I sell cars and know how to drive standard transmission. You would be shocked at how many people in this business don’t. Honestly I think it should be a requirement for any automotive job.

...because your job is *selling* cars, not *driving* them...

Fixed it for you!

He’s the very definition of DRIVE

Relevant info here. You know that California no one really loves?

These scream RENTAL CAR to me. I’ll take a Tacoma.

Huh?

Came here for awesome V12 noises but was very disappoint. How do you make a V12 sound so bad?

Sounds not crazy enough... should swap on some EL headers like this one

Repairs? On an 80 Land Cruiser?!?!?!

Come on, Doug, FJ80's (91-92) are indeed slow, but FZJ80's (93-97) kick ass. 215 hp IIRC from a very very torquey 4.5 liter I-6 mean that they're no slouches, especially for such heavy beasts. And shut up about the awesomeness of those rigs, now their value will shoot up even more!

Yeah when I drove it, my butt was reading about 280ish.

My seat-of-the-pants meter reads nowhere near 314 torque.

Toyota and the small/mid segment are almost synonymous. Toyota has a long legacy of strong vehicles in this small/utility segment of the domestic market going back to the mid-sixties. Now the early days it was with the LandCruiser models - 40's and 55's before really morphing into a full fledged SUV with the 80's,…

It bums me out, man. I appreciate the mildly positive spin on the tail-end of the article, but it just set me off. I know the world isn't just flowers and pink glitter (thank god) but I can almost taste bile halfway through some articles. (Chris Harris' curmudgeonly mannered articles have been surprising. His 2CV…

Oh my god am I tired of the jaded snark of some Jalopnik posts. Why does everything have to be either masturbatory hyperbole or decidedly nonplussed bitterness?

I'd like to add if you go on the last day of the month and especially if that date falls on Saturday, you deserve the wait.

Below Gemini bridge in bull canyon. Cool little spot.