbers aren’t dwindling, but I feel pretty confident there are more Saabs on the road than Yugos (in fact, there were almost that many at the Saab…

Jason keep in mind that Experian (and R.L. Polk, owner of CarFax) are only obtaining registration data on cars with the SAE/NHTSA standardized 17-digit VIN format. This was mandated for 1981 Model Year cars, although I have seen a few 1980's using it also.

I guess SAAB is totally in “Other”? Bummer they don’t even warrant their own callout anymore.

The Yaris was on the brakes for 3-4 seconds before the Land Rover hit it. The Land Rover driver wasn’t remotely paying attention to anything going on around them. It’s 100% their fault, not 85%.

Basically I wanted this:

FINNISH HIM!

The obvious choice is an option package where two additional cherubs arise from the hood to spray the windshield down for the wiper’s wash cycle.

You guys just never remember your old articles, do you?

What about this?

I’m honestly surprised that JC Whitney didn’t have a wiener sporting hood ornament. They had everything else.

This answer is coming at the question from a different angle...

It started off well enough. I was selling my lifted 92 XJ Cherokee and I had a number of people interested. One guy was pretty insistent that he see it “today”. Wanting to move on to my next project, I cleared my schedule and agreed to meet him in the parking lot of my neighborhood school. In the pouring rain. We took…

I like to get a different daily driver every few years so I have some great ones. This is my favorite: In 2008, I had an NA Miata that I decided to sell. It was worth maybe $3,000 at the time. I posted it on Craiglist and got an email from a local eye doctor who specialized in LASIK surgery offering me LASIK in…

If you didn’t order a radio Ramblers from the early ‘60s decorated the space with pieces that suggested a radio, chrome buttons in place of knobs and a little black plate instead of the dial. A perpetual reminder you were too cheap to pop for a radio.  

Almost makes up for the exposed cables.