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    I suspect the odometer reads in km, not miles. So that 200,000 might not be as much as it sounds like at first. However, the seller doesn’t provide us with a pic of the instrument pod, so ... *shrug*.

    Who are they trying to launder money for? With prices like that, this reads like the biggest scam I’ve ever seen.

    To add a little bit more context for people less familiar with the Fraser Valley, a big chunk of the land that flooded between Abbotsford and Chiliwack was a lakebed that was drained in the 1920s.  

    First Gear:  Yet another reason I think Chrysler is circling the drain. 

    I have certainly toyed with similar models in the past.  There are still significant complications with automation even then.  But it certainly gets rid of some of the more difficult to automate aspects of trying to automate around squishy human drivers. 

    As long as manufacturers keep trying to “replace the driver” instead of augmenting the driver, shit like this will happen. We are a long ways from being able to replace the driver, so it is far safer to ensure that the driver has lots to do to keep their attention.

    NP ... for a car that I just cannot bring myself to like. It’s 30 years old, and needs some TLC to make it a keeper.

    Nissan’s small body offerings were very well received through the Hardbody, and were actually innovative going back to the introduction of the “King Cab” models in the 70s. Between that, and having “halo cars” in the legendary Z, and the 70s era 510, Nissan was able to ride a reputation of being able to create a

    I’m not going to even try and defend the Yugo - those things were indefensible at the best of times.

    So, the Big 3 (and others with manufacturing interests in NA) have decided that competition - any competition - is bad, and lobbied heavily for more protectionist measures. Not surprising given that they are facing massive capital expenditures to get their fleets electrified in the next decade.

    It’s not bad looking - it fits in with the rest of Acura’s current offerings. I’m not wild about it, but TBH, the first two generations of the Integra weren’t much more than a dolled up Civic - and I wasn’t in love with them either. Basically they were a Civic Si with a slightly nicer interior, although some better

    Fugly. ND.

    At a wild guess, unless you were planning on flipping the vehicle over, you wouldn’t dare use the rear steer capability at anything over low range speeds - and at that - preferably set them while stopped, then move forward through the maneuver.

    While there is plenty of good reasons for her to face significant punishment, I find it profoundly suspicious that she did this for decades on her own. Someone in the company must have given her the incentive for this little escapade.

    Cheap oil, cheap oil filters aren’t going to produce that kind of sludge.  That looks more like “I never bothered to change the oil after the dealership stopped paying for the oil changes”.  

    NP - there never were a lot of these around, and they are reflective of what I consider a high point in BMW design - it still looks good decades on - not many cars achieve that.

    I’ll be absolutely blunt: when I’m driving, I want all of the controls I need to access regularly to be things I can reach and adjust by feel. I have no interest at all in having to futz about navigating menus at speed. Even the “push same button 5 times” for mode select on my HVAC controls drives me batty because

    Clearly he’s not relying on his car to dress himself.  Probably a wise choice. 

    Knew that a long time ago. You might want to look up irony.

    Apparently ‘rare’ can mean ‘valuable’ on BAT - even if the car itself is otherwise about as insignificant/uninteresting as you can find. TBH, if this was a similarly preserved first generation (aka Suzuki Cultus), it might be (marginally) significant in a museum collection as the beginning of a particular generation