I have a 2002 Lexus IS 300, I love its rock solid reliability after 22 years, and bought it because I wanted a reasonably agile rear wheel drive sedan that wasn’t too big. But one odd little thing I love about the car is the heater. I don’t like being cold and the winters here can be brutal. The heater is the best I…

Yes, when you talk about C3s I think you almost have to break them up into two generations.  The chrome bumper cars that still made horsepower and the plastic ended emissions strangled ones.  Just to mess with us I think they phased out the chrome bumper and there is a transition year where one end is chrome and the…

I am curious from a legal standpoint about the wording here. Is it an “order”, a legally enforceable notification, or more of a very serious warning. I own a relatively new Subaru, I don’t think Subaru could order me to stop driving it, but they could certainly tell my in very strong words driving it wouldn't be a…

I didn’t really think of my dad as a car guy, but he had a few interesting vehicles. We mostly had fairly anonymous American cars as family vehicles, but somewhere in the early to mid sixties we became a two car family. Our first second car was a Renault Dauphine (I am guessing Dad bought it because it was cheap.) I…

Thanks for not disappointing

There was an RE-5 project not far from me on Facebook for $1000.  I was ready willing and able to buy but the seller never answered any of my messages.  

A good Honda CBX will cost you well over ten grand, a really nice Honda 400 Super Sport around 5 grand or so, maybe a little more for a Kawasaki H2. Welcome to the world of classic bikes. I would gladly pay this much for a unique motorcycle that doesn’t look like bug arching it’s back (i.e. most any modern sportbike).…

Maybe if it were pristine and had 100,000 fewer miles. I know vehicles can go well over 100,000 or 200,000 these days, but still doesn’t mean people want to pay the "rare and collectible" price for cars with that much wear and tear.

Pluses:

Pretty sure you could get leather, but other than that the GSL-SE had all the bells and whistles they offered back then built into the SE package.

I had the burgundy in my old RX7, agree the gray was a bit somber.  Still the cloth is undoubtedly looking better than leather would at this point.

I am 6'0" and fit fine in mine, has been a while, but I don’t remember any head or legroom issues. I had an ‘85 GS, always coveted the GSL-SE with the “big” wankel.

Sometimes I will look at a car I didn’t care about or ignored back in the day, then they become gnarly used cars and were even less appealing. Then after many years you see a nice one and have a greater appreciation for what they did with the styling.

I am always happy to see a Mazda Rotary pickup reference, you are probably right, but a love it too much to give you an upvote.  A janitor at my grade school drove one and even little glemon recognized it was different and cool.

I know the price seems crazy, but in a few years it may not be. Very nice and desirable (to me anyway) in condition and as set up.  I know I will be in the extreme minority, but I am having trouble finding fault with anything about this car.   Nice Price.

I started to write a long rant about this thing, but not worth it.  Just No.  No Dice.

This power train, particularly paired with the manual, was considered peppy in the day, and I always thought these were pretty cars. We had this cars sedan brother, with the V-6 and an auto, dead solid reliable in the three years we had it.

“Look, I’m willing to do a lot of dumb shit to get people to click on and read things I’ve written, but this is purely disgusting. Leave Michael Schumacher alone, you cretins.”

As me to the chorus of those not quite feeling the beauty. I mean, it is better than a WRX, or a Maxima or Camry, but looks pretty generic modern sedan to me.

Man the story is pretty lacking in narrative skills there is “an accident” at first I didn’t know if it was the golfer or somebody else, assume somebody else, but say that right away, set the scene.