We’re staring down 10-12" of snow in the next 24 hours, and “I wish I had 4WD” is not even a thought that enters my head, but “I’m glad I bought snow tires” is. Also, “I’m glad my car still has a manual hand-brake.”

Shark nose BMWs are the best BMWs, for sure.

Too bad he didn’t invent Undo as well. He’d still be with us.

It was the standard issue vehicle for P&T (later Telecom Eireann/An Post) back in the day. When the GPO nightclub in Galway opened up, they used part of one as a DJ box.

The ad copy makes a pointed reference to being ‘a real car’ with four seats and a hatch. Pretty sure that contemporaries would pick up on the shade.

comprised = composed of.

That thing you’re thinking of doing? Don’t do it. Put the wallet away.

But then, days or weeks later, you realize you are driving around in a 12 year old Chevy Cobalt BY CHOICE and you have an existential breakdown.

If all the cars in this country were pink, we would be a pink car nation.

“But I don’t expect Aston Martin drivers to blow-dry their own hair” - um, what hair?

Oh man, that’s a labor of love right there. I obsessed about TR6s for a couple of years before I decided to pull the trigger.  After looking at a few, and driving one, I ran away scared.  I admire your courage and tenacity. 

Yeah, no.

Years ago I had a radiator and some other bits replaced at a shop on a 2nd gen 4Runner. They put in a taller aftermarket radiator, and the cap interfered with closing the hood.

“My advice to most people is to take your modern cars to a professional most of the time.”

One suggestion - don’t go look for a right-angle drill; DeWalt makes a VERY low-profile right angle attachment for drills that saved me when I was once in a similar predicament.  

But if you’re looking for a mid-size pickup, you’re not looking at a Gladiator. You’re looking at the Ranger, Tacoma, and Colorado (and maybe the Frontier). The Gladiator is for Jeep people (in the market for a Wrangler) who either want to be different or have a need that makes the bed useful to them. It’s cannibalizin…

That’s the problem, you can get a bigger, more capable truck for the same money. There were plenty of Gladiators at the local Jeep dealership for well into the $50k range. That’s 3/4 ton truck money. I love the idea of a Wrangler pickup priced to compete with midsize offerings, not so much priced against 1/2 to 3/4…

I can think of a 100 year old turtle that screws 330,000,000 every day!

Only as an option.