What! No Kristen ? Neither fancy nor poor? We will miss you.

We seriously need a “where are they now” article on former Jalopnik contributors.

WHAT?!?

“2003 Kia Rio (suspected O2 sensor, starter relay)”

Just stay away from people; The backlog just gives you a motivational. Which can be helpful.

That’s not a bad thing necessarily but your point is valid - it really doesn’t look 6 figure exotic. It reminds of the i8, very interesting until you hear the price then you start listing all the cars you’d rather have for that money.

Ouch, too many beautiful pics in your comment. My heart can only take so much!

In the last year the 8 series was produced 1999 it was so out there and really stood apart from the BMW line up as truly something special. Here it is compared to the rest of the lineup. I think the equivalent today would be the i8 in how polarizing the 8 series was in 1999 compared to the rest of the lineup.

It doesn’t in person. I’ve seen several, and it looks like BMW were trying very hard to make it look like a mid-engined car because of that windshield being so far forward and the roofline being long.

Probably because it looks like a fucking Mustang.

Now that is the David  Tracy we all know and love. All kidding aside start small and work on one at a time until you at least can drive it. I knew we might be related, the straight 8 comment proves it. You have any family from Ohio? Cousin?

I have a little orange thing in my garage, and I have all the parts and tools. And now, all the time. And still....it sits....

This is actually true.

The Postal Jeep project was more work than all 10 of these vehicles combined, but I took care of that because I became obsessed. When I have one singular focus, I’m unstoppable. Ten? Ehhhh, I’ll get around to them eventually.

OK, so I know what this is.

Ha! You don’t have to worry about Coronavirus. Maybe Tetanus.....

The manual swap was a must for me. I basically just drive to meets and around town and to work, but I really enjoy the engagement of a manual. Luckily, it’s pretty well-covered ground; there’s a lot of swapped 3G Accords out there so finding info is really easy. Also yes, assuming the world someday returns to sanity,…

This was my favorite generation of Accord, knew countless kids in highschool that had the 2dr hatch and 4dr sedan versions; usually ended up helping them with their car when the distributor would get worn out and they were stuck in the school lot.

I wanted a hatchback with B18 swap. Keep it visually stock with nice…

I love the low, lean look of 80s Japanese cars. Compared to the bloated stuff we have nowadays I look at the short height of the engine bay and go, “How’d they fit an engine in there?”

Glad to see you’re giving it a little more enjoyment with the manual swap.

Looks like it’d be a perfect fit at Radwood.

Beautiful car and an excellent post. I look forward to more updates.

Very nice. I really like the blue interior.