Northern Indiana is among the worst places to drive through. It’s some real “The day after the bombs fell” type shit. Don’t stop for anything other than an emergency. There’s nothing worth seeing unless you have a hard-on for superfund sites. And fuck everything about I-65. It’s as straight, flat and boring as…

Mazda’s really had the whole styling game nailed from day one. Has it ever made a bad-looking car?

I’ll admit that Volvo’s reputation for reliability got taken down a few pegs in the early 2000s under new ownership and FoMoCo parts-binning, but if we’re being honest the Germans weren’t winning any reliability contests around that time either. These 850s and their stablemates were pretty rock solid since there…

That sucks and all, but Toxic Rocket Drop sounds like a really sick skate trick.

I’m not saying what this person(s) did was right, but part of me definitely understands and appreciates their moxie.

As a Cancer with 2 Volvos who has long thirsted for a V90 but always talks themselves out of it, because they don’t really need one and struggles with doing nice things for themselves (RE: emotional baggage), I feel very seen.

Haha, that is correct. $6k is just the price to bring it home. Even as Volvo enthusiast, I never really caught the bug for the P2 S60 or V60 Rs. Unless you’re dead set on a manual, a P3 S60 T5 is just a tune away from putting out similar numbers without nearly as many headaches or early teething problems.

Non-scientific hypothesis, but the personalities attracted to these kind of trucks are also more likely to antagonize cyclists, thereby increasing the risks for an accident to occur.

It needs a little TLC, but I’ll vote NP since its credit card money. Rare to see one in this price range that hasn’t been modded, which you don’t want due to the thin cylinder walls in this generation of the T5 and their tendency to crack when the boost gets turned up. I’d still get it checked out first.

Even though I aspire to something better than a Mirage from years of hard work and education, I am not above one. I just wouldn’t buy one brand new. This is an interesting thought exercise. Both me and my wife work fully remote, so the 2 vehicles we have now are rarely used for anything other than trips and errands.…

I still see plenty of the last Epsilon platform 9-3s, at least enough that they don’t stand out. The final 9-5s on the other hand are rare enough to get my attention. Granted, most of the Epsilon 9-3s I still see running about seem to be owned and driven by people who view them as disposable, or just wanted a…

Eventually, but I think these all have a long life ahead of them as BHPH zombie cars. Until then, continue sheltering in place.

Saab. You still see a decent amount of final generation 9-3s, but limited parts availability for anything that can’t be sourced from the GM family pool will likely kill off any remaining survivors. 

This just sent me down a bizarre rabbit hole. I vaguely remember a couple of kids wearing something like this to school, but I might have been just a little too young for Belt Racers. However, I just found something similar called “Drag Waisters” that came out a few years later, and now I might have to buy this toy MR2…

Your time has more value than you realize, and it’s not always worth it spending days or multiple weekends attempting to fix/repair/replace something that a shop could do in an afternoon. I consider myself pretty handy, but I’ve come to realize when I’m in over my head or when a task requires more than I’m willing to…

Nah, just get in on the passenger side, make awkward small talk for a minute and pretend that’s somehow less obvious.

With 2 Volvos in our driveway, I will say the seats. It’s such a mundane thing to consider but one of the first things I notice after spending significant time in almost any other vehicle. You wouldn’t think anything special by looking at them, but they’re one of the few that doesn’t have my lower-back problem…

NP if you’re an entry-level drug dealer who specializes in selling HGH to juice heads in the parking lot of a Planet Fitness. Otherwise, this car is a disaster and should be avoided at all costs.

I’m not especially well-versed in bikes, but I’ll vote NP on this unicorn. Suzuki spent an insane amount of R&D money on these, priced them higher than almost anything else on the market, and unsurprisingly pulled the plug soon after due to low sales. I can’t imagine there are many of these left in running or savable c…

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