Got my SportWagen (4MO 6MT) on Sept 30, a few weeks after realizing it was the last new manual wagon I could buy.

Not kidding: all this time I though $kaycog worked for jalopnik in some capacity!

BaT still has plenty of cool, random, eclectic stuff that’s not selling for a zillion dollars. A low mile Subaru Justy sold for $5500 just before Christmas. At a glance, right now I see an ‘88 Fiero, ‘77 Cadillac Coupe Deville, ‘75 Honda CB550F, ‘71 Honda CT90, ‘95 Jaguar XJR, and a Dodge Aries station wagon! Those…

The capped commission must really attracts sellers.

My V70R did not get that message (though it was pretty great until the crazy electronic failures).

I’m no audiophile but even I couldn’t handle one of those! Cassette adapters FTW!  :)  (I actually have a car with Android Auto now and it’s great).

Yes. It’s unreadable on my i7 windows laptops. My MacBook Pro does OK.

That’s hysterical. At 1yo, the kiddo is just decoration and is as likely as not to be either crying or sleeping the whole time. We just invited everyone to our house for our daughter’s 1st but it was really just a plain old party. Our theme was ‘open bar’.

It’s not *this* car (I largely agree with you) but my wife bought a Cooper S ‘vert 6MT this spring to replace her ‘91 318is. There really wasn’t much else that offered the combination of manual trans, convertible, 4 seats. An M240i fits the bill but starts at $50k. An M4 is $77k and way bigger than she wanted. MSRP on…

I had no idea you could get 2 part paint in an aerosol can like that. Very cool. As you say: wear a respirator. Isocyanates are not good. When I painted my FFR way back when, a lot of people insisted you really needed forced air and a hood (I got an all-in-one HVLP system) because they’re odorless and you can’t…

He just had a wide stance!

You seem angry.

“I hesitate to say your plan has a fatal flaw when it’s basically made out of fatal flaws,

Watched vicariously on another forum. Guy is gifted an E46 for his young daughter. Spends thousands going through it. She heads off with it, many miles away. Observes a slight coolant leak and a misfire on cold start.

Hahah. I have two functionally identical cars right now (‘19 VW SportWagen 4MO 6MT & ‘04 V70R 6MT). Well, theoretically functionally identical would be a more precise description. I really do fully depreciate my daily beaters.

In the other direction, I generally look for 15-20% off a used car at a dealer. 20% off $19900 gets (roundly) to $15900, providing them with a small profit and a buyer with a very good deal.

Bingo. Invariably, some budding Penske will start with the low ball on my obviously more-than-fair price and the vehicle will be gone by the time they finally agree. I get great pleasure in telling them it’s gone. :)

Ah, gotcha. Best be patient. A small Honda generator of the size you’re thinking will charge at about 5 miles/hour under optimum conditions. The same as plugging into a standard 120V outlet.

Probable cause is just fantasy. As a young person, I was twice pulled over for “going a little wide on that turn back there”. In the first instance, I knew he was behind me and I was damn sure following all the rules. In the second, if I had indeed been a “little wide”, I would have crashed into a line of stopped…

The problem, as the i3 range extender has shown, is that “55 on a flat road” might mean “15 mph up the 5" in California.