Whenever I visit my dad in NJ, I drive past this K-car wagon trar.

It’s going to be tough to find, especially in good condition, but what he clearly needs is a Honda Element Dog Edition.

I like green. FCA calls this “Hills Green”. When I bought it, there was one other one within 500 miles, this one was 90 miles away. I was originally looking for yellow or orange, but this one was closer and priced right.

Ironically, PA is one of the few places where liquor stores AREN’T opened - because PA only sells wine and liquor through government owned stores.

Just needs a fuse and AC needs a recharge. 

Because the givers-away know that this will generate a number of David Tracy articles like “how I almost died picking up my free Jeep” and “how I nearly died trying to fix my free Jeep”, and “how I traded my free Jeep for 3 even rustier Jeeps” AND can you really put a price on that?

From the NY report that the BI article links, the methodology is... interesting. The bulk of it reflects Social Security and Medicare spending, which is why high cost of living states like CA and NY are net-negative, while the states people often retire to from those places, like AZ and FL, are net positive.

It also…

Seriously, imagine having a wife.

Sure, gas is cheap now, but all the things I was going to drive to are cancelled due to COVID-19. 

They still make a passenger version, which I’m sure gets purchased by churches and homeschooling parents with 13 kids. 

That works as long as the person still has enough of income stream to pay it off. If they lose their job or something, that may no longer be an option. One of the people in the WSJ article said their husband died - if he was the sole/main breadwinner, then, that’s a problem.

Yes, people should plan for emergencies and…

I worked in an insurance claims office years ago. Insurance companies get very suspicious when an upside down car gets stolen and set on fire, even if it’s an isolated incident. It’s too convenient, and it’s not what normal car thieves do.

It also looks like 2 of the dealerships in the article - a Kia dealer and a used car dealer - have closed, with the owner of the latter one in jail for lying on loan documents. 

I’m most interested in the ‘87-90 Plymouth Grand Voyager, complete with woodgrain. Now there is a vehicle that reminds me of my childhood - my parents had a non-grand, non-LE (so no wood) Voyager in that same shade of light blue, and a ton of other kid’s parents had other flavors of minivan.

I doubt he’s going to find one for $15,000 though.  It looks like used ones typically start around $25k

RV’s are all the same boring colors with the same boring designs for the same reason that pretty much every car dealership is full of beige and black and silver cars. Since most of them are bought off the lot, they want to stock what appeals to everyone, even if it excites nobody. They don’t want to hold a bunch of…

I would look for one of the goofier badge engineered variants, like the Olds Bravada, the Buick Rainier, the Isuzu Ascender, or the Saab 97X

Has Torch been watching Sex Drive?

The car was reported stolen.

Just buy the damn minivan.