My dad had a Dauphine as our first second family car, I was probably about 4 and thought it was really cool. I don’t know if he hated the Dauphine, but he did buy a R10 after having a VW or two in the interim. He loved the Renault, the heater worked (not great praise, but contrast to Beetle), he said it rode great and…

I agree about the looks. I thought they were pretty sexy in the early pictures I saw, but in the flesh they look like an early 2000s Hyundai Sonata with an Alfa Grill. Pretty mundane.  I am hearing some say these are reliable now, early reports I read did not indicate that.  Anyway, I want a two out of three car, with…

I have been like a broken record here saying it is pretty crazy to buy a rapidly depreciating asset that is likely to need expensive repairs, but this baby should be pretty much depreciated out. If you keep it going it may cost you a bit, bit if you keep it going and looking good it won’t depreciate anymore. Pretty…

Yeah, but MAGA counts immigrants differently for statistical purposes, each South of the boarder immigrant is multiplied by a scary factor of 5 over Europeans.

You have bigger cajones than me, my friend.

Wow, the Cali sales figures, out here in flyover country Teslas are not exactly a rare sight anymore, but they are far from best sellers. As far as today’s contest, it is a lightly used car, whatever KBB or Edmunds or whatever says.

Welcome back Rob, I hope you enjoyed your week in Mediterranean paradise.

No, literally no, but it is hyperbola. Like if somebody wrote the headline “Poison Detected in McDonald’s Hamburgers”, and the story read “arsenic was discovered in testing of samples of McDonalds hamburger, the samples averaged 3 parts per billion, well under the threshold for safety set by the CDC.

Toyota starter breaks, replaced with rebuilt Auto-zone starter.  Counter reset to 384,000.  What could go wrong??

I agree, maybe I am getting to be a boring old dude, but Everytime I drive into our state’s largest city I see people driving 20-30 miles an hour cutting through traffic like a crazy person. Speed makes driving dangerous, but big speed differentials make it even more dangerous. The ten over is reasonable to allow for…

This is one of the few in this series I can really get behind. Plenty of money for a daily and a fun car. I would try to find the rare Crosstrek with a manual for daily duty, and the $20-25 you have left for a fun car, Miata, BRZ/FR-S, Boxster, Corvette, BMW Z3, Solstice/Skye, MR2 Spyder, lots of choices.  Or, instead…

Chevy’s smaller SUVs. Someone I work with owns one. I can never remember what it is, even though I have ridden in it and helped load it a few times.  I usually remember people’s cars better than people’s names. Looking it up it might be an Equinox, but I am not sure.

Have shopped these quite a bit. The non-R versions seem to go for about tenish for decent drivers (though not as nice as this). Though not a screaming deal, given that is is an “R” and the miles and condition look very good I can give it a nice price.

I agree, the first generation was just a little too worn soap bar 90s rounded to me, waiting for the restyle cars to get as cheap as the early ones.

Have shopped these quite a bit. The non-R versions seem to go for about tenish for decent drivers (though not as nice as this). Though not a screaming deal, given that is is an “R” and the miles and condition look very good I can give it a nice price.

I have a 2002 IS300, I don’t know which car was better new, the 3 series, the C-Class, or the Lexus.  But I know which one is the one to own at 22 years old.  Very reliable, everything works, I get into five year old cars and they feel like they are falling apart compared to the IS.  Still fun to drive too.  About the…

I know it is low miles and seems to be in very good shape. I know the market has moved up a lot for most everything, but this is 90s GM badness, cheap interiors and scratchy clunky switchgear and all that goes with it. Can’t bring myself to nice price this one.

Everytime I read anything here I am always a little stunned by the embiggening standards for cars.  I like the Tourx too, but always thought of it as kind of large, certainly not a "little wagon".

I would go IS500. Fairly simple RWD power train, Lexus reliability, and you could have fun driving that quarter of a million miles.

Well we know it's not plug wires or a tune up, as I think it is required that you list such "just needs..." on your CL ad.