“We need more space (us, kid, dog, and assorted life type stuff), want something that is FUN to drive, and has the ability to tow.”

Lexus GX460.

If by “kid” we mean before teenaged years, then the GM Dustbuster vans, especially the refreshed Pontiac Trans Sport (the split grille and fancy arrowhead logo were the difference makers). I just thought it looked so cool and sleek:

I totally wanted a second gen Dodge Intrepid as a kid. I’m still not sure why. I had a model / kit of one (one of those Level 1 simple kits). It also came in a bright blue, which I loved. I had no idea how crap of a car it actually was. It just looked decent and blue? I guess if you squint it looks Viper-esqe? No…

I’d push back on this one being a bad car! AWD manual turbo coupe with attractive styling?? Nothing to be embarrassed about!

A little bit less embarrassed about this one, but I want the Eagle version, if you don’t mind.

It’s not exactly normal to idolize a Mazda but...

So many.

My best friend’s parents had two of these, one in the blue above and a smaller one in burgundy on burgundy. I loved when they would drive us out to the lake or soccer games. We’d go all the way into the back because we felt like we were 4 miles away from them and we would see who could bounce higher when we hit a bump…

1982 Chrysler New Yorker. It was a car I had access to in Highschool, and loved it. It was super plush throughout the interior, but more importantly was a RWD V8! There weren’t too many other kids that had access to a V8 in my school. It didn’t matter that it felt like it was going to fall over in corners, got single…

All of my childhood car loves were perfect...

I was a latch-key kid of the 80s with parents going through a divorce, but even those factors don’t excuse or explain my love of GM’s plastic-clad performance variants. Grand Prix, Beretta GTU, Eurosport VR... it’s amazing that I’m a functional adult.

I’ve mentioned several times that, when I was in high school, my dad purchased a one-year-old, ex-rental 2007 Dodge Caliber SXT. It was refrigerator white, but—being an SXT—was one step up from the base model, so you got power windows and mirrors, keyless entry, alloy wheels, and cruise control. I even learned to…

Pontiac 6000STE - it was my obsession in high school and was thrilled when my dad finally bought one. The horizontal digital dash! All those buttons! The 6 headlights! Ah what a European (kinda) car! I remember it on the cover of either Motor Trend or Car and Driver with all 4 tires off the ground - as if that…

The Plymouth Prowler. I was young and knew nothing about cars, so how cool it looked was all I needed to imagine drag racing one of them.

I was of the age where the Diablo and Testarosa were the coolest cars and may or may not have had those posters from the book fair on my wall... Now when I see an early 90's shit wagon that’s in really good shape I get excited 😂

It’s only down 8%. That’s not tanking nearly enough for this shitshow of vaporware. But then again everyone should have already known that whatever Musk announced would not be able to happen for another decade or so.

None of these things are actually mean to exist, which is why there are no details: They’re just meant to make gullible rubes go “ooh, aah” and pump the stock the next day and keep the grift afloat a little longer.

This is low hanging fruit, but I recently discouraged a friend from buying a Tesla.

Tesla, especially CyberTruck