Time to start being the “hat guy.” You know, the guy that always wears a hat, especially when in pictures/videos. I do it all the time too, despite not balding or anything... it just frees me up from having to style my hair or get haircuts. I am basically Jay from Jay & Silent Bob.

I got this for $1500 not too long ago... it’s a manual with a wonderful straight 6, has a nice big trunk, and it’s actually quite cheap to keep running despite being an old BMW. It’s basically like an E30, but with more room and better build quality overall.

Can’t wait to buy it and watch it with my friends at my shop. Would love to do a cross-country run in an old BMW myself... doesn’t need to be record-breaking, just has to be fun.

For me, it’s more an issue of a car not having enough miles. I recently bought a car with 177,000 miles, and I feel like I bought a brand new car because I’m used to buying cars with well over 200,000 miles. I was actually a little jealous when a friend of mine bought a BMW wagon with 340,000 miles.

As a Russian, I appreciate the Soviet levels of ingenuity that went into this setup. Quality work right there.

It’s really the details that make this so wonderful, like that gloriously half-assed window switch panel that is so clearly meant for a sedan, just stuck right onto the center console. Absolutely brilliant, really makes me proud to be Russian.

I love my old car from 1994... it barely has enough computing power to run itself. Manual climate control, super basic cruise control, cable throttle, manual transmission, 2.5L iron block straight 6, fixed-ratio steering box, mmmmm.

Oldschool Mercedes with a manual? I like.

Millenials care about safety? Aren’t those the same people that are going to overpriced music festivals to do drugs sold by sketchy people? The same people that popularized YOLO? Funny.

Simple solution, just buy an old car and throw any Pioneer/Alpine/aftermarket head unit in. Voila, Bluetooth and aux-in and all that good stuff. That’s what I’ve been doing with my 90's cars.

I learned a lot of car control techniques simply by buying an older car that didn’t come with traction control (aka BMW E34) or by removing the traction control entirely (like in my E36 M3). The first few times you overcook in on a turn teach you a LOT in a very short time.

Free public transit wouldn’t make me take public transit. Heck, they could *pay* me and I still wouldn’t want to take it. The whole point of having a car (for me, at least) is to avoid having to see other people and wait on schedules for public transit.

Meanwhile I’d happily put my kids into my 27 year old, salvage titled BMW wagon with no muffler and no airbags that I got for $350. Good thing I don’t have kids, haha.

I mean, I would probably do the same, and I lived in NYC for 21 years. The only reason I took the subway when I lived there was because back then I couldn’t afford to take a taxi or an Uber. If I can be transported comfortably in a car I’m always going to pick that option, because I hate being packed into a tin can…

Reminds me of my buddy’s old Ford Ranger, which had a floor-mounted 5-speed manual and a bench seat. It was the sloppiest shifter ever, but it made driving that miserable 4-banger a lot more fun. No tachometer either, so you just waited until the engine sounded unhappy to shift.

Love it! It’s a record that means nothing to most people but is super revered among car people, and that’s what makes it extra cool. Congrats to all those involved.

Man, I miss RWD V8 luxobarges... the Crown Vic and Town Car are such fantastic cars, so easy to keep running and so damn durable. Plus since the engine was shared with the Mustang for a long time, lots of go-fast bits bolt right up so you can have some fun with your barge too.

A RWD, mid-engined hot hatch? This is the change that we need in the world! There hasn’t been an affordable mid-engined small sports car out there since the last MR2 died (yes, there’s the Boxster, but those are not very affordable anymore).

I would probably use this every day... mostly because every car in my apartment complex has a loud exhaust already, so I wouldn’t even feel bad.

My strategy for parking is to park as far away from people as humanly possible. I don’t care if I have to walk half a mile... having to fight over a spot that’s slightly closer to the store is idiotic, especially as an able-bodied guy that’s more than capable of walking. Plus then I don’t have to worry about door…