If that’s real, I love it.

“but it’s not up to some random chump to shit on people’s efforts before the market has had its say”

No, I think it looks fine. Definitely better than the Escape for its segment. 

Looks are subjective and yet you are objectively wrong

You and I are clearly on different wavelengths.  My reaction upon seeing the image was an enthusiastic “I don’t hate it!”

Downvote booooo hissssss

Likely story. Jason - and all of Jalopnik - has been in the pocket of Big Otter Jizz for years now.

Never underestimate a mini cooper’s ability to torment you. Sure, it’s a cute little car with a spunky turbo motor, but underneath that bonnet is a never ending source of frustration just waiting for a warranty to expire.

No good deed goes unpunished.

David, don’t beat yourself up over it, it happens to every mechanic sooner or later.

If the thread chaser doesn’t fix it, you might be able to drill it out by hand, by just using progressively larger drill bits. Will be slow and tedious but probably faster than pulling the engine (although you might be able to undo…

oh, never do engine mounts.

Wow. A two door truck with a 3 foot long bed makes a 4 door Jeep look positively useful.

Maybe, but have you ever driven a ford Tempo?

So, a coprolite is a piece of fossilized feces, literally stone-cold shit, and yet paleontologists get frothy excited when one is found. It’s not how foul a thing is, it’s how good an indicator of an era or experience it is. The Trabant is possibly the worst car ever foisted on the car-buying public, and yet today…

When are we going to stop pretending that shitbox econo cars from the 80's are somehow loved and missed? The reason it only has 17k on it is because they are TERRIBLE FUCKING CARS and the original owner quickly realized it. 7k? There’s no way.

Hurray! You actually listened! A CO sh*tbox is far better than a midwest cr@pcan, yet the cost is the same. While the clearcoat will be nothing but chalk and the headlights opaque from the sun, I would not doubt that the exhaust is original and still 100%. My guess is that you will be able to do the clutch with little…

It’s south-ish...

But yeah, the correct term is “Out west.”

Hey now. Y’all all told me to stop buying rusty Michigan shitboxes, and to instead go down south and pick up a rust-free project. I’m doing that.

I’m making progress! (Right?)

$20k can buy a lot of coke, my dude.

I love the idea of a first gen R/T right until I remember they don’t have windows. The rest is deal-with-it territory on this type of car but sudden rain showers around me are a thing.