They have timing chains, but most cars require maintenance.

I'm not sure. The use of the word sustainable suggests that such folks can declare themselves successes without actually making any money or filling any need. As long as they can prevent anyone else from creating real products and wealth, they're golden.

"Away."

I hope Panama Canal expansion is going smoothly!

Wasn't it mentioned in one of the earlier stories that if it were recovered it would be missing the roof rack and the engine? Very interesting.

I'll add the Vista roof as being evocative of the great Vista Cruiser, the third row seat that is missing from the Oldsmobile, and that the Oldsmobile's 350 V8 doesn't measure up well to the 260 hp LT1 in the Buick. If the Olds had a 403 and a third seat, I'd have a very hard time deciding.

Before the large dealer I worked for in college picked up the Saab franchise, there was a stand alone Saab dealer in downtown Charlottesville. I think it was called BSR Imports. The thing I remember most was that out back they had two rows of shiny parts cars that looked just like the row of new cars they had out…

Did they have early ones, like one in the photo? Build quality dropped off in the late '60s and reliability was compromised by the emissions controls of the '70s. They were also relatively high maintenance cars, and in ways that weren't common to American cars. This issue was exacerbated because there weren't…

The sad thing is that during the '80s Saab apologists were making a big deal about how much more reliable they were than the 99s of the '70s. They claimed that a quality reawakening had occurred. Sadder still is that it may have been true. It would have only been apparent to someone comparing a 1985 Saab to a 1975…

Relax people. It can be fixed. Maybe it can't really be fixed, but it will be recreated from the chassis plate up. It's an SV!

Besides, there must be a plethora of countries that we do trade with that don't have embargos with Cuba. I spent about a year and a half sailing around the Caribbean. There were plenty of US owned yachts that made call in Cuba. I even knew a crew that brought a boat there for extensive refitting. The owner thought it…

I wasn't trying to give you the finger, I was trying to close my hand!

I had about the same experience with a '72 Buick Electra 225. I wonder what GM was thinking when they calibrated their power disc brake cars to go to full retardation in the first micron of pedal travel.

A couple of my friends have had '71-76 Electra 225 4-door hardtops with 455s. One of them was owned around 1995. It was in great shape and I'm not sure why he sold it. I think it was fuel consumption related though, and that he had a job involving lots of driving. I took a spin around a huge parking lot in it.…

Anyone else getting a certain sense of déjà vu, from when early Chevrolet Cruze buyers had their steering wheels fall in their laps?http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011…

Absolutely! I hadn't heard of this car, and I have spent quite a bit of time learning about Chrysler's first 50 years.

It was quite a while ago, but I'll be they've got some great cars on hand for this weekend's La Jolla Concours d' Elegance. Grand Prix classics next door has neat stuff too.

Symbolic had an orange SV in their showroom a couple years ago. It really made all the new Volksgattis and Lambowagens look unacceptable. I'm not sure photos convey just how perfect this car's shape is.

Visit the owners' forum. It's clear that nobody on there should be trusted with a car of any description, let alone one with ergonomics dreamed up by developmentally arrested children and curb weights close to two and a half tons.

If you take a look at Tesla's owners' forum, you'll find that Teslas are unbelievably unreliable. Chances are that people counting on them for transportation won't be much threat to pedestrians.