Torch is on the right track here. The other three are nice reliable Japanese cars that just happen to be two-seat convertibles. Fun, yes, but reliable.
Mark Tucker
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Nice! The only slight bummer I see is that it looks to be a push-button transfer case. I mean, it doesn’t matter functionally, but you don’t get that satisfying “ka-chunk” of pulling on a lever to “put’er in four-wheel-drive.”
I’ve owned a ‘77 Buick LeSabre, an ‘87 Chrysler Fifth Avenue, and an ‘89 Coupe deVille. All three were terrible in the city, kinda frightening on twisty roads, but oh my god could they eat up Interstate miles. If I had room/budget for a fourth car, it would probably be something at least eighteen feet long, with a big…
Europe has always gotten the new models a year before we did, so ‘83 would be a first-year E30 in Germany. And one of the available engines was a 2 liter six. Hence, ‘83 German-market E30 320i.
Kids... this is not “malaise era.” This car’s predecessor, the Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volare, was recalled for serious rust-through after two years. It had a smog-strangled one-barrel ghost of the formerly glorious Slant Six, with Chrysler’s notorious lean-burn system, that wheezed out about 90 horsepower (9 less than a…
Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t see these new “ro-so” (roll on-slice off) container ships catching on. I mean, there’s gotta be an easier way to get the cars out, right?
...which leads to another useful hack: cuss words. Some things just won’t work until you swear at them. If you’re working on a car, work blue; it helps.
That’s a great one. I use it all the time.
Get off my... infield?
So clearly, it’s not a vehicle to be Taycan lightly...
Only 150,000? My daily driver Corolla had 244,000 on it when I bought it. My Chevy truck was just under 200,000. Both still run fine. My wife’s Infiniti QX4 is closing in on 150,000, and runs like a top, and looks practically new.
OK - I’m going to come across as a curmudgeon here, but... $7500 for a base-model 2WD Toyota pickup with a few questionable modifications, from the shitty-carb years? Is that really what these are commanding? Has “the market for these” actually gone that insane? We all know “the market” can be an idiot; it was that…
First, clean off every bit of snow from the car that you can. All windows, all lights, the hood, the roof, everything. If you have a pickup, you can let the bed fill up with snow, but everything else, clean it off. Don’t be that person trying to see out of a little tunnel in the windshield, or letting the snow blow…
I love me some old J-bodies, and this would be a fine price... if not for the dinged title. Knock a grand off and we’ll talk.
I’m amazed you didn’t mention the little maintenance indicator thingy built into the odometer. That was always my favorite, when I had an old Accord. It turned yellow when you got within 500 miles of needing a service, and red when it was due. And it was mechanical, driven off the odometer. You stuck the key in a slot…
The Colorado one made me laugh out loud, and gave me John Denver flashbacks.
Not sure I’ve ever seen one of those in bright red. I guess this shows why; it looks terrible.
Is that really the rule? Oh good - check, check, and check. I can show this to my wife and tell her, “See, that’s why I need all 3.”
Well then, it’s obvious what you need to do - hook up a tow dolly behind the Golden Eagle and bring whatever-it-is home. Stop by Portland on the way, and I’ll show you the old Forest Service truck in person.