It’s definitely a cool little car, but too fragile (and parts availability too difficult) to be a practical daily driver, and too rough (and a little too modified) to put away for a collectible-car investment. Thank you anyway. ND
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I’m tempted to say 2000-05 Impala (the round taillight version). Its (heavily advertised) styling cues are pretentious, and they usually looked like crap in five or ten years, but it’s been almost twenty years since the last one rolled off the line, and I sure see a lot of them—dented, rusted and dirty—around here…
My 1995 Mazda MX-6 (2.5L 5-speed) lasted just shy of 300,000 miles. (It may have gone further, but for the people I naively let work on it, and the crap oil I used sludging the engine.) If I had to choose one now to last that long, I would want a 1986-1995 Mercedes-Benz E-class--after I made sure the wiring harness…
Ill-advised modifications to the body. Ill-advised modifications to the interior. What ill-advised modifications to the mechanicals (besides the headers and the exhaust) were done? The ad doesn’t say, and I don’t want to know. Thanks anyway. ND.
I remember seeing an article on this on Jalopnic or TTAC. It has to be the stupidest thing (related to driving) I ever saw.
Regular Jalopnik readers might be interested in this: I got curious about the fate of the kid who, while “rolling coal” in September 2021, hit and injured six bicyclists training for a triathalon in Texas. I wrote the Waller County DA in a Facebook PM, and got this response:
With the less-than-stellar reputation of the Biturbo, part of me is tempted to believe that the car only has 20,049 miles on it—because that’s when it stopped running. Thank you anyway. ND.
Neil Armstrong’s actual quote was “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” He sais “for man,” not “for a man”—which is to say that it was one small step for mankind and one giant leap for mankind. He created a logical contradiction in his first words on another planet.
If someone thought deleting the mufflers was a good idea, it would make me wonder what other stupid modifications were done that aren’t mentioned. Thanks anyway. ND.
I think the appeal of self-driving vehicles is less for the drivers then it is for their managers. I enjoy driving, as do many (though definitely not all) of those around me, though I do see the appeal of mobility for those unable to drive. But I also see their managers (bosses) liking the idea of forcing another…
As everyone else has said (or at least should say), thank you, Mr. Emslie, for the work you put into this. And thank you, in years past, for selecting two of my submissions over the years (a few years ago, I offered a quasi-Charlie’s Angels Mustang II and a three-on-the-tree Mercury Comet, both of which went ND).
As everyone else has said (or at least should say), thank you, Mr. Emslie, for the work you put into this. And thank you, in years past, for selecting two of my submissions over the years (a few years ago, I offered a quasi-Charlie’s Angels Mustang II and a three-on-the-tree Mercury Comet, both of which went ND).
Did you look at the companion article, the one that shows them actually cutting into the Golden Ray? The cars seen don’t all look like Hyundais to me, especially the ones with GMC and Chevrolet badges.
Did Carnival contract for the parking area? If they did, wouldn’t they be responsible? I am not a lawyer, but there seem to be unanswered questions.
I doubt there is a travel alternative for someone like Taylor Swift other than a private (or chartered) jet. Can you imagine someone like her travelling on a commercial airliner, with other passengers? She would be swarmed to the point of the plane never being allowed to leave the ground.
You’re both on the right track, but wrong. He drives a Prancer.
These limited editions scream “future B-J (or Mecum) crazy money.” I think this price is too high, but maybe it’s just too soon. Wavering NP from me.
To my knowledge, yes.