@leulu1: Apparently I'd previously heart-clicked him (?) - and for good reason.

@TheAntiCat: Actually, I have - my winter car is a 745 Turbo with an equal number of different problems!

My ancient Volvo 244 has mismatched tyres, a slipping gearbox (with currently-inoperational overdrive), a half-disassembled interior with various broken pieces, a rough idle (for now), faded paint, two brake lights and one headlight that decide not to work when they don't feel like working, collapsed seat foam and…

@MikeofLA: The smaller market doesn't help, either - Canada has barely more than a tenth our population, and so there won't be many dealers selling these. I'm not sure what you mean about 'socialist structure' except as it applies to higher taxes... and yes, the dollar has traditionally been weaker, so these days,…

@AMGkiller: Well, it's meant to be yellow tape - I'm pretty sure there's a good amount of red tape with regard to yellow tape.

@grgmlr: My old Volvo gets about 23 MPG and makes outlets happy by never connecting to them.

@B-Sel; currently in a geolippsoidal state: I'd love to see a small diesel, or even four-cylinder/hybrid system on the Panther platform. The only defensible reason for phasing the cars out for taxicab use is their poor city-cycle fuel economy, and either of those solutions would double it.

@Dirt Pirate: I try to get his number.

@WindowsBreakerG4: You're right that they look better than Hydras, but I wouldn't want to bend fancy wheels (the scuffed-up Sirius on my car are plenty uncommon for my taste). Cullen's 765T is almost exactly what I'd want - not so low, since I'm in New England, and probably with less-ostentatious wheels, maybe Adharas…

@Franzouse: I'll tell you, business in the back is frequently underrated. Maybe I need to take the roof off of my 745. Probably not.

@LoganSix: Suddenly, with that nose, the Magnum became even more desirable. Yes, the picture is related. Of course.

@dal20402: I've known two people who have had mid-'90s S-10s: my own father had a '96 4.3 stepside, while my friend's stepfather used to own a '94 extended-cab. I haven't spoken to either in several years, but both were pretty damn "white-trash" last I knew. (Her stepdad works at a convenience store and drives a gold…

@izzor_noraa.catpart: Similarly, I've got hair halfway down my back (and Glenn Frey's moustache, incidentally) and would argue that it has utility of its own - it's a scarf! It's a flail! I can't believe it - it's both!

@Yellowknifegts: Did you buy a stock Cavalier as a commuter car while you built up your lightweight Fox-body track car? If so, you're not trailer trash. On the other hand, if the former car became a Fox on Blocks when you picked up the Cav', well... at least, either way, an El Camino is a good choice.

@solracer: The thing is, at least from my Scissorfightesque rural New Hampshire perspective, for everyone that drives a Neon because it's passably quick and handles well for a small sedan, there are several trailer-dwellers whose Neons have at least two colours of bodywork, both of them flaking off paint in sheets,…

I'd say a Volvo 740/940 Turbo wagon, preferably converted (or, very rarely, found) with a manual gearbox. Left at near-stock height but with stiffer springs and shocks, with 15" alloys at least (preferably 16" Hydras); make mine black on black, ideally, or perhaps black on 'oxblood' (reddish). G80 locking diff, two…

@Damagination: I don't think anyone in America who's in the market for one of these will ever drive it enthusiastically, though.

@BrianMadigan: Enjoy it until it breaks, and then rebuild!

@Jim-Bob: They could have just called it the Flatlander and left for lunch, and it might have been better for it.

It's a nice example of a unique, uncommon, and thoroughly undesirable car. Honestly, I'm torn. Given its potential usefulness in an urban area and ease of licensing/registration, it seems like a tentative Nice Price to me. That is, if you actually want one.