The Viper

A few years ago I accompanied my wife on a business trip she had to Spain. I rented a vehicle for the week and got a Jeep Renegade. A diesel, 6-speed manual Jeep renegade. Maybe not the specific vehicle I would want, but a diesel, 6-speed manual something would be great.

Let’s go back to the one that started it all when it comes to cars with off-road trim...

Here’s the biggest I ever owned...

The smallest cat in the stable right now is a Mk.7 Golf R (6MT). That’s the smallest car I’ve ever owned, and it’s about as small as I would go. For reference, the other 2 vehicles currently here are a 2021 Bronco 4dr, and a 2017 Acura TLX.

Quit with all the cookie-cutter SUV/crossover whatevers and bring back real station wagons!

That’s an oxymoron...

This...

Pick a wagon, any wagon.

This...

Bronco Sport Raptor.  AAAAAHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

This

The Mustang II/Pinto.

Take a proper driving school.  I went to a day-long NASCAR school driving cup cars at Darlington with no pace car on the track.  Nothing will ever beat that unless I get to do an open-wheels school.  Plus I became a better driver for it.  So go drive a proper race car at a school on a track at least once in your…

Well, I grew up on a farm, so I actually started with tractors. Learning wrenching on those prepared me for my first couple shitboxes. That slot car track we got for Christmas when I was 5 didn’t hurt either.

Already have it...

The Wrangler never really seems to change, does it?

Came for this, was not disappointed.

That ridiculous engine auto-stop deal. It doesn’t save gas. You want to save gas, don’t drive like a moron who thinks that the gas and brake pedal only have two positions, “on and off”.

The shitbox that you could just afford, which then breaks your soul when you have to spend nearly every penny you own just to try to keep it running to earn the money for the next repair.