I think both can be right — sure, those early SUVs sold in large numbers because those were the only ones on the market, and a lot of people WERE discovering them to be useful and as a replacement for the station wagon/Minivan. But after 2000 or so the competition went ape-shit crazy with EVERYONE offering ruggedized…

Maybe The Atlantic article mentions this (I couldn’t read it behind the paywall) but I’ve always had a theory that post 9/11 Americans started buying SUVs because we, as a society, started harboring deeply seated but basically unexpressed feelings of insecurity. A rugged SUV became a form of protection — it could hold…

I admit that I like the idea of having an old MGB in the garage. You could probably take the whole thing apart with a few screwdrivers and a metric Craftsman socket set, plus you could lift the block out by yourself and take it to the kitchen table to work on it. Until your wife got home, anyway.

Sitting on the pavement by a broken down car? It’s character-building!

Maybe not the best, but there’s one little oddball that’s always had a place in my heart — the Mazda 323 GTX AWD Turbo. So over-achieving for its time (1989) but also so understated. I’ve only ever saw one once in the wild; it was zipping up a mountain road in Colorado.

I’mnot too upset by this. I mean, it’s a wealthy area and in the big picture the price of the Cybertruck vs. any other police vehicle is probably not that big of a deal. And let’s be honest — parking a Police Cybertruck at events is going to get people to come look, engage, and likely foster a better relationship…

Here’s my take: Whenever this transplant was done it probably made sense — back in 1990 or so somebody wanted a Jensen that was fun to zip around in and be fairly reliable. But then the Miata came out a few years later and with airbags, abs and actual comfort and reliability the charm of old British roadsters was sent…

That door was kicked open a long time ago.

Don’t worry, a crashing US economy will bring the rest of the world down wit it. 

Though come to think of it, the lack of demand should push gasoline to well below $2, is there’s a win worth voting for. /s

Can’t wait for this American economy. Food prices through the roof due to tariffs, (on everything, wheat, corn, soy, meat), cars so expensive no one can afford them (thanks to tariffs), restaurants closing because no one can afford go out to eat, mass unemployment because every hotel, restaurant, recreation and…

Let’s get all the Millennials and Get Zers out of the room for a bit so we Get-Xers can relive some ZZ Top awesomeness.

That's what I was thinking, too. 

Are we not going to talk about what appears to be a Ford GT40 in the background of the photo? 

Regardless, I see the owner moving out of town in the middle of the night (if he hasn’t already). Because when the city adds up the bills for this thing, Owner is not going to get a warm reception when he drops by the local Starbucks. 

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…