I’m thinking Wheelpros is the source of the debt. It’s a tough time for the automotive aftermarket industry. As we’ve seen with Recaro and BBS both filing for bankruptcy, I’d imagine Wheelpros was in a similar situation.

Personally, I’m REALLY looking forward to the Rivian R3. If the price is right, that’ll likely be my first EV. 

Hoonigan got bought out by Wheelpros a few years ago, and then Wheelpros and Hoonigan merged under the Hoonigan brand. The brand we know likely did NOT have all that debt

It’s probably not Hoonigan itself as we knew it, but the former Wheelpros parent company (they changed their name to Hoonigan) that has all the debt. There’s no way a small automotive lifestyle brand operating out of a single warehouse selling t-shirts and keychains could rack up that much debt.

Ah, my bad. I had just glanced through the pictures and thought I saw a California license plate. 

With this mileage, I’m surprised the Cali sun hasn’t ruined the clear-coat. The rear window in the soft top looks clear and un-yellowed as well. Not sure if it’s original or not though.

Not sure about people with the know-how, but from what I’ve seen the parts for these GM-era Saabs are pretty easy to get ahold of. Rockauto has an extensive catalog, and even Autozone has some of the more routine maintenance and repair parts. 

Now that NEVS is dead, Volvo needs to snatch up their old factory along with the rights to the Saab name, and bring Saab back to life. I feel like Geely has enough capital to just dump it into Saab and let them do weird shit.  

Yeah, the parts are STILL expensive. My experience is a sample size of one, since I don’t know anyone else who’s owned a VW/Audi from that time period, but mine was very reliable. I think the only things that broke were the power steering pump, driver’s side window regulator (brittle plastic guides), and the coolant…

The cost cutting that coincided with MLB/MQB being adopted (not necessarily BECAUSE of them. Those platforms drastically improved reliability) definitely resulted in VWs getting less nice though. They did the reverse of what Mazda has been doing. VWs have gone DOWN market in terms of interior quality when they stopped…

I miss mid-2000's Volkswagen. Their platform sharing with Audi was much more extensive, so you got some REALLY nice VWs. I had a B5 Passat, and the Audi similarities were obvious. The Passat, Jetta/Golf, and first gen Touareg were all FAR above everything else in their class. As long as you didn’t get any of the more…

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Second best looking of the post-Callum/Fisker Aston Martins, IMO. The Vantage is still carrying the range. I do agree that it’s still a bit grille-heavy. The interior is NICE, but cover up the badge, and I’d have no idea it’s an Aston. There’s just no brand identity inside. Cover up the badge and my first guess would…

hollup... Let him cook... the brakes. 

BIG agree on the interior of the Mustang. The last one felt special, and the gigantic screen takes up so much space that there’s none left for actual DESIGN. Makes it feel very generic inside. Reminds me of the Camaro interior, which is NOT compliment. 

Not necessarily. I’m 6', 250 lbs, and it’s less the height you have to worry about, and more the pedal box. I wear a size 13, so I have to wear some pretty lightweight shoes to drive a Miata properly. 

Same. I’m 6', about 250lbs, built more like a linebacker. I do NOT fit in a Mazda 3, as much as I’d like to

I think 6'5" is pushing it for a Miata. The problem isn’t height, it’s the shoe size that goes along with said height. I’m 6' and wear a size 13, and I feel like that’s pretty much the upper limit for a Miata’s pedal box. At OP’s height, I’d be surprised if his shoes were anything less than a 14. 

I’m fully aware. That’s what makes the C8 Z06 and ZR-1 so awesome. 

And? The ZR-1 will probably beat a 911 GT3-RS too. That doesn’t make either the GTD or the Porsche any less impressive. The GTD is legitimate racing tech on a road car. That makes it more exotic (and expensive) than the ZR-1. Ford probably wasn’t even THINKING about the Corvette when designing the GTD. It’s clear in…