Driving something like this is absolutely on my bucket list of car stuff, but I’m not sure I’d actually want to own it. I am surprised by how affordable it is, though. Is it because there’s a dwindling market for them?

Wow, that’ll look great being driven carelessly by the Real Housewives of Suburbia to the local HomeGoods...

Ooh! Ooh! I’ve just had an idea. Since David’s in Europe, send him and his new van on a quest to go rescue the Lada. Let’s see how well that old diesel Voyager can tow...

Looks almost, but not quite, like a Rover 800 coupe. And those were based on Honda Accords. That’s definitely an Accord door handle, and the taillight/trunk lid shape says 3rd generation Accord as well. I think the funny black line is probably gunk or a sagging bit of trim and not the door shut line.

Is it still a vacuum inside? ‘Cause that might solve some problems for the rest of us, at least.

Basically, I just act like VW/Audi stopped making cars after about 1988. It’s easier that way.

I miss the Build of the Week stories. I frankly couldn’t care less about what Tesla is up to, but seeing what people get up to in their own garages with their own cars is fascinating. I know Stef isn’t around anymore, but someone else should take up that mantle. It was a great feature.

Any mention of the Olds Silhouette is incomplete without a nod to Get Shorty... “This is the Cadillac of minivans, Mr Palmer.”

Oops... makes me think of when I worked as a house painter for a couple of summers in college. We had an old Chevy work van that we used to haul materials in. The inside looked like Jackson Pollock threw a temper tantrum.

I never could figure out why the earlier square ones felt reasonably rugged and subsantial, but these roundy ones were so flimsy and plastic. And they always felt too big to me for what they were. Definitely a step backward.

Clearly they were on to something, for this is the face of madness...

I heard Angry Changli’s debut single, “Cornerin’ on Two Wheels,” the other day. It’s not bad!

...but these are still OK, surely?

I had its Chrysler sibling, the Laser XE, also a turbo, automatic. (Leather seats, so no zaps.) I kinda liked it. More of a cruiser than a sports car, but a cool alternative to the V6 Camaros everyone else seemed to have. It had some electrical gremlins, but it was generally reliable. Terrible in the snow, though.

I got a set of Crafstman combination wrenches and sockets in both SAE and metric sizes as a high school graduation gift from my grandfather 30 years ago. They’re still holding up well. I’ve supplemented the set with some things over the years: larger sizes, deep sockets, O2 sensor sockets, torque wrenches, etc. I…

Oh, I get it; I voted Nice Price on that ridiculous Renault yesterday. I’m a fan of the oddballs and the uncool. And I’ve never given two shits about horsepower.

I’m a big fan of the old Chrysler turbos... but make mine a Daytona or a LeBaron coupe. Or a Shelby Charger. Or an Omni GLH. Or anything but a minivan.

The tape on the headlights just kills me...

I keep forgetting how young the writers on here are... I’m old enough to be your cool older cousin who was a teenager when you were little and let you listen to Ozzy records when your folks weren’t around. And I’m theoretically old enough to be David Tracy’s dad... Yikes.

The vote on this one will crash and burn, no doubt, but I voted Nice Price. Why? Because this is a car nerd’s car. Rare, small, manual, actually pretty damn fun to drive if it has the stiffer suspension, and cheap enough to have as a second car. Anybody can heap their affection onto an old Toyota truck, or an ‘80s…