Looks fun, but I could find plenty of better ways to have fun for $23k. This would also force me into far too many unwanted conversations with strangers, so double ND.

In a FWD car you should always mount the safety spare on the rear axle after rotating an undamaged tire to the... never mind. Altima.

No Lambo has ever looked better than a yellow Countach.

That Xterra was my first thought as well. I’m usually not a fan of yellow but always thought those looked so good in that color, and wanted one badly when they first came out.

I’ve driven through big mountains multiple times in white-knuckle winter conditions, but always felt some assurance knowing I could call for help, or at least count on the likelihood of seeing another motorist eventually. But years ago, my wife and I spent a weekend driving the Mojave and eventually taking Hwy 190…

Haha, thank you stranger. I will also forever associate these cars with Motley Crüe. My friend’s reckless and wild older sister had recently gotten her license and came to pick us up from somewhere. They lived in a subdivision near the city limits accessed by a long and hilly road, and there was a particular hill she…

Oh man, when I was a kid my best friend’s mom bought one of these brand new, right after getting divorced. It wasn’t a Blue Max, but I will always associate Mercury Cougars of this generation with my childhood friend’s mercurial cougar of a mother - a hot, newly single real estate agent (obviously) on the prowl. Lots…

I have financial anxiety just from looking at this. When it comes to anything that is both expensive AND difficult to diagnose and fix, I want stock 100% of the time. This might not be a bad deal for someone who really knows their way around these but I do not have the knowledge, discretionary funds, or emotional…

I’ve seen one of the boxier 3rd gens running around my area for almost a decade but I’ve never had the opportunity to meet the owner. It’s sweet as hell though. They were sold in the US for about 3 years in the late 80's and were simply named “Mitsubishi Wagon”, but I don’t think 4WD was available here. Mechanicals…

I’d much rather have a Mitsu Delica if we’re playing in the $10-$15k ballpark.

Mazda RX-8. Not sure it qualifies as objectively bad since it was frequently praised by critics, but it definitely earned a reputation for its shortcomings. Some of it deserved and some of it not. Still one of my favorites among any car I’ve previously owned though.

Saw the picture and was like “Now we’re talking!” Nice enough to drive while you work to shave some of the warts off, but not so nice that you’d hesitate turning it into a battle/safari wagon, or pulling out the guts and doing something interesting if the B230 starts going south. It’s even the right color of baby puke…

Per the articles of governance established and set forth by the Nice Price or No Dice Executive Board, no less than one (1) example of an early 2000's VAG product shall be submitted to the review committee per week to ensure members are of sound mind and able to uphold their duties faithfully.

God yes. Not only that, but also teasing us with the achingly gorgeous RX-Vision only to abandon it are tops for me within recent history. But hey, at least they now have 5 SUVs to choose from.

For the most part, I don’t really care how fools choose to separate themselves from their own money, as long as it doesn’t pose a danger or annoyance to everyone around them. Examples being:

ND. This looks like a Volvo 244 kissed a Zimmer and walked away wearing a smidge of its lipstick. I can’t imagine how much money and Grey Poupon it would take to keep one of these going.

I do, even though I had a PS1 instead of N64. I definitely remember them being featured heavily in Gran Turismo 2 as well, especially as CPU opponents in the early cup races. The New Beetle was THE car that almost everyone bought first with their early race winnings.

I believe it. Intentional or not, VW could not have timed this better. The mid to late nineties were a renaissance age for 60's nostalgia and this just hit so incredibly hard. Woodstock ‘98 combined with the shitty politics of our parents might have crushed any fondness for that era, but the Beetle survived it and…

The new Beetle was a really, really big deal in 1998. People were absolutely clamoring for these things. Like them or not, they carried the spirit of the original forward and everyone, young and old, went nuts for it. This compelled almost every automaker to climb onto the retro bandwagon, quickly turning it into a…

Unquestionably. Even as a dumb kid during the Stealth’s heyday I never understood why I’d see 10 of them for every 3000GT. And that bizzarely placed boomerang spoiler made them look even worse.