I think we are going to see the emergence of a new car category: the electric beater. I’ve been loving it — in 2019 I bought a used VW eGolf for about 12,000. I also own a Subaru Outback. The eGolf will only has about 100 miles of range, but on most days that’s enough for all practical purposes, and it doesn’t use any…

Oh god.

It’s almost 30 years old, not almost 20.

I’ve owned a wide array of vehicles over the years, (I’m only 33 though, so no old-man stigma here) and the 2011 Jaguar XKR (X150 generation) I picked up back in 2018 is the best vehicle I’ve ever owned. (Reliability and all) It’s probably the most slept-on car in this category. (Which is one of the reasons I bought…

$20K?! ZOINKS!

You’re trolling us again, right?

To be fair, I’m sort of trolling you all today. This was just too good not to share.

This is what shows up if you wish for a 300ZX on the monkey’s paw. No dice. 

1) It’s a bloated slushbox 300ZX, not a lithe 240Z or 260Z.

It’s GREEN! I’ve never seen one in green. In today’s world of grayscale, that automatically adds value. Possibly irrational NP.

I owned a 2000 GT-S from new from June 2000 to June 2020...when a deer took it out. 246,000 miles? It’s just getting warmed up, I got 382,000 from mine before the deer. These photos taken just before that, and you can see I kept it looking brand new inside and out for all that time. I replaced my clutch at 176,000 and…

Where’s the damn Trunk Monkey when you need him?

I wasn’t going to bother engaging with them, but everything you’ve said is spot on. I’m glad you added this to the conversation.

Can you MRM snowflake more? Men fucking “hulk out” in their everyday lives constantly, often with deadly results. Society (and media as reflection of that) lionizes and teaches that men are dominant, need to be protectors and warriors, not take shit, and that consequently violence can be an answer to their feelings of…

The wonky steering column doesn’t really scare me much. A lot of cars of this period had problems with ignition switches which are hidden between the steering column and dash.

It’s not a red flag on these and Mark Vs as well. The column is made from cast metal parts and there’s a boss that the shift lever mounts to that breaks if the effort needed to get out of park is too high over time. The only fix, to my knowledge, is a replacement column.

Source: The Mark V that was eventually handed…

Also, it should be in this shade of green, if one possesses said mitt:

It’s probably NP, but I find the TT one of the ugliest Audis ever made. I'm sure others disagree, but the thing is just... I mean look at that second picture! Look at it! It's hideous.

It isn't a proper TT unless the seats look like The Incredible Hulk's baseball mitt.

+1. All these “just part it out, NBD” types need to step up and put their money where their mouth is. They see a profitable parts car, I see months of yanking parts, putting them on eBay, packing and shipping stuff, coping with all the headaches of dealing with strangers online and at the end of it all you have the…