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Ricky Sunnyvale
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You really, really wanted to use the word “decubitus,” didn’t you.

Not a VW. Unless it’s a Karmann Ghia.

Absolutely not. 40 year old econoboxes are not worth five figures, I don't care what kind of nostalgia you have for being a teenage girl in the 90's who drove one of these to high school.

NADA sez $3200 high retail. Asking 3x = ND

“THE ONE TOYOTA YOU SHOULD NEVER OVERLOOK”

I put snow tires on my Outbacks, and they become absolute tanks in the snow. 

Even better with AWD.

If you live in a snowy climate: getting a second set of wheels and having dedicated snow tires and summer tires. There are not many things more relieving than being able to drive through blizzard conditions without the anxiety of your car slipping all over the road.

Agree. That oil cap told me everything I needed to know. 

For $43 grand? No. Way. No. How.

Only if the leading ‘8' was dropped from the asking price.

This one looks too good for DT.

Like I said, stupid!

We had a string of Rabbits growing up, from early in the 80's until the late 90's. They were, to me, very bad cars, but fun to drive and reliable. The problems were things like woops, the door came off.  As bad as I thought Rabbits were compared to say, something Japanese at the time, the Yugo was worse. Worse than

There were two of these in my family growing up. The first was a black ‘86 (with the 4+3) that my dad let me take to the prom. I picked up my date and proceeded to drift around the exit ramp right before the prom venue. My date stormed off in a huff and had her dad pick her up. I went to the prom stag. 10/10 would do

Those seats are color matched with duck tape, so I think you’d be good there.

8-track player = automatic nice price.

Yeahbut, a brand new hollow shell of a slide in truck camper starts at around $10k, and that’s without any fixtures. So if you’ve got any skills at all, you could turn this into something nice for a whole lot less.

NP for days. You can make up the purchase price quickly by being a motivational speaker.