This is why you just don’t give more information than necessary.

Bingo! Lots of catalogs lock shit down, and it’s better to have accurate information. If the computer won’t let me do it without your engine info, I ask. If you scoff, I just pick a random one. If it’s wrong, that’s on you.

Bingo!

“Oh shit he’s right there isn’t he?”

Sure, if they see the need.

Unable to play catch-up?

Beat me to it.

Actual leather, at least on vehicles where the first two rows are also leather.

For 10k you could build something better performing than a 190E 2.3-16V, if you can live without the “heritage”.

n+1, where n=however many cars you have now.

Alright, so here’s the deal. I have three cars. A 1974 VW Superbeetle, a 1986 Volvo 244DL and a 2009 VW Rabbit 2.5S.

The $35k Volt may be a $20k sedan with the EV premium, but the ELR was never a $60k vehicle to start with.

By and large I agree with the Volt sentiment, but overall the two are still similar enough that I could see comparisons being drawn pretty clearly regardless.

Branding only “works” because of the image we allow to be formed in our minds.

I have a former co-worker who insisted years ago that “Ford’s gonna bring the Bronco back, you’ll see!”, as we left work — he, in his ‘90 Bronco. I always shut him down because there was no proof.

Well done, Porsche. The old Panamera looked like a dog squatting to take a shit (see also: PT Cruiser, Chrysler Crossfire, Honda Crosstour) but this is now very sharp.

Ah, the Mk4 VW Jetta. The car of high school or college aged girls everywhere. Just reliable enough to stay on the road, just unreliable enough to be considered crap.

It was hard to sell my first car as well, a 1985 Volvo 240 wagon that I turned from a hippie crap-wagon into, well, a jalop crap-wagon. I spent several grand replacing old, worn out Swedish parts to make it run well and drove it for six years. By the time I sold it, I had completely replaced the suspension, wiring, a…

I hate to star you for this.

I know this was posted over a year ago (lol) but here’s my comment anyway.