Why buy the Camaro?

I live just across the border in WA, but the “local news” is all Portland stations. You mustn’t have been watching... They covered this some time back, the new batch of unmarked cars. Camaros, Challengers, and Mustangs were pictured, don’t know what else they may have. On factory alloy wheels, in “normal” civilian…

Just saw the notification for this. If the time comes we outgrow the Outback, the next step won’t be a pickup... Even a crew cab has no more seat belts than the OB. But I will be looking at the Land Cruiser, Suburban, Expedition, et Alia. Lots of seat belts, lots of cargo capacity, more robust chassis handles being…

Yikes. A $60k car is only for the 1%ers? Better hide my “bourgeoisie” self and family before the proletariat comes with their pitchforks.

Fair enough. I have not personally met anyone who justified a Suburban purchase based on the rationale that gas was cheap, though. Especially not this time around. Maybe some less-financially-savvy people will do that, but family and friends with Suburbans and other large SUVs all bought them because they needed a…

For the record, before buying the SS, I did the monthly budget assuming gas goes back up to $4/gal. I am *not* dumb enough to think gas will stay this cheap indefinitely.

You, Mr. “No kids” number 2, are also entirely unqualified to comment on what people should use to transport their families.

The fact you don’t have kids and don’t want them makes you entirely unqualified to comment on what people should use to transport their families. Ever driven a minivan? They suck. Soul-crushingly boring, emasculating, anti-enthusiast piles of crap.

Why the big SUV? This is Jalopnik, right? If you need to haul lots of people, you have three options: big SUV, full size passenger van, minivan. Minivans are soul-crushingly boring. Passenger vans aren’t much better. But piloting a land-yacht Suburban loaded with every available option? That’s fun. It’s pleasant. The…

At least once per decade, it seems. 70’s, the oil embargo looked like “the end”. 80’s, lots of crap, ever-heftier regulation. 90’s, can’t put my finger on anything specific, just lots of folks moaning about the best cars being behind us (maybe it was the proliferation of minivans and SUVs). 00’s, increasingly…

“/will be Mark-82 Plumbing pretty soon, if you know what I mean”

You can get it in brown, with a manual, and it's a wagon. All the Jalops need to know.

I haven’t sold a car that I wanted back, yet. But a bike, yes. Had a 2001 Ducati 900SS, with the solo seat cowl, red with white numberplates painted on it, carbon high pipes, carbon fenders/hugger, and a few other goodies. It was lovely to look at and listen to. I sold it when I needed a dual-sport to handle life on…

Yep, it’ll bankrupt you faster. This is why I have to avoid that site.

Gawdammitmonstah... You suck for posting this. If I didn’t live on a dirt road, I’d totally be bidding. The E34 M5 was the first “family sportscar” that really got me going, so much so I almost leveraged myself to the hilt right out of college to buy one in 2005. Still need to scratch the M5 itch, but in something a…

Sooooo... We’re talking $10k for the car and $4500 (after core credit) for a brand-new battery from Nissan? You have a $14500 econo-commuter with as-new range, that uses no gas. Still sounds like a good deal to me.

NEED this. Where do I buy this? So much trolling fun...

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Well, at least it looks better than a Corolla. That’s a pretty low bar, but I’m so sick of Toyota’s current design language that a decent looking econo car is something to take note of. (Designers: “fugly insect” does not an appealing car make)

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