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10/6/19

When Breaking Bad premiered in 2008, the Grand Wagoneer had not yet started drastically escalating in price. Nice examples went for $4-5k, runners went for about $1000 (I bought a rust-free running 1986 with 160k for $900 in 2011, and a stinky 1967 for even less than that). Wagon Master was in business in Texas, but…

9/22/19

“ON THIS EPISODE OF ROADKILL, WE GET THIS CORVETTE PULLED FROM A RIVER AND DRIVE IT TO SEMA!”

9/22/19

Well, there seems to be deep Nineties nostalgia these days, so maybe this is normal for the throwback-go-round. It was Street Freak muscle cars five-ish years ago (shackle flips and cheater slicks), so now Pro Street is cool again?

9/22/19

I have ridden in one (1) race car outfitted with five-pointers, so I’m no expert. But my impression was that without a helmet and a HANS is snap-your-neck lethal (I learned it by watching Mr. Regular!). So this seems to be a faulty take based on incomplete information.

9/15/19

A mural of a pair of white New Balance court shoes seems more appropriate.

9/12/19

Admire them while you can, they’re all getting sent to Portland as fast as they hit the quarter-century mark.

8/18/19

Every time I see one of these from the rear-quarter view, the trunkline gives me the suspicion that it was supposed to be a chassis sibling to a stillborn El Camino.

8/12/19

So if I’m to understand you correctly, they risk getting...

8/12/19

It’s called the Counterpoint Opus. I test rode one with a coworker when I worked in bike shops.

7/24/19

Around Portland, if I spot a late-model car smoking from the tailpipe, 7 times out of 10 it’s got WA plates.

7/15/19

Supracabra

7/7/19

I wonder if the risk is worth the RWD

6/24/19

Did you try just turning the ignition with a screwdriver? My 86 didn’t even need an ignition key, due to the worn tumblers. I just grabbed the switch wings and turned, bringing 129 sweet horses to life.

6/24/19

Camry for a good pun, leaving Siennasfied.

6/13/19

This guy’s some First Class Male

6/12/19

Does that include the bones that they have to ground up?

6/12/19

Read “The Night We Buried Road Dog” by Jack Cady. Validates your entire plan.

6/12/19

Hopefully, when the car is finished, there will be a place for James to ride along.

6/12/19

AppTeslela?

6/12/19

TeslApple?