This is the latest in a long history of patent trolls, the most notorious of which was Edge Games that sought to trademark the word “Edge” and sued several games and movies over it. Soul Caliber was originally supposed to be Soul Edge, but they got sued. Mirror’s Edge was also in a huge lawsuit. Eventually, after…

Wasteland.

Here is a text message conversation I had with a potential buyer. Anyone that has attempted to sell a car on Craigslist will relate.

I thank God that, despite our own myriad of car enthusiast “Eff you’s”, California does NOT have safety inspections, which, according to your story, sounds like about as much of a sham as I thought it was. Also, I do not have to put stickers on my car or in my window, so that’s a plus.

I think this kind of depends on what car you are looking for and what you are looking to do with it. A couple examples:

I see, yes the silver car in the article’s main picture is the Bee R car. There is a second picture of the company’s Facebook post, which shows the white R34. Sorry for the confusion.

It is not. They do have a Bee R conversion (which seems to have survived the fire) but the one pictured in this article is not that one. It is an R34.

Ah. Yes, my memory is a bit fuzzy on the exact specifics. Thanks for clarification.

I know there are several restrictions on the import of a sub 25 year old car in the states. And while I believe there is some off road only provision, I seem to remember the laws being pretty strict on what could come in. If anyone wants to jump in on the specifics?

The R34 debuted in 1998, making even the oldest example only 18 years old, therefore, ineligible for U.S. import under the Federal 25 year import ban. That makes it illegal as a road car anywhere in the country, not just California.

Is that an R34 I see in that photo??? That’s not supposed to be there.....

Yes, I meant state mandated insurance, my mistake.

Unfortunately for him, this is likely true. One of the inherent risks with having children and/or loaning your car out. While that was in a list of otherwise somewhat ridiculous questions, it was not really meant to, as I understand that is is how insurance works.

So, it goes without saying that this is terrible. There sounds to be five people who got hurt here, to varying degrees, and that is tragic.

Holy Crap!!! You made fun of something not British!!!!

I remember I was once trying to sell an ‘84 Pontiac Trans Am. It was in OK condition, but the interior had been redone and was pretty flawless. In any event, the paint was missing clear-coat in some places and the motor, though newer and running well, needed a valve cover gasket. So I set sell price really cheap.

I should have used a line wrench, but I didn’t have one, so I risked rounding the nut by using an open-end wrench. That’s very unwise; don’t do what I do.

I agree the Toyobaru is absolutely a Subaru. The power and drive trains are virtually 100% Subaru and have nothing to do with Toyota’s engineering. That said, I feel Toyota had at least some input. As evidence: it’s real wheel drive. Subaru doesn’t do, rear wheel drive.

The potential bargaining power leading to reduced cost that you are looking forward to makes financial sense.

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