The best pushback tractor of all time will always be the Hough T300/International Harvester Paymover. Its little Detroit Diesel 6V56 just screams when you put your foot in it. We have a bunch of them still screaming around YYZ and most of them are 40-50 years old. I loved driving these things.

Can’t imagine it was cheap. I’d bet the drivers were paid a decent sum. I’m sure the cost of the trucks was fairly low considering their condition (I think the International was basically done before that trip had even started).

This is the one I was thinking of! Such a good watch. That poor International took one hell of a beating.

I remember watching a Vice documentary a few years ago about these Americans driving trucks for the UN in South Africa. They had an older early 90s International that started having trouble with the rear diff so they pulled over and popped the axle cap off, then rammed a bunch of bananas in there.

3.1L V6? Or the little 4 banger? Because those little 2.2L or 2.0L (whatever they were) can go a decent ways with no oil. I only know this because I’ve been there, also in a Sunbird.

My 2013 Nissan Frontier:

Really excited to see how our ‘87 demo derby car holds up. Tough old boats, although the rear axles have a habit of snapping.

Also on the early 944s with ceramic fuses, the fuses can be replaced with tinfoil since they don’t actually blow when overloaded, they just start a fire.

In the 944, the corners of the carpet in the rear hatch lift up to reveal that the entire rear quarter panel is hollow for all your smuggling needs.

A lot of older cars are like that. A friend of mine had a white ‘89 Tempo Sedan and someone else in his townhouse complex had an identical Tempo. One morning he left for work at 5am and accidentally took the wrong Tempo sedan. He only realized once it was light out that the interior was way too clean to be his car. He…

I’ve seen one in the last year or so. Assumed they stopped selling it back in 2015.

How about y’all 3D print some new fuse panels for the early 944, that way I don’t have to resort to building my own damn fuse panel.

2015 GMC Yukon.

My local Volkswagen specialist shop has three of these things sitting in their parking lot, unplated. One actually used to be their loaner car.

This. Also to add to that, I feel as though the setting in which you picture a vehicle has a big impact on how you perceive its looks and design. If I picture my Xterra in an urban city center or a suburb, it looks silly and obnoxious. But if I picture it in the middle of nowhere, in the bush, or on a campsite, the…

Ultimacar:

This isn’t one person in particular, but more like every car guy ever. People always feel the need to educate me on how bad of a motor the VG33ER in my Xterra is. I’m constantly asked “Why do you drive a supercharged Xterra? They aren’t even fast. And the VG is a TERRIBLE motor. It doesn’t make any meaningful…

We Canadians had the Type S name as late as 2011. Granted it was just a rebadged Civic Si Sedan in the form of the Acura CSX Type S, but we still had it.

Fuel consumption is pretty bad. I do mostly highway driving (80-90km/h) and I average 450km to a tank. Because of how the truck’s geared, it drops off drastically after you exceed 100km/h.

I had a hand-me-down ‘92 Pontiac Sunbird SE V6 Coupe in 2009 as my first car. Loved the damn thing to death. So much so that I’m looking to buy another one as a cheap daily (despite the TERRIBLE build quality). Other than that, I also had a hand-me-down 1992 Civic EG Si that was one of my favourite cars. My old man…