Preach it! We want to get my wife a new 4runner. She doesn’t want black, grey, silver, or white. The leaves about 5% of the inventory eligible.   

The dashboard looks like its pretty much par for the course though.

Seems like i’m in the minority...

Not to mention that my last car I literally wore out the threads of the oil pan after 230,000 miles of oil changes every 5k miles.

I’m late to the party, but all of my cars have a Fumoto oil drain valve.   It makes chaging the oil so much easier, and it allows you to stop the flow of oil if the pan is getting too full, which is a concern since my BMW, Outback 3.0, and tundra all hold 6.5-7.5 quarts of oil.

I want this car for that green paint alone. I’ve got an unhealthy obsession with dark/forest green metallic cars. I’ve owned 3 of various makes and shades.

I thought I had read in one article that they kept the vacuum gauge just to have another gauge that is action-packed. I’m paraphrasing, but you get the point. Oil temp would be much better from a enthusiast standpoint. As long as it was the actual reading and not a modeled output like it was (is?) on the camaro.

Yup!

I’ve got my 1:18th wrapped in bubble wrap in the closet until I can trust the kids not to mess with it.

I came here to say pretty much the same thing. I had a die case version when I was kid and I spent hours admiring it.

This is my dream car.

Its the small reliable pickup that toyota never....

really though, a decently running not completely rotted out e30 for under 2 grand is pretty good.

A 30 year old German car with problems?!?!

Upside: its running which means that someone just put a lot of $$ into it.
Downside: it will soon be not-running, and you will have to put a lot of $$ into it.
I’d love to borrow it for a drive, but not buy it.
CP

I added a fuel pressure regulator and bent the float down 1/16" in the carburetor on my 1972 jeep’s AMC 304. It went from constantly flooding after every bump when off road to running almost like it was fuel injected.

Having a 48v system will definitely make it easier to add that on-board arc welder that all the Mercedes buyers want these days.

When I got my license my dad had a 98 M3/4/5 in Technoviolet over dove gray leather. I learned the finer points of driving stick in the car. The sound was incredible. Much better than the E46 that replaced it. It may have been the lower powered American spec engine, but that car was NOT slow. Probably due to the low…

Thanks!  All I really know of spitfires was my dad’s MK II.   That was a cool car.  First car I ever drove at 12 years old.

Minivans are legit...

from car and driver... https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2017-chrysler-pacifica-long-term-test-review