Sad but true: I’d be happier with a 10-year-old Landcruiser.

Again, the full-size spare in my ‘96 Lexus LS has come in handy on more than one occasion.

You’re absolutely correct. I thought living in Chicago was cold -then I spent a New Year’s Eve in Minneapolis about 4 years ago, and it was so frigid out that I went out for dinner, then went straight back to the hotel. It was the worst cold I’ve ever encountered.

We had two pretty easy winters here in Chicago, all things considered, so I know we’re in for a big one sooner or later.

This is the average Breitbartian, right here.

He wasn’t that old, but didn’t deserve the sucker punch. That said, the guy sitting next to him looked capable enough of putting the little bastard down a flight of stairs. ‘Tis a shame that didn’t happen.

This is some “A” level nerding in this piece, right here. Well done.

The moral of the story is that no one would miss the old redneck had the bus run him over.

This car just screams “dirty white boy, itching to die.”

Yeah, sounds like you know exactly what you’re doing, and I think you have the right approach. (My stock stereo still sounds great, but not having even an input jack can be annoying.)  Though it’s really amusing when one of my younger friends gets in my car (like under age 27 or so) and has no idea what kind of…

Dude, they will run forever. Just make sure the timing belt and water pump get done every 80k or so. The guy I bought mine from 8 years ago had a gen 1 on the lot with over 300k miles on it and was still asking $2500 - bet he got it, too. You won’t win any drag races in it, but you’ll never enjoy a highway cruiser…

LS engine swap, lose the front bumper, rattle-can her black, and call it the “44-Hoon.”

So the winger wants to sell less cars than he already does, and alienate part of the public in the process. That always works out well for the bottom line, right?

It’s in nice shape. It’s absolutely beautiful. I wouldn’t trust it to get me to Kenosha from Chicago. And they still want $10k+ for this thing.

Afraid not. I’m a dude, to begin with. But glad to hear she has good taste in cars. We’ve got to get a meet-up going here in the city.

Just north of you in East Lakeview! Nice to meet a fellow Lexus geek!

I’m proud to say that I still drive a second-generation Ls400 here in Chicago. Not on a daily basis with public transit and all, but what other 21 year old car would you trust to fire up once every two weeks or so and know that she’ll crank out a 700 mile round-trip to anywhere without a worry in the world?

Well, I wonder how the alt-right will rationalize this one? I hope at least one hateful old man has a massive coronary the minute Breitbart publishes this story and the accompanying photos.

Meh. I used to know a Chicago legend named “Wino Joe” who lived in his ‘06 Accord Coupe on the streets of Chicago for 4 YEARS after losing his job and pretty much everything else when the ‘08 crash hit. It was both a sad and amazing thing to watch.

“That’s good carcass. Kids, go get your mother!”