For $25k (assuming number fudging, an option or 2, dealers marking them up), most of what people actually use cars for is more than likely covered by the mileage.

I’ve always assumed people who dump big money into a restomod are the ones who want to go out and drive the crap out of them and enjoy modern things. Like good brakes.

The headrests need white Oakley’s embroidered in them to match the tribal pattern. 

I don’t know how the law works where the writer lives, but around here it’s not theft until the item actually is, or is clearly in the process of, leaving the store. Until you attempt to leave it’s not theft. So all the theft happens AT the exit.

For the cost of a few staff to always have at least 1 person there checking receipts, it must pay for itself several times over in reduced ‘shrinkage’.

Japanese cars from the 80s had a limited lifespan as it was. 

Good luck finding a 90s era 4-runner, specifically an early one, that isn’t rotted right out if you live anywhere that isn’t a desert. 

That’s precisely why examples in mint condition are desirable. Because everyone else beat the shit out of their’s.

The interesting thing about Coker pushing a new construction is that anyone who still uses their old cars still has to buy tires for them every 5 to 7 years. There must be a pretty stable demand for them if they invested any money into it. 

It’s not just about weight. The controller technology is more known and available and the technology itself is more accessible. Now there’s proven platforms to adapt from so you aren’t just cobbling car batteries to a DC motor. 

Good design, like good taste, is pretty much ageless. This car is not ageless.

I called a family member for a ride. Had they not answered I would have called a cab.

You can buy a used A8 for way less than that and actually have a chance in hell of being able to find and afford replacement parts.

North of North Dakota, one winter evening my car died on the side of the highway in -40 temps. It took all of 20 minutes for the cold to set in. And I was dressed warmer than most people. 

You don’t even need a vest. You can buy a simple strap type stand-in, or even individual velcro straps to put around your arms or legs.

Drinker? I think he’s been doing something way, way worse than drinking. Dude’s high AF. 

Fair point.

Even when it’s gray here for a few days in a row I just want to stay in bed all day. I wouldn’t survive in the PNW. 

I don’t think they’re ‘salty’ just because of the law. I got the impression that it had more to do with the seemingly instant change and (possible) enforcement. 

Just like a couple of years ago when everyone was fake outraged over ‘the Panama Papers’ that showed where the famous and wealthy were parking their money offshore and mostly completely legally.