Last time I saw one was the early 1990s, when a guy was trying to trade it into my car lot. Primer gray, and shockingly not rusty (although it’s possible it was a Bondo beauty — I didn’t look too closely). The best part: some knob had shoehorned a Chevy 350 into the engine bay, and not well. The radiator was 4 or 5…

This car was so poorly engineered and executed, that you are risking your 12.5 grand completely on the restorer’s skill and ability to re-engineer it to work. In addition to rust-proofing that is not nearly as good as leaving the metal bare, the engine/transaxle mounting “strap” screws into pot metal and the two…

I have not been driving cars for as long as some probably have - only since 1997, so what twenty-four years or so - but I have to say I have NEVER seen an X1/9 driving on the road. Not once. I remember trying to find one as I’ve owned plenty of Fieros and just wanted another quirky cheap quirky rear-engined car, but…

Oh gosh, you must have met my mother. She still holds true that countless brands are unreliable because she had a friend with a cousin back in 198- or 199- who bought that brand and had a lemon. She even thinks that Honda and Toyota reliability are a myth because her friend blah blah blah.

Mine has been 5 years with nothing but gas/oil. It’s done many track days, autocrosses (including dozens of dreaded 4,000rpm launches), and sees the redline on a regular basis. Perhaps its time will come, but no complains so far. The good news is if I do blow the motor, replacements are much cheaper than for many other…

Being a reformed VW fanboy, it’s funny to see some of the first comments here. Some answers for the culturally uninformed:

I’d buy it, after a careful inspection by a VW tech. It’s clean, somewhat interesting and the price isn’t stupid.

Nathan desperately needs you to think there's newsie reasons for him to keep watching it.

In 1998...

Paul held up the card to show the press, adding, “I mean now, shit, this is a million-dollar card, baby. This is the card I walked out [with] to the Floyd Mayweather fight. This is a million-dollar card.”

You know what my takeaway was from this? More cars need un-varnished wood on the interior. Or at least a flat finish that isn’t crazy-glossy. I think I’ve seen it in some Volvos with that teak they use, but it just looks so much nicer than the glassy looking wood in other cars.

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And it’s such a fine line, isn’t it?
I mean, if I’ve got the money for the R.R., why buy a new one, when I could buy an older one, which is even classier?
And if I’m buying an old classy R.R., and I’m apparently the type that needs or desires to be driven about, then I’m also the type who needs, oh, I dunno.
Bullet…

You are entirely right. “I just spent $85 for an oil change in my SLR” just isn’t newsworthy. No bragging rights there. 

If a supercar does not cost a fortune to maintain, it is not really a supercar then is it?

Save you pennies and get out mom’s hair dryer.

People judging cars made 30 years ago differently than ones made today isn’t as insightful as you think.

It’s definitely not gonna be this one. This is the worst new EV I’ve seen in a long time.

Having to take off your seatbelt and open a front door to let out a rear passenger is the dumbest shit ever on a CUV.

A 2+2 crossover with suicide doors and 175mi range is going to go over like a lead balloon. What the hell are Mazda thinking? This is like something from the Crap Era, when EVs were weird and impractical. Mazda knows how to make a decent car that Americans will buy, so why did they make this instead?

Even if she downplayed her history (not saying she did, purely devil’s advocate here) swearing at her and kicking her out is not the right way to handle the situation. A “Sorry but due to your history with eating challenges we won’t be able to offer a cash prize for your attempt.” or if it’s due to the camera “Sorry…