PTSD flashback.

This was my first car and I loved it. Same specs, but mine was black. In my mind I know it was crap, but in my heart it was amazing. NP all day long (even without nostalgia), and if it was anywhere near me, I probably would have bought it already.

HIGH TONED SON OF A BITCH.

counterpoint: the interior is easily the best part of this car.

come on man, be cool

When every single part of the thing can be ordered from a catalog or website you have a very good point. lots of jeeps have been rebuilt by mail order frame and body.

The Jeep of Theseus.

I submit the lovechild of the HiLux and the Panda - the Toyota Tercel SR5 4WD:

Toyota Hilux 

Let people hate things.

True .. and yet, if you can find a better $8,900 car

When it comes to dogs, I’d argue that mutts are best.  

“beige vinyl roof” is right in the first sentence. Hope I die before I get old. ND

All of that and you couldn’t include a pic of the new logo? What does it take to write for this website. Good lord

Hot take: The Prius has always been a fantastic car (well, except for the overheating issues with the gen 3...). I just bought a 2007 and was shocked how much it’s just a normal car if you want it to be. All that nonsense about them being dangerously slow? Just that: nonsense. It’s not going to rip your eyeballs out…

Albeit hideous. 

Fiat Panda 4x4

I think they have made improvements. Nothing to make you swap a Miata for it but the latest generation is much better compared to the earlier ones. Enough that even my wife notices it and she’s the epitome of the “average” driver who gets in, puts in forward or reverse, stomps the gas and brake with binary perfection,…

See my reply above, and watch this video on how we did it. It was...not as easy as it looks in the sped up video:

Looks at David Tracy’s driveway.