This is fundamental car guy stuff which should be known and practiced by all Jalops reading this. In terms of complexity, it falls somewhere between changing an air filter and an oil change. Even if you don’t have access to an air compressor, you can do this so fast at a gas station air hose that management will never…
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Seems like the highest and best use of a Chevy Cavalier.
Is Toyota no longer the global expert on Supras? I love (many) BMWs, but does Toyota really need help from them?
For once, why couldn’t this one be an officer-involved shooting?
In the Jackie Stewart era, F1 drivers had a 50% chance of dying. Safety technology was nowhere near what was required for the performance: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24172885
Those plastic tubs in the garage look like the sort that primarily hold Christmas ornaments, but not so much as a 3/8" drive socket set and a partially filled oil drain jug, let alone an air compressor or floor jack. Not very Jalopy...tsk, tsk...
Not for $25K.
You had me up to the part about “good looking”
TJ Unlimited, no top, half doors, drain plugs out, Rhino line the entire floor.
If it has to be domestic, ‘65 Chevelle, ideally with crate ZZ4 and 7ooR4, Hotchkis suspension, etc. As a mid-size, a bit more comfortable and less mainstream than a contemporary Mustang:
E46 M3? ‘Twas what I did in LA:
To most of us Jalops, the stealership just needs to be a giant vending machine. Do all of our own research in advance. Search inventory, agree to price in advance online, come in, push the button, give me the exact god damn car I want, go home. No humans needed.
“Maybe you don’t understand, I am going to buy it. It’s only going to sit on your lot long enough for me to get here and pick up the keys.”
Over the next few years, this could easily require $15K (or more) in cash out of pocket for parts and service. There are some well cared for 996s out there with IMS bearing already replaced for around $30K. You can effectively roll the incremental $15K price into the initial, low interest loan for the $30K car. Even…
Product knowledge is a distant #2 compared to the ability to close a sale.
This guy should take none of the smug-ass credit for how quick this car is. He didn’t design, engineer or build it. He just makes car payments until something else catches his fancy.
The kids accepted because they didn’t know what would happen. I need to explain this?
“...we all know that since you can’t get them, it means they are awesome”
The M3 is a special case due to the financial liability of owning the SMG.
Well, yes. A very nice 968 comes to mind, but I’d steer clear of early Boxsters and ragged out 996s.