I’d like a better explanation about why we need to link our accounts when doing so allows Kinja access to a lot of our private data.

1971 VW van/bus/”station wagon”.  Fun to drive, easy to park, extremely useful, learned a lot about wrenching, great gas mileage, miss it (and the other two 1970 ones I owned).

I’m not surprised that the Frankenstein was built (redneck engineering at its finest). I am surprised that it’s sat for 25 or 30 years instead of being hauled off for its scrap value. ND at $5,000, NP at $500 for a conversation piece/no-tech prepper escape pod.

The biggest problem with cameras (versus missors) is the small lense. A drop of rain on a small lense is a big issue, not so much on a mirror. Heated mirrors deal nicely with freezing rain, will we be getting heated camera lenses? And having just driven a rental Malibu, with side mirrors that tilted down to look at…

Right now, this one is at 959 to 957 - NP winning!

Not much different from second generation VW vans or early American minivans - balance the number of doors with the actual needs, save a few bucks and add a little bit of structural rigidity.

No poll - NP!

One, I agree, completely, on the HVAC controls - we have a Crosstrek and the 3 knobs work great, even with gloves on.

Kinda like KFC and McDonald’s messing with how they fried their original chicken and french fries, respectively, in the name of better heart health.

You could drop a crate engine in it and it would still be CP . . .

$7500 + SBC crate engine = interesting?

I had a ‘65 Corvair with a 2-speed Powerglide transmission - it was kind of cool that I could brag about hitting 50 mph in first gear!

It’s the same reason (and reasoning) behind the original Road Runner.

Rule Number One - don’t piss off your neighbors! Most enforcement of Zoning regulations is done in response to citizen complaints. If someone complains, the city / county have a duty to repond. If no one complains, rarely does the government have either the time or the incentive to go out looking for “problems” to…

For the older person doing 4K per year, would there be any benefit in looking at buying that vehicle, instead of turning it in and leasing something else?  It’s a known entity and the taxes/license fees will continue to go down.

1. Because I wanted new. I was tired of my rusted-out, ten-year-old Corvair 500 with a Powerglide.

Good question! She did make me put in A/C before she’d buy it.

I had to make that exact choice in 1975, when my parents gave me $3,500 to buy my first new car (and it had to be American, “not one of those imports”). I had essentially three choices, Vega, Pinto or Gremlin, and I went with Gremlin. I did that because it had the biggest base engine, a six cylinder, under the…

I think that it has more to do with familiarity (which way you saw a vehicle for the first time), than anything else. Seeing it “different”, just seems wrong, unless it truly is an improvement, visually.  I’d also argue that pillar color plays a big role, with black ones helping to unify the tint on lighter-color…

One word - bring back the Merrymobile. Found only in Memphis and Louisville, and only in the 1960's, but still the coolest ice cream vehicles!