That being no taste?

I appreciate the work and, frankly, if this was a stock C3 of similar vintage in this nice of shape, it would easily bring that price home. However, this one will only appeal to someone of a very particular taste.

For the purposes of this test, the fact that the Beetle was cheating outside the test is irrelevant. It doesn’t invalidate the test, as terrible as it is.

Wait, isn’t a Beetle TDI on rollers actually compliant with exhaust regulations? That’s the use case for the special ECU code kicking in, isn’t it?

How far ahead of its time(1991-1993) was this though?:

Here’s the first textbook

New catagory.... Historic Supercars. Top speed and 0 to sixty at top 5% of cars the year it was made. So, even the original Oldsmobile might qualify.

I like where you’re going here, but I think we need to account for technological advancement in our power and top speed criteria. To that end, I suggest that these criteria be in units of Camrys (or Camries): the equivalent horsepower or top speed of a top-spec Toyota Camry of the same year model. For example,…

I’d wager the results would have been similar in a steel truck. That takes a LOT of force to rip that antenna out. At a minimum, the steel panel would have bent up pretty good, the antenna would have broken, and then the antenna still would have beaten down the side of the truck. In either case, the cost effective…

PSA: You’re not supposed to use this to wash your car.

Interesting topic. There are actually some deep parallels in both phenomenology and (though in that respect there are also certainly some differences) content. Both started out as the music of an isolated and scorned underclass, then became commercially exploited. Both have been known to celebrate physical prowess,…

Too wrong to be serious, obvious trolling.

Country. The car references in rap songs are just flaunting money - the car is just an object. Blah. Those are often poorly-rhymed, too. In country songs, the vehicle is part of a tale. It was an imprint on the singer’s memory. Little Red Rodeo; Daddy Let Me Drive; Red Ragtop... Take the car out, the song changes.…

“Mayonnaise colored Benz / I push Miracle Whips”

Rock.

We all should be so dedicated to the cars we love, even the weird ones.

This is the epitome of owning a Mercedes. The car sounds fine but the owner sounds like a trash fire of a human being.

less = fewer

Yeah I don’t see the appeal either. Also having to regain control for an emergency after sitting passively for a while must be weird, a bit like resuming Forza on a hot lap after pausing it for 5 minutes to take a dump.

and I, like every other person in the US, do not purchase anything based solely on need.