Well, in truth. One of the top reasons I bought my new Fiat Abarth is because it wasn’t saddled with too much of this safety junk. It has ABS and Traction Control (which can be completely defeated if I so wish). But no radar guided anything, lane keep assist, automatic braking, parking assist, etc..

My Dad, owns what used to be my Grandfather’s TV Repair shop. “Clairmont Skyland TV Repair”. They will still fix the occasional TV, but almost all of the business has turned into restoration of vintage A/V equipment and Ham Radio repair. But you are right, very few people repair their equipment these days.

I spent a…

Yeah, I said that in my follow up. But not as a 2017 model, and it was announced at the same time as the Alltrack in 2016.

I feel like SVT is more iconic in the US than RS

I stand corrected. However, VWs own configurator doesn’t now and has never shown a 2017 GSW 4MO being available. But it does appear that they did finally release the car this year as a 2018 model. You are correct. I guess I should have waited a year and a half to go car shopping. But after 4 or 5 VW dealerships told…

When VW released the Alltrack, it was alongside the promose that there would be 4motion AWD manual version of the regular Golf Sportwagen as well. I thought it would be a worthy replacement for the VR6 5spd manual Passat Wagon I had. Of course in typical VW fashion that never materialized. VWoA is full of promises…

I was trying to mimic the “evil look” hood that 500 Madness sells for $1,900. Basically following the hood line.

If the transmission has the capacity to be put into a mode of operation that allows it to change its effective gear ratios and/or decouple the drivetrain from the engine autonomously, it is an automatic transmission. Regardless of whether said transmission has a manual mode of operation or not.

Pretty sure they used North American T-6 Texans (btw not Beechcraft) as the stand ins for Mitsubishi Zeros in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!. Sad to see one go down. 

...but as I pass it, I always end up wishing it was just a little shorter. For me, that length (visually) takes away from its sporting nature just a bit.

I don’t hate it on that Firebird clone (is that what we’d call this?), but mainly for nostalgic reasons. Since the screaming chicken is so iconic to the car. But in general, no, no I do not think this should make a come back.

My 1970 Dart Swinger has a bellows manual foot pump for the washer. It’s just above the high beam switchbin the floor.

I bought this ‘91 Laredo for $300 about 4 years ago after I had to get rid of my ‘90 Suzuki Sidekick due to rust through in the strut towers making it just dangerous. I needed a new “Winter Beater” and I’d heard how much people love XJs and having previously owned and loved a V8 ZJ, I thought I’d give it a go.

There are many vehicle’s I’ve considered buying new. Then I realize no one sells exactly the vehicle I want.

Neutral: The biggest problem with buying a Honda, well anything, is that you have to look at this ugly mug staring you back from the driveway.

That’s if you even knew that was a wagon existed and was available. As I said above I didn’t know that they even made an Elantra Wagon until just a few days ago, and someone above said the same thing about the Regal TourX.

Plus at most dealerships I’ve dealt with, in order to get them to transfer a car distances…

99% of people buy what’s sitting on the lot, even if that means not getting the color and/or the options they exactly want. Also very few people are willing to drive even an hour to find a car. If there are none sitting on the lot it’s the same as, if they didn’t exist at all. I’d wager less than 1% of people order a…

Maybe there was no demand because no one knew they existed?

Hard to pin it down, I grew up in a car family. When I was born I came home from the hospital in a ‘65 Sport Fury, when the ‘72 Charger SE broke down on a snowy road. Dad traded the Fury for a ‘78 Jeep J-10 Golden Eagle pickup, and also had a ‘68 Roadrunner 383, and ‘67 Barracuda fastback 273. While mom drove the ‘72 C…

Did you not read everything thing I wrote? That the increased cost of “all” things is an additive effect. Coupling the slightly increased price of a car with the increased price of groceries, housing, utilities, other essentials, plus the inability of wages to keep pace with inflation, then yes the prospect of buying…