LOL!

Let Mazda keep one example in a museum. I’m not paying for someone else’s museum piece of a mass-market car. If I was spending $15K on a Miata, I’d be looking at ... A loaded 2008 with hardtop included, under 25K miles listed under $14K CANADIAN. By the time you dicker, you’re probably looking at enough for a set of…

WTF would you do with this and WHY would you want it? This is like marrying the most beautiful woman (or man; I don’t judge) in the world and then never having sex!

Well, David is now sharing the contents of his porn folder with us.

That’s how I feel when I see a picture of myself from 20+ years ago.

We should celebrate a car that lived a full and fun life and was enjoyed by those that drove it. I feel sad for those cars that sit in “like new” condition having never experience the wind through it’s grill.

None of those vehicles are the Mustang, which you declared here on Jalopnik to be “your summer project”.

I’ve never bought a rental, but every time I’ve bought a car I’ve gone into it with the mindset that I’m going to keep it until it’s no longer mechanically sound. So by the time I’m ready to get rid of a car, I’m not expecting much for sale/trade-in. But if you’re someone who likes to switch it up every few years,…

Just because other people date used up hookers doesn’t mean I want to. Have you or Tom ever bought a rental car? You can pay $2K less for your rental Camry now, but when you sell it you’re gonna get $2K less “because it was once a rental.” The scarlet letter will follow the car its whole history.

Let me guess his motto: “It isn’t a stupid idea if it works!”

I dig restomods.  Don’t hotrod it, just upgrade the running bits so it can keep up with modern traffic - and stop like it too, very important - probably pick up a load of fuel economy in addition to power, and just have a blast.

I am all in on the Flacon. NP

Indian motorbikes are also made in the USA and Harley already got in the MAGA heads bad books for moving factories overseas.

OMG yes! Because overpriced, loud, and unreliable was doing SO well!! Please make less and charge more. Down that hole straight to hell.

Indian’s got their dealer and ownership experience on fucking point too. Dealer in my city is downtown near the bar district in an old restored building, exposed steel and brick and all. The showroom is full of old and custom bikes with some new stuff spread out. When a craft brewery set up shop next door, they…

The Harley growth in the 90s through the 08 recession was a boomer midlife crisis / retirement gift fad. They expanded to quick to cash in and then the demand dropped. Their customer base is either too old or already has a garage queen Harley and no need to buy another.

Precisely this. Indian makes better bikes, their staff is friendlier, and they don’t have the stigma.

the maker of very expensive, very heavy toys, primarily for Americans

It became known as the rust belt because of the decline in the steel industry in what was previously known as the steel belt. Rust is a metaphor.