After owning a 15' sportwagon from new, then swapping it for an 18' Autobahn and having that for the last how many years, I can confirm all accounts.

All hail the physical button. Nothing is as safe. It’s always where you left it. There is physical feedback when you use it. No need to ever take your eyes off the road. 

“I am annoyed that even a global pandemic has not ended the dealership model entirely.”

I get that, as a car person, it is special; it’s just that (to use your example), if this car drove past me on the street, I’d think “nice Subaru”. I wouldn’t think “six figure car”.

Somehow people just don’t know, or forget - or rather want to ignore - because it’s JUST a Subaru, how very special 22b really is.  I can’t say if the price is justifiable, but this is just every bit as special as something like Stratos  HF, I resigned to accept that it is.

We’re just all glad you’re here.

Something highly suspicious about this one. Having rescued several barn and field wrecks I can say positively this has not stood in that spot long at all. You get to know the tell tale signs, grass growing though every nook and cranny, encrusted years of dirt and grime, leaves, bird poop and totally degraded soft…

Why does it look like the dirt was freshly moved? I would expect weeds or grass to be grown up around it. This looks like it was freshly buried. Maybe it was screaming, “I’m not dead yet!!” and the owner posted it for sale instead of just covering it up.

It looks shockingly well preserved, at least the outside. Inside might be a rats nest, but can’t be as bad as what David is dealing with right now. I’m not in California so the registration and smog thing doesn’t matter.

“after the uproar.”

As a child of the malaise era, when GM colonnade coupes were sort of the default (young) family car, a few frequent automotive style topics of conversation I remember: 1) rectangular and quad headlights were a must, round= very outdated 2) antenna masts considered abhorrent- but (less effective) cosmetically…

I don’t think they were even legal in the US until 1974, then GM jumped right in with their ‘75 models.

That’s the first thing that came to my mind. Jeep actually changed it up after the uproar.

How did this entire article happen without touching on the single biggest round vs square headlights producer of gnashed teeth, the Wrangler YJ?

Well, the dealers don’t believe in them. So they don’t order the “thinking person’s car.” They order what will sell, with the largest amount of “MEDs” on it (Margin Enhancement Devices).

It was a little weirder than that. I showed up in a Bolt and left in the Camaro. There’s a long drawn out explanation that can basically be summed up as, basically, YOLO.

Long live the Saab 900s. I love those cars.

There is no such thing as a cool Camaro.

A liftback is a hatchback with a fastback profile. AKA, the best non-wagon bodystyle, both sportier looking and more practical than any sedan. And Toyota has nothing on Saab, who was king of the liftbacks.

It’s almost as if they don’t believe in their own turbocharged product. There is something to appreciate in a well balanced and lighter sporty car using the four cylinder engine, just as there is something to appreciate in Ford’s Mustang Ecoboost, whether performance or not. Some people only appreciate V8 Mustangs and…