Especially if it has the plastic seats and the cage in the back. Mine did not, although you could not open the rear doors from the inside, so my drunk passengers would often try to climb through the front.

Man, where are these type of scam deals when I need them? It was a struggle to get a truck loan financed and I have good credit and provable income but I'm:

THIS makes sense. One thing I will never understand is why these kinds of explanations are not given. "Look, if AAA looks at my logs and sees me tow to a scrap yard they won't pay me."

I am confused: if AAA will tow you home why would they not tow you to a junk yard?

Keep up the good work!

You have rental car but you don't have the ultimate bad idea generic used car purchase: a police car.

Does the camper shell count? Because if so, fuck yes. This month I camped in:

Hmm. Might have garage clearance issues.

Here I was thinking I was going to be so clever by suggesting the Deuce and a half, but you sir are both a gentleman and a scholar and understand exactly the kind of vehicle that Mr. DeMuro clearly needs for his decidedly rugged lifestyle.

OH HELL YES, THIS.

Ignore me! Duece and a Half was already suggested.

While far from my first car, I just dumped my 'baby' - my 2003 Crown Vic (see profile photo). It was the car I learned to wrench on, the car that I lived out of for 6 months when I decided to quit everything I was doing in CA; and the amount of memories are incalculable. It's the best car I've ever owned, and I chose…

I feel like lumping AWD and 4WD into the same list is a little odd. What you use a Deuce-and-a-half and a Volvo s60R for are pretty different, other than they can both drive in the snow.

My 04 Ranger has a 'check gas cap' light! And then it has a regular old MIL (check engine) light which is stupid, as you have mentioned. It is supposed to flash when the truck is misfiring. Neat!

See also Ford Taurus (and probably other mid-sized vehicles in Ford's lineup at the time). I believe that the Aerostar had the same wheel.

I can understand everyone's frustration here, actually. Yes, some customer expectations are ridiculous, but more often than not my experience with mechanics and dealers is downright negligent. Most people do not know how their cars work, period, and when someone goes to a 'professional' to purchase a car, there is…

Nah that's actually what I would expect. I get 22mpg on the freeway easy in my 2003 CVPI with a 3.27 rear end, the more aggressive police-spec shifting patterns, what I suspect is a bad MAF and on shitty gas (car pings pretty bad when hot, not running right for sure).

SO MUCH THIS. My friends now think I'm a genius when I get in their cars and tell them to drive straight to a gas station so we can fill their tires with air. Literally nobody has figured out what this symbol is, and that included me when it came on in my 06 Scion tC. Didn't even know the car had a TPM.

Feel like a fool for not realizing that this would be a thing, thanks for the learning!

I think shooting brake actually gets a little more love, but your idea is superior in every way.