Sunday a lot like the super soulful Comanche I picked up in LA and drove to Pennsylvania. Even down to the fact that it had faded graphics on the door that said, “World Airlines Charter Tours.”  It had just the right amount of patina, some dents but doing bad, faded paint with classy SporTruck graphics.  The interior…

I think you and I agree pretty well in tastes. Personally I want them to reconfigure the Gladiator to be a 2 door with a 6 ft bed. Or maybe I’ll just buy another perfect Comanche with the 4.0 and a 5 speed manual. I’ve not driven a new Gladiator, as the only manual one the dealer had was land locked into the middle of…

A good NA motor is a strong selling point to me. I just prefer the throttle response and seemlessness of them. Also they sound a lot better. I had my fun with a turbo Mini, it was a great engine with fantastic power, but the power wasn’t on demand, and that bothered me on the autocross course. I’m now in a wonderful,…

I could see myself at least test driving the Bronco if I can get behind the wheel of a manual one. I’ve owned a Jeep, it was brilliant, good enough that I’m probably going to find another just like it, (Jeep Comanche). I’ve test driven a few newer Jeeps, my parents even sold their 97 Grand Cherokee for a new 18 Grand…

I have a strong distane for how dual today’s cars are. They are so perfected, that they have no imperfections. They perform so smoothly that they have zero character when driven. This is the principal reason that two of my daily drivers are from 1999 and the last from 1962.

The transmission in my Austin Healey Sprite has no issues when cold. Same goes for the 5 speed Getrag in my e36 M3. On the other end of the scale, the 6 speed Getrag in the e39 M5 definitely needed warming up. And by far the worst was the Peugeot BA10/5 transmission in my Jeep Comanche which utterly refused second…

Having driven one, this is the only car I’ve ever felt was a hazzard on the road with how slow it was. I’ve driven other similarly powered cars, Austin Healey Sprite, Lancia Yuplsion 1.2L.  They all felt quite suitable in traffic.  The iMiev feels more like a fancy golf cart with Ac and heated seats.

I am very binary on the subject. If a vehicle has a manual, I’m in, no questions asked. If the vehicle doesn’t I loose interest quickly. Every fast automatic car I’ve driven was fun for 10 minutes, then I got bored and yearned for a car with a manual.

I drove the Lancia Yuplsion which is based on the 500 with its base engine as a rental car in Italy. It was really great fun. 5 speed manual with a 65 hp 4 cylinder. Not fast, but you had to work it to drive it anywhere.

Sounds like a great deal on a nice truck, enjoy it!

I do enjoy Fasterproms as well, they did a particularly nice job puthing together the smart car.  It's no project Binky, but their attention to detail and actually willing to share it with the audience is wonderful.   I love both shows.  I stop what ever I'm doing when BOM drops a new episode, they are that good.

I feel like this is karma for the Consumer Reports deliberate roll overs of the Suzuki Samurai. 

I frequently drive my Austin Healey Sprite, I am frequently imposed on in traffic as others don’t see it down below the belt line of their car.  When I am in heavy traffic I tend to down shift and let the engine give an audible warning of my presence. It’s a noisy and raucous 1098 cc Sprite so it let’s itself be…

I had this happen to me a couple years ago in my 1962 Austin Healey Sprite. I was running down a big straight 2 lane (1 each way) 55 mph road. Coming the other way a vehicle pulled out from behind a box truck to pass and never saw me even though I had my headlights on. I laid on the horn and so did several other cars.…

We were a bit aggressive with our valve timing so idle can't be super low. I have the idle set to 750 rpm right now, the stock timing of the engine would have been 650.  It has successfully idled as low as 200 rpm but that is really really bad for the crank bearings as the oil pump wouldn't be building any pressure.

My ludicrous project car was already featured on Jalopnik.

This! And it’s a good thing, the tC has one of the best C pillars ever put into production. Of most modern cars, the tC is one of the best looking ones in my book.

Can we take a moment and appreciate the beautiful side profile this car has? It isn’t blobby and bloated like many current cars, rather it has defined straight lines that give it a stately presence.  Also it has borrowed one of the best C pillar shapes in the business.   I'm not sure who did it first but the Scion tC…

Im with you, as a late 20s luddite who needs a clutch pedal and shift lever to enjoy truly driving.

This is exactly what I am looking for in an electric car. Some way to make the drive more engaging. I really want an electric car, but don’t want to give up the joy of a manual transmission. Manual transmission are what make driving fun to me, period. I’ve driven fast automatic and electric cars, their novelty wears…