Manassas is a special place. The town of Dumfried is also a special place, and is close to Manassas.

This thing looks like it’s worth the $2900 if the fishy parts of the ad don’t lead to more shenanigans.

This where my brain goes when I see that steering wheel.

There easy to find for $3000 or less in Minnesota, but they almost always have catastrophic transmission failure and aren’t driveable without repair.

When I got mine, it was a 10 year old Wisconsin car. I bought from a dealership. Something in the clutch throw out bearing failed on the test drive, along with something in the steering (I can’t remember what it was).The dealership offered to fix it before I bought it. Little did they know it would take 2 weeks and…

There was “some stuff that needs to be done”

Early 2000s Mazda owners: Hey Mazda, why are all your new cars rusting to pieces after a few years?

Yup.  And they would sell 8 of them.  And they’d all end up at SEMA booths.  

I seriously considered one when they were first announced. I don’t love the styling, but I don’t think they are bad looking cars. But once I saw the reviews about the handling and the 4300 lb curb weight, I lost interest.

Did we already forget about the Fusion Sport? It may not be considered by most to be a ‘fun’ car. It’s quick though. And for someone that has been driving a 12 year old Camry and thinks that BMW and Mercedes screams midlife crisis, a Fusion Sport will probably qualify as ‘fun’. And its about as far from flashy as it…

And the ‘pro-life’ party thinks it’s fine.  

I wonder who will be responsible for this “baby” in 10-15 years when the economy becomes deteriorated beyond repair after these idiots neglected to take care of it?

Why, now immigrants have to a quarter of a mile further before crossing!

I’m in the same boat. Years ago, I did rear end work on an Eagle Talon in my garage. I was able to get it a few feet off the ground using heavy duty truck stands, and that made a huge difference. But it was awkward as hell and convinced me that a lift was the way to go. My current garage has a low roof and limits…

It’s all fun and games until they start showing up on other cars. This will become a fad, like those stupid port hole vent stickers people put on their fenders to make their cars look more like Buicks.

I disagree. I’ve been through 12 Winters with 3 different AWD cars on all seasons and a RWD car on winter tires. They are pretty close to equal in most scenarios.

Don’t let RWD drive be the thing that holds you back. I drive a 2012 335i in Minneapolis, and with snow tires, I get around just fine. My previous cars were an AWD Infiniti Q60, an AWD G35x, an AWD Acura RL, and several AWD SUVs. They were all great in the snow, but the 335i is pretty damn close. The BMW lacks ground…

Snow tires, definitely! I don’t go off road, but I get around The Minneapolis metro just fine in my RWD 335.

Thanks. Now I can’t get Elton John singing ‘Hold me closer, Kia Cadenza’ out of my head.

In Minnesota, you can see straight through the body panels on most trucks older than 2005. Even when the bodies have minimal rust, the rear subframes and/or hard brake lines are rusted out to the point where they are undriveable.