I love that this exists–bonus points for the whitewalls–but pushing $10K is, well, pushing it. ND.

Needs an improbably shaped bubble windshield. ND.

I rented an early example of the last-generation Caravan, so probably ’08-ish. I’ll never forget looking at it and thinking I had left the door ajar–but no, the panel fit was just that bad.

The white really highlights what a pedestrian design this is. Not ugly, just dull. I don’t need a look-at-me car, but I’m thinking the typical Ferrari buyer does. ND.

Just look at how tidy that was, before Benz and BMW designers went mad with random conflicting creases and bulges and fake vents and overwrought grilles. I’m sure the upkeep would become a sea of regret, but for a little while I could enjoy cruising in this and seeing it in my driveway. NP.

You saved it to the end, that glorious, flat, perfectly rectangular load floor. In my mind I was sliding a full sheet of plywood in there without a care. But at my stage of life, I have no conceivable reason to be doing that. Anyway, that rarely needed capability wouldn’t be worth paying $9.5K for a box of ’80s GM…

Yeah, one owner, 22 years says well-loved. But the odd choices of where to put money into the car...something doesn’t add up.

A runner for credit card money that won’t bore you to tears but is also disposable when it breaks. It will find a home for something near that price. It might even last long enough for the buyer to decipher that center stack.

This is a tougher call than a $4,000 DD should be. Maintenance isn’t so much of an issue, because it’s kind of disposable at this point in its life. But it guzzles premium. If you’re fishing in that end of the pond, do you want that expense? Still, if it’s not rusting out underneath, narrow NP.

He shouldn’t be hard to find with the three gauge-shaped bruises down the left side of his face.

The thing is, cars that drive like this wallowing whale are a vanishing breed. I’m not sure Snot Nose would learn much about driving dynamics that would apply to cars he or she will drive in the future.

I irrationally love this artifact from before things went all grayscale. I love the steering wheel, all shiny green and fake wood. The whole interior really evokes something much older, which makes sense for the Mercury demographic.

And it’s gone. ND for me, as it looks to be down at least one life already from whatever happened to the front clip. Holy mismatched paint, Catman!

A miles-to-age ratio like that always raises the question of how long it sat, and how all the rubber bits are holding up.

An old Volvo is like an old Hilux. You want one that’s mechanically sound and not too rusty. But you don’t need it in Concours condition, because that just inflates the price on what’s supposed to be an economical, practical, durable vehicle. I understand the seller wanting to be rewarded for good stewardship. but the…

It’s a cruiser, not pretending to be anything more, and I don’t hate the color. The wheels would have to go, but still, I think it will find a home for close to this price. NP.

Oof. Can I change my vote?

Not for me, but accounting for the condition and fandom, NP.

I no longer trust Maps with calculating travel time. I think it used to base estimates on speed limits plus any current delays. Now it seems to use the flow of traffic, which doesn’t work if your own speed deviates. On a long drive, it can be a significant difference.

A small good thing in the middle of a giant pile of wrong, but that was the most disciplined interaction with an “armed” “suspect” I’ve ever seen. Only one officer speaking, not screaming, clear step-by-step instructions. Even the bit with pulling up the shirt–humiliating to this innocent man who shouldn’t be in this…