Thank you for doing the math....I wanted to say this, but more pressing matters prevented me from doing the calculations....

How thoughtful of you to decide for millions who carry what their true intent and mindset is...

IIRC, replacing the serpentine belt requires a similar level of disassembly.

Ah, a Nintendo Virtual Boy...I suspect I still have a low grade headache from trying one out in 1996. 

Being honest with your mechanic is easy.

NPR’s reliability has been shaky for several years now, particularly if it’s inconvenient to a narrative...the same issue ravaging much of the mass media these days.

...not to mention the cut the local/state government gets by accessing property taxes on the vehicles, now that they’re registered.

That Mitsubishi 3.0 in the LeBaron has a water pump driven by the timing belt. I did that job on my ‘94 a number of years ago...I was successful, but swore I’d never do another. Might as well do the timing belt replacement at the same time, which I did.

Part of the problem is styling...how many companies completely revamp a model on a brand new platform, and make it almost indistinguishable from the outgoing car? Try explaining what’s different about a 2010 Camaro, vs a 2020 Camaro...Dodge has gotten away with that with the Challenger, because it was very close to a…

Same here. You don’t see old Scouts that often, not because they were sent to the junkyard as scrap, but because they disappeared into oddly shaped piles of ferric oxide in driveways.

In 1985, you could buy one of these BRAND NEW for about 7500-8500.

This curbside delivery thing is getting completely out of hand.

63K for a convertible Challenger is crazy, but spending all that extra cash to advertise your colorblindness is absolutely hilarious.

What do you have against expanding urethane foam?

They did the same “Ghia” treatment of the Granada...which was possibly almost as bad.

I suspect that was the entire point of spinning the trucks off as their own division. Easier to sell to another manufacturer.

Actually, no. The 308 makes great sounds, and looks fast sitting still, but wasn’t all that great a performer, even in handling...but I still wouldn’t turn one down if I were offered one.

Mostly pot metal, and recycled Pinto parts...but you get the idea.

You could make the same argument for a Ferrari 308...but they were even slower than the Camaro when new.

The Mustangs were popular by the virtue of being a good bit cheaper, but definitely not better.  I’ve owned both, and it’s telling that my ‘88 5.7 IROC-Z is still in my driveway, and being driven an average of 10,000 miles a year, and the Mustang got turned into recycled beer cans well over a decade ago.