The de Dion rear suspension was very noisy, making it unsuited for a luxury sedan. I believe they performed well, but the clunks and squeaks were unseemly. Going to a live axle added unsprung weight, but that's about it. de Dion suspensions aren't even a little independent.

You could get them brand new when I needed them, but the ones in the box were just as dead as the ones on the car because the gas leaked past the seals over time and the new ones were all made back when the cars were in production. Anything at a swap meet or junk yard would be the same unless someone put them back…

Our 924S also had its hood struts loose their oomph. When the hatch struts went, that was about it for the interior trunk release. You could hear the little electric catches release at the back, but with no upward force presented by the struts, the latches would just lock back in place when the solenoids reset. Does…

Exterior: 6 It is better than it is bad. It isn't particularly good looking.

Sorry! Totally misread the listing. I thought the price was a bid, not the asking price. The world makes more sense now. Thank you.

My bad. I misread the ad. I thought 24.5 was the final bid, not the asking price!

Hate to be that guy, but it was bid to $24.5K and sold. I wouldn't have thought it likely either, being old enough to remember how you couldn't give these away in OJ's wake.

I consider naturalized immigrants that are seeking to make a life for themselves rather than sucking at the teat of big government to be Americans. My father came to the US when he was in grad school. I attended his swearing in as a citizen when I was a baby. He's got a greater appreciation of what we were until…

Hsu and Ku are both American citizens.

The first car I drove may have been internet ignoramus enthusiast fodder, being a Lancia Fulvia that was also a retired rally car, but the first car I took to the road in as a licensed driver was a 1979 Plymouth Horizon automatic. I was an enthusiast before I drove, and I was an enthusiast after it was taken away two…

Anyone else appreciate how the government is protecting foreign businesses from American businessmen? I'm glad they're prosecuting Americans for trying to make money buying and selling goods instead of keeping vehicles stolen from Americans from being loaded into containers and exported.

The FIAT 850 Spider was another happy little roadster.

Yes. One must question how much input the bad guys had in picking the "good guys'" cars.

Do you feel better now? I'd rather be dumb than have a micro-penis.

Summer of 2008 I talked to a guy that runs a lot that sells ex-rental cars in Escondido. At the time, the standard practice for at least some rental car companies was to throw away all but one key on the day the cars were delivered to them. They didn't want to worry about keeping track of keys for cars that often…

It doesn't seem like the "carbon fiber wrap" likes engine heat.

I completely agree. They were in another world of quality compared to the low priced cars from Brazil, Korea and Yugoslavia that were coloring people's opinions of new brands.

The Peugeot 405 has my vote. Euro car of the year in 1988. For sale in the USA in 1988 and 1991. The first year for sale in the US they sold around 1000. By the time it was gone the total was only up to around 4000.

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