I don’t think that holds true anymore. The emissions systems are not reliable for the long run. Even at steady state. My guess is the hd diesels are coming to an end soon. The hybrid gas combos will out pull, out mpg, and do so more reliably. Ultimately I think diesels are dead. This is just the first one to die.

You’re describing a 50,000 mile motor.

Not really.

Does the vehicle sell well in a red state or non coastal metropolitan area in the US or Canada and have a horsepower number that could be rounded up to four figures? If so, its the worst thing ever. Does it sell in a liberal by American standards European country? If so, it’s cheeky/sneaky/subversive.

$10k for an ugly car with 170k on the clock? c’mon, man!

I was once forced to take shelter from a tornado .under an overpass on the KS turnpike. Back then (before cellphone warnings), it was possible to get caught by surprise like that. I was driving a semi, lightly loaded, and the tornado was heading towards me from the side. Most of the 4-wheelers on the highway that day…

Welcome to the world of inexpensive low revving pushrod engines that would last forever. There is a reason GM earned “ GM engines run bad longer than most engines run”. Besides as any LS/LT wingnut will tell you the engines outside of displacement weren’t particularly massive in physical dimension.

People can dither…

Hot take on the LS1. First time I have ever seen someone complain about the LS having “no torque”, or not revving. Granted, 6500 won’t set the world on fire, but it’s hardly disappointing.

I will not stand for this slander of the 3800.

Challenge accepted.

This is wrong Wagons are marginally more weight and a bunch more utility.
Golf R hatch is 17.4 cu-ft cargo. R wagon is 30+
Golf R wagon weighs about 50lbs more than the R hatch

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Oh this is an ugly car post, I’m in.

I don’t need AWD or 316hp. Can I just have one with 200-250hp and FWD, with a 6spd? With GTI suspension and plaid seats. I’d cheerfully pay $35K or so for it.

Nissan Stagea, Skyline Wagon WC34 whatever it is

Gotta get rid of the little in flight bottles of booze somehow. People would get suspicious and snitchy if they’d see them in the flight deck trash can.

Manual crank windows. Cloth seats. 27 million miles. No lowballers. I know what I’ve got.

Anyone looking for proof that the world is an unfair place need look no further than to Sweden, where the forces that be decided to kill off the maker of road-legal fighter jets, yet keep alive the maker of 5-seater farm machinery.

Despite having owned more Volvos than any other brand (on my 14th), I have never gotten the love for these Rs (other than I do like the pale yellow). A same-vintage Saab 9000 Aero will absolutely stomp one of these, while being rather better looking inside and out, and a lot more spacious. Much better seats too. The…