After all these years I honestly can’t recall if it was her or if it was me, but a girlfriend and I were on a spring break road trip from Pennsylvania to Florida and we broke up around Fort Myers on the way home. Man, that was a long, quiet and uncomfortable 1000 mile drive home...

We all (Gen Xers) all learned to drive on hand-me-down cars that were dull as a butter knife and barely offered more than a 2-speaker stereo and power windows if you were lucky, and I think this is were we learned some of our resourcefulness and humility. I this this is a great car for a new driver. Or, buy it to take…

I had both. The 2nd gen was a much better car overall. 

Funny, when this was a question to readers (before it became the slideshow) I was going to say that the MR2 lost its way when the 3rd gen MR-S Spyder came out. The first two generations were light, nimble and purposeful coupes, then the Spyder came out and it seemed to want to be cheeky and relaxed. It was not going…

I think we’ve finally found the vehicle that defies the old saying, “It’s only original once!”. Anyone would be nuts to pay $8,000 for this, but hopefully it falls into the right hands and someone at least gets it running again. It’s a lot more interesting than those rust-patina rat rods you see at every local car…

Is that black duct tape in the seat? Yikes. And why, oh why, do these guys feel the need to put so many lights on their trucks? I mean really... if for some reason you’re doing some hard-core off-roading at night you really only need to see 100 feet or so in front of the truck. And if your racing through the dark…

Looks like Elon is finally learning part what the 1st Amendment actually means... you can say whatever stuff you want, but words have consequences.

I suspect that today — when push comes to shove, if you’ll acknowledge the abuse reference — the courts in TX would probably still uphold a lot of those pre 1974 codes of conduct.

Honestly, I think this is the best looking version of the Civic available now. The Si is just a hot mess. I also like that the dash — if you squint enough — harkens back to the simplicity of the very first little CVCC models.

I had the same thoughts.

Being ensconced in all that bird skin is a little to “Silence of the Lambs” for me.  No way, no how, ND. 

I actually agree — the MR2 COULD keep up with 80mph traffic, but you were turning like 4500RPM (for hours and hours on end if on a trip). It just wasn’t pleasant. And while I know a NA Miata could/can do it, you don’t see a lot of them out on the highways these days.

Yup. I grew up in Eastern PA (basically a distant suburb of the NYC area) in the 80s/90s and even then, as a teenagers, my friends and I knew he was a fake/loser/con man. I hope the rest of the country wises up fast, but I’m not optimistic.

About 10 years ago I succumbed to the pull of nostalgia and bought an 85 MR2 just like the one I had when I was 24. It was fun and exciting — for the first few days. Then I discovered how hard it was to find parts for it, especially the interior and exterior plastic trim. It was miserable on the highway as cars from…

I have zero interest in joining that club, but it would be fun to annoy the members by showing up with a totally bastardized rebuild of that thing. What’s the most offensive motor you could pit in it? A chevy small block? An anemic VW beetle engine? 

If this was perfect and stock I could make the argument that the price is in the ballpark for a notable piece of 80s performance nostalgia — mint 90s CRXs are going for $30K plus these days. But let’s be honest — this one is a bit hacked up. The interior looks a bit worn, the dash has been violated with that…

I came here to post but Ricky’s pretty much summed it up perfectly. 

Yup. Some people hate HOAs, but well-run ones serve a very good purpose.

The problem with this stuff always seems to be that there’s always a few that just push the boundaries and ruin it for everyone. For instance, most neighbors wound’t get bent out of shape with a car that lives under a decent cover in the driveway. But leave an old rusty Camaro on jack stands for a 6 months – plus the…

A great start. I hope they go after very shop in the country that did this kind of thing. We could probavbly wipe out the National Deficit if they just got every shop in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia.