It basically is. Watch Duel. You won't want to pass a trucker for a week.

The original sturdy, scary as shit looking truck.

I don't know about the later Saabs, but on the earlier ones the transmission was basically one unit with the oil pan. I was told by a Saab mechanic, when I found a nice looking 900 SPG that needed a tranny, that I would be better off finding one with a good transmission but needed everything else. But that might not…

I like to think that it just kind of fell apart like cars do in cartoons. And the driver is just sitting there holding a steering wheel attached to nothing. It probably didn't happen like that, though.

It's always worked well for me. Back when I was a kid I went to PA from RI for an '88 IROC-Z because it was what I wanted: t-tops, 305 TPI, 5 speed. I think I paid $3200 for the car, went 180 miles to get it, but I would have certainly gone further.

I suppose at that point it sounds a bit silly. Figure within a sane driving distance...I would probably go across the country and drive a $30,000 car back, you know? I would certainly have a $100,000 car shipped from another country though. Luckily I'm mostly in the business of 200 miles for $2000 dollars and under.

I have a rule: how far I'll go for a car in miles is 1/10 the price if it's exactly what I'm looking for. Sometimes I'd go a little over, but if I've got $3000 to spend, I generally look within 300 miles and hope that I don't need to actually go that far.

I've always found Edmunds and KBB values to be out of line on enthusiast cars. I had a '88 IROC-Z, beautiful car, 305 TPI, 5 speed, t-tops. It had 180k on it, and KBB said it was worth $1500. I asked $3500 for it, and took $3200. So $10k might be a little bit optimistic, but $6-7000 wouldn't offend me at all.