I think I’d rather this car than a $39k house in Pittsburgh.

I feel like this is the kind of thing where you just need to find the one person who wants this car but I’m concerned that person is also the one selling it.

Ask Jalopnik: I have $12K and want to maximize my range anxiety. What car should I buy?

Someone could probably stick this on their rural property in NC or CA, spruce up the interior and have a ready to go AirBnb guesthouse without even fixing the powertrain. 

Isn’t this another prime example of ‘things you can buy for the price of a fully loaded Camry, but will bankrupt you on the back end?’

This was and is a gorgeous automobile. This one appears to have been very well cared for, and the mileage is in that sweet spot of “low enough that it’s been babied and has tons of life left, but high enough that it’s actually been driven and the soft bits shouldn’t be rotting.” The paint appears to be in just about…

“THIS... is a 2000 Saturn SW2, and it’s the coolest station wagon Saturn ever produced.”

“The only people that buy these cars are dudes that like to be called “Daddy,””

“daddy” ...*shudders* saw a license plate frame the other when picking up my kid from school. "That's right bitch, I'm spoiled by daddy." I cringe every time I see it.

You know, everyone likes to point out all the supposed faults in this car but I would argue this was one of the better performance cars of it’s time, especially since we’re talking about a later 2001 model with the performance upgrades.

Seriously on the gas. I imagine this does better, but around town our W126 sedan gets about 14mpg on premium.

This is not the car for ME - however, if it were - none of the “flaws” are problematic for me and the bennies are obvious. It looks beautiful. The mileage is very low for the age and you just know this would be like driving a top of the line leather couch. NP all damn day. I can’t afford the gas. 

I normally say that there’s nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes, but this one is just about the exception that proves the rule.

What the hell, Nice Price! I have no actual need for this humongous “coupe” but I’d buy it just to admire the sheer Germanic excess of it all. I want to play with those pop-up fender fingers! A weekend car, because it’s now relatively rare to see these and the price isn’t insane.

this $500 car is not worth $4500. what the hell is wrong with you?

It’s already sold. A clean 4x4 Ranger that still has 5 digits on the odometer is a steal at $7,000. The seller could have gotten more than that, so I’ll applaud them for not contributing to the market bloat for pre-modern Rangers.

I’d...I’d drive it. I’m not sure what that says about me.

We own our third and fourth Foresters still. Combined we have logged about 600K of them with 450K on the two we have sold. Foresters are not off-road vehicles. They are nimble. They are sure-footed. They eat up the worst National Forest roads. That doesn’t make them off-road machines. They don’t have any real low gear…

All roads lead to Yesterday’s Buick Was Garbage.

I guess NP with today’s prices - BUT - I protest, clean the damn car. Disgusting. Did he just move a load of sheetrock? Bags of cement? When was the last timing belt?