I had two of these, an ‘02 & ‘03 SE/SC. I had out reduction pulleys on both that brought the boost up to around like 13-14psi from the stock 9-10psi. Once I toyed around with it a bit the thing hauled ass. It was a blast off road and in the snow. 

Don’t the 350 & 370 have a similar if not the same 6spd as the D40 Frontier V6? I have a 2013 Frontier 4.0L 4x4 with a 6spd manual and it’s a fantastic transmission for a truck. I could never imagine it in a car, it’s clunky as hell and the throws require some effort. Would be terrible in a car, but feels stout in a…

Awh man, I’d often do farm work in the summers for cash, and the farm had one of these they bought off U-Haul after it was retired and converted it to a stake bed. After a while I figured out the perfect revs to have the thing at where it would just slip shift without the clutch. I loved it lol. This was in like 2012…

“The first through third generations were body on frame SUVs;”

The 407 is one of the few toll highways in Ontario so, people just don’t use it. It’s privately owned and a huge money pit for its owners. 

I’ll nominate the 1995-2002 Cavalier/Sunfire twins when powered by the 2200 SFI pushrod motor. They just go and go and never quit. They also have an incredible ability to just keep going when everything is going wrong. The later Ecotec powered one’s just didn’t have the same never die demeanor as the more base model…

There’s also the SS San Pasqual that was run aground near Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba. A concrete tanker that was used to store sugar cane, which has since fermented in the hull.

Years ago I had an NX1600 with the quirky digital dash and I loved it. The NX2000 is near the top of the list to replace my current fun car, but most of them have rotted into oblivion just like mine did. 

The 1992 Honda Civic Si hatch I had about a decade ago. It was an absolute blast to hoon around in, especially in the snow. That engine was happiest when it was on VTEC approaching the redline. I’d love another one if they weren’t all rotted into the earth.

My first car was also a J-Body lol. I was on the lucky end though, a 1992 Pontiac Sunbird Coupe with the 3.1L V6. That car really had no business having a motor that big in it. 

This part confuses me. Wasn’t there a blip in The Morning Shift last week about how Nissan claims it’s selling Frontiers faster than it can build them? So this means they make what, like 10 a day?

Not sure just how accurate this is, but I remember an internet tale about this cars design. Supposedly Soichiro loved the Pontiac style front grille arrangement, particularly the one on the Trans-Am, which is why the front of the 1300 Coupe resembles the Pontiac styling at the time.

SR-5 was an AE85 I believe, GT-S has AE86 in the VIN. I think. 

Growing up in the 90s my dad had three of these. An ‘84 SR5 Hatch, ‘85 GT-S Hatch and an ‘86 GT-S Coupe. The first car I ever drove was his 1985 GT-S Hatch. At our cottage around 1998. Told me just to let the clutch out slowly and it would idle itself away.

My 944 has the stock 15" Turbo Phone Dials on it, yeah they look great. But trying to find GOOD tires for them, in the correct size (225/60R15)? Forget it. Literally everyone has told me to go up to 16" or 17" because I’ll have a million more tire size options. 

I remember as a kid my uncle had a painfully slow 80s Chevy S10 that also had a bench seat and a stick shift. The shifter looked almost identical to that, with the weird nearly 90 degree bend.

A 1980 Moto-Ski Mirage Special that was bought new in ‘80, then parked in a barn in ‘82 out in Elmvale, Ontario and forgotten about. Guy said he wanted $300 for the sled, and that the motor turned over. I drove up there, paid the $300, brought it home and spent 3 months trying to get it running and riding. Along the…

That old Merc that gets wrecked in the video for All Used Up by Sloan.

Round 12 of the 1998 BTCC season, at Donington Park. It’s a shame all the videos of the event have been taken down from YouTube because it was one hell of an entertaining race from start to finish. There was even a video of Mansell, Cleland and Leslie all smiling and joking around about it after the finish.

The more I look at it, the more it’s a Ford Probe with the rear hatch glass from a Porsche 944 bolted to the front of it.