Probably dead battery resulting in more than one monitor not being reset. Super common. They can’t be assed to drive it long enough for evap to reset, but screwed up the drive cycle reset so some other monitor isn’t ready. Assuming it’s all stock under the hood I wouldn’t give it a second thought. If it’s not stock I…

Well, you’ll need Euro (Northern preferably) or something relatively modern. A 60s/70s American convertible is a nightmare anytime you need actual HVAC. I’d probably lean Mercedes myself. Or maybe Volvo.

About as far as I’ll go these days in skirting the law is very occasionally driving a race car to the gas station or car wash. My local self wash isn’t long enough for a trailer without unhitching.

I live in Orange County and very rarely take the freeway anywhere on local trips. I’m not counting PCH as a freeway here. But my wife has a car. So having one city car would work for us, but not everyone. But at 3Kish a year, my old 97 Tercel has another 2 decades before it hits 200K and it runs like new, so I have no…

I mean, 600 miles on track seems pretty decent considering this is way too much car for damn near anyone who isn’t paid to drive fast. You’d get a lot more use out a vehicle that matches your skill set. Plus, consumables on this beast must be eye watering.

I still see a decent amount of H fucking 1’s here, and they don’t even stand out as being overly large anymore.

When I first saw renderings of the PT Cruiser I honestly thought it was supposed to be mini van size, on the Caravan platform. Like a modern Willy’s van.  I was baffled to see it was so small when it was built.

Weirdly, I always preferred non Westies/enders for a habitable vehicle. None of the actual camper stuff is all that useful, plus cooking inside sucks. The extra ventilation is nice, but solar fans are a thing now. And you get way more storage than the closet under the bed. Can’t access from the back tho.  In return,…

Belts are not as difficult as their reputation suggests. Valves ARE a pain in the ass if you need to go to the dealer to swap shims around.

This is the thing, most EV’s are too MUCH car for my daily needs. Something like a bigger golf cart would be 100% fine for my use case. Maybe something like a Smart, but with a cargo area size wise. Could top out at 60 or so and have a a weeks worth of range + a little, which for me would be 200ish. I don’t need an…

If we got the Euro market cars, I’d have nothing to complain about most likely. 

Pretty sure most of the folks who comment here that 400+ hp is barely adequate couldn’t make a single WFO lap with an analog 400 hp car to save their lives.

But the E28 looked a million times better doing it. And 286 HP is perfectly adequate for a street driven car, unless you’re an asshole who is literally going to speed every chance you get.

Maybe because I’ve been riding liter bikes for 40 years, but if fast acceleration is all you have, that gets old eventually. Balanced power and handling doesn’t. 

If you want a Cougar, maybe start with one that’s not already ruined. For $50K I’m pretty sure you can still get a stock 68 GT390. Which will hold it’s value, unlike a restomod. The El Camino and S10 might be decent deals depending. I’d assume for $13K there’s a LOT of rust on that bus, because even for a 1970 it’s…

passenger to choose a song to listen to

All those lights and radios aren’t free. Plus the partition and rear glass replacement.

When I was a youngster, all the DARE cars were drag cars.  They would take them out for ‘public engagement”, but it was just taxpayer funded drag nights.

Jesus, that Wing only has 18K. Barely broken in. How much are they new now? Must be $30k, right? I used to have customers that would put 50k miles a year on these.

Vented front seats would be nice, but the dog doesn’t need vents in back.