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Calling Jay Leno.

Also suggested is the switching of the truck’s driveline to 4WD for that true overlander get-away-from-it-all experience.

I loved my ‘97 Ford Aerostar with AWD because of the functionality and the usefulness. But the reliability was crap. Ford couldn’t even make a sliding door right.

The LeBaron and Diplomat were probably the most poorly assembled Chrysler products ever.

Oh, wow! So Chrystler did that to differentiate it from the Diplomat. I had only remembered seeing the Diplomat. Clever, but not quite attractive. 

...and that interior, yikes! It may be the quality/lighting of the photos but it looks like K-Car vinyl blue to me.

Agree with your sentiment on the color; how much would a red wrap cost?

This sign has been around here in Oregon as long as I can remember (as a driver).  Very convenient in my opinion.

If it just needed a refill they would have done it already. 

On a old VW mystery mileage is a feature, not a bug (hehe).

You could park this next to your 7-Up edition fox body Mustang!

Alright, let us have our: “Gen-Xer’s nostalgia trip”, dammit.

I’d call it marginally collectible, esp with the swing-drop tailgate and the rear seats. Decent unrestored condition and if you live in the right place it might even bring you some income as a movie car.

Yeah, I really like it. I’d also like to think that whoever is dealing with dear departed grandpa’s estate would be willing to unload it for a significantly lower offer, though.  “I know what I’ve got!” only goes so far when you don’t actually know what you have, and you kinda just want some cash to pay off your…

Neil Young said it: "Rust Never Sleeps”

The stupid thing about this approach is whatever he is trying to hide will be visible to anyone who shows up to look at the car.  All he will accomplish is potentially alienating someone who took the time to actually make an appearance.

Rust. Definitely rust. Probably a hole. 

“I don’t know where this lands on the Audi maintenance nightmare continuum,”

It definitely isn’t cheap. There was a Rich Rebuilds video where he had to take most of the front-end apart just to replace a turbo oil screen somewhere in the engine. This is a part that needs to be changed periodically and is apparently a major design flaw with the 4.0 engine.