The Freudian Blips was the best name we could come up with for team Blipshift-Bringatrailer. We’ll rematch next year.

My dad and my two grandfathers were instrumental in teaching me to wrench. There are too many lessons learned in the garage to list.

Primalizer got it just about right with the Dusenberg SSJ. A car to tour Europe should be fast and comfortable. The Dusenberg hits those notes perfectly. Frankly, touring Europe in a Mustang is kind of missing the point. Sure, you can point and shoot it down the finest of mountain roads with the best of them, but…

Ah, you see I didn't forget about the power windows. I bought a Mk.III with manual windows!

There are several in this picture:

I'm a Saab-er. I've done community theater for over half my life. Sometimes I forget the hair on my face grows. I don't like feet on my dashboard. I like the sound the turbo makes when I'm merging onto the highway. I'm ok with the 24 MPG out of a 2.0l four cylinder.

In high school I drove a then 9 year old VW Golf. I had one of the cheapest cars in the parking lot by a WIDE margin. I shared the lot with Boxsters, new BMWs, new Lexuses, and a lot of new domestic full sized SUVs.

Studebaker. Simple as that.

Maserati Biturbo. They look nice, they sound nice, and they can absolutely go like stink in some of their later iterations. I really want one, but the break a lot and cost a lot to fix. If they cost less to fix I'd own one tomorrow.

It's all about the New York State Troopers. Best sticker job of all the state police. Simple, obnoxious and basically just two colors.

I'd show up late in something with a domestic big block and unmuffled straight pipes.

@pauljones: I'm sorry to hear all that mate, but really this is the comment of the year.

Honestly if they marketed it as letting the Golf GTi "Grow up with you" I think it could be a hit. Market it aggressively and remind everyone that it is better than the STi and the EVO because it is not full of compromises surrounding livability.

@From a Buick 6: I am very attached to my Golf, and if it came down to my beloved BattleRabbit and my girlfriend, she would win. Heck, if it came to almost anything material in my life and someone I am romantically tied to the person would win.

@zekestone: But every VW with a prop rod has used the same stupid clip to hold the rod to the rad-support. They break very easily.

@Mirageowner: The problem is though that VW hasn't done anything to differentiate themselves from the others other than being less reliable. VW needs to offer similar reliability, better quality and better dynamics at a largely similar price. Sometimes it's not a bad thing to be an "aspirational Audi/BMW" brand,…

@FjordGreenPorsche: In third place for engine swap ideas is a Saab 99 with a full Saab 900 SPG drivetrain swap. The outside would have to have late 70s period graphics like on the OE 99 Turbos.

@FjordGreenPorsche: A close second for me would be a Saab 92 with a Kawasaki Mach 3 engine swap. Both engines are 3 cylinder two strokes within about 15cc of eachother in displacement. But slap a silly expansion in the exhaust on the Kawi and you have what stands to THIS DAY as the fastest NA bike in the 1/4 mile.…

Maserati Shamal V6 twin turbo in an early Lotus Esprit. This would of course run megasquirt and a healthy dose of boost.

Stop taunting me with all this 356 porn! I love my 356 but do not love what it does to my bank account when I get motivated!