You know what I really like? The interiors on all of my pre 2000 cars. Every single control, I can use with minimal distraction or even without looking towards it at all. Particularly the wiper controls, I know exactly where to grab for the switch gear, even the wiper toggle on the far other side of the dashboard on…

The right way to do the floating roof is the first gen Taurus, early 90s Oldsmoblie Cutlass or 90s Oldsmoblie Eighty Eight.   It's a cool look, the 90s did it better than today because they used more glass that was nicely curved.

I understand and respect your take. But what is has mostly confirmed to me is why I don’t like big cities. I’ve visited many, the novelty wears off in about 12 hours for me.

The paint on my 90S era BMWs are incredible.  The paint in my 13 Mini was atrocious, thin and flaking off.  BMW lost something in their pant technology to n the decade between those cars.

Strange, my 58 year old car is the one that I always count on to run. I’ve been dailying it for 4 weeks straight with zero issues.  Which is better than I can say for every one who owns a car that was built in the last 5 years.

You sound a lot like me. My current fleet is.

To me this sounds like an aggressively loaded straight cut gear box. I get the same sound out of first gear in my Austin Healey Sprite, just not as insanely loud, because it’s only pushing 65 lb-ft of torque through it.

Id actually pay more for this old Bronco than a new one.  I like the new one, they are cool, but this one is spot on what I want in an SUV.  Would I pay $30k, no, but $15k all day long.

I have driven both off road, and I had a lot more fun with the manual. It’s no different than driving on on road, the manual gives more control over the vehicle and hence more things to do, making it more engaging. A crawler ratio with a manual is just as effective as a torque converter auto over crawling situations.…

Ive done a couple journey vacations. The best by far was showing up in LA with money to buy a random Craigslist vehicle, and then road trip it home to PA in 9 days. It was me and 7 friends. We only found one vehicle worth buying, a Jeep Comanche. We had an epic time driving it home and rented a Yukon to get everyone…

I've done the same thing with in my Austin Healey Sprite for the same reason.  People just didn't see me coming, with the LED lights running all the time, I've noticed far less people attempt to pull out in front of me.

I just don’t like new cars, though I’ll admit that new car headlights are generally awesome. I’ve put considerable effort into upgrading and aligning LED lights into my BMW e36 M3 and Austin Healey Sprite with great success. I’ve not once had someone flash me because they got blinded by my lights and they have put off…

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.