It seems, somehow, to want some cabinetry; to be calling for a bit of injudiciously applied wood paneling. I’m thinking the dark blue needs sprucing up with faux ash, knotty pine, or, perhaps, naughty aspen.

Losing one’s faith, or realizing that, no matter how much effort has been expended, one is not a true believer is difficult. Approaching maturity without having ever questioned the catechisms of Savonarolan climate cultists is bound to engender some discomfort when the realities of adulthood become unavoidable.

Acura NS-Why?

Wesley Pegdon just raised one eyebrow.

Now all that is left is to redo the thing, shoe-horning in a MOPAR Prowler mill attached to a Getrag manual shifter. I shall have to cogitate on this swap while engaged in Deep-THOT (see also THHGTTG - The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy).

Would love to see a schematic showing the steering column and the “hand row model” shifter t0 transmission linkage designs.

I like the look of the car, but don’t really have any place to store it.  Can it be had at 1/18 scale?

One could take the seats out and use them as chairs in the rec room.

Have to admit that I wavered with a Nice-Price vote. That is a lot of car, in spite of the weird after-market bits appended in search of personality. Given that Nissan’s Infinitis were floated in an effort to attract those who would otherwise buy Teutonically, and because these things were just rebadged Armadas, it…

Asked of Sundance: “Hey Kid! How good are you?”

Seeing that phantasmagorically ugly, gaping, baleen whale mouth-snout in front, one would be tempted to conclude that this particular car has been fitted with some sort of equipment which makes it possible to separate the needed hydrogen directly from atmospheric water-vapor. From in front it looks like a road-going…

I don’t know about you, but I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of constantly living with the threat of imminent global destruction hanging over my head!”

फ़िक्र मत करो खुश खुश रहो : Don’t worry, be happy

Yeah, I donated my ‘91 F-150 (5.0 Liter V8, 5 speed manual) in 2014. In retrospect, I ought to have just spent the money to do all that it needed at that point (rust amelioration and repaint, new exhaust, cover for cracked dash, worn-out upholstery on drivers side of bench-seat, dropped-off rear-view mirror, drooping…

Looks to be more for show than for tow. Cute, some interesting ideas, but overpriced by about $13,000.

Every addition that made it unusual counts against it, everything that was standard reaches no higher than middling levels of boring.

Drove Fords until they discontinued their last manual transmission option. With used stick-shift Toyota Tacomas disappearing, I guess that I’ll be forced to give up pickup trucks entirely.

Volkswagen, in line with their practice of naming their vehicles in honor of great or notable North African winds, should call the U.S. version of their pickup truck the Volkswagen Rodomontade.

Even though the giant knobby tires on the GTI wheels give off a vague spectral cooling, like the passage of a lost soul in search of an AMC Eagle, this car’s fundamental Volkswagen-ness is sufficient to make it nice. If plaid seats were to be installed, so as to enhance the utility of that GTI shifter knob...