I had one as a rental last year when I was in Milan for work.  It was a fantastic little car.  The interior is very well designed and surprisingly spacious for all four passengers.  Not a lot of trunk space with the rear seats up but enough.  I had the low end NA 4 cylinder connected to a 5 speed manual, it was a hoot…

I’ve driven a number of EVs as they do make me curious. Admittedly I haven’t ridden in or driven a Tesla yet. However they all bore me as I love driving standard shift vehicles. My favorite car to drive is my 62 Austin Healey Sprite, it’s an inconvenient vehicle to operate, doesn’t even have self canceling turn…

Touch screens are a main reason I don’t like new cars and I’ve known many people to seek out certain cars because they didn’t come with the infotainment option.

I’ll buy what ever interests me when I’m interested in something. There are two cars I have that I’ll likely never get rid of, my 62 Austin Healey Sprite that my dad and grandfather bought in 1973, and the 99 Oldsmoblie Eighty Eight that my grandparents purchased brand new and gave to me as my first car.

Mini actually still sells very well in the rest of the world, it is struggling in the US.

Yes, I’ve heard of this being a thing on many older British cars.

I have driven as a rental, the only Lancia for sale today, the Yuplsion. It was a great little car, very fun to zip around Italy. However it by no means follows in line with the awesome history Lancia has.  They could do so much more. 

I'll be first in line for the two door Jeep pickup. 

Having dailied an M5 and an e38 740iL, I’d say that one could go either way. The M5 feels a lot faster than an extra 115 hp would lead you to believe. The S62 in the M5 in my experience is the much more reliable engine. More robust cooling system and timing chains.

I owned an e39 M5 for three years, was my first car after getting a big boy engineering job. 400hp was fun, it was hard to find a place to use it though. On ramps happened quickly, autocross just meant the rear end was always hanging out in a drift. It eventually became boring to drive as you didn’t need to shift out…

This is no problem all day long. In 2018 I sold my 02 M5 with 116k miles for 16.5k. It was a stunning LeMans Blue over Caramel extended leather car with M Audio and in completely stock form. I had spent insane money making the drive train run smoothly and was tired of chaising vibrations, I had sorted out everything…

The Z3 should have the most desirable steering rack for a BMW. It’s a quick ratio linear rack that drops into all e36s and easily adapted to e30s and e46s. The rack is worth about $300.

Having driven a stock 88 Samurai off road, I can only agree with the rough ride you claim. It was absolutely brilliant off road climbing or fording anything we threw at it. I had more fun off roading it than any built Jeep or Toyota I’ve taken off road.

Im not sure why you would day the Gladiator is short for the world. I see them everywhere and 77k sales isn’t anything to sneeze about given the price tag those trucks demand. Sounds like a good product that expands the brand.

Having owned a Comanche SporTruck, it took me about 3 minutes to fall in love with the early blacked out grill. I love it and wouldn’t have it any other way. I really wish I had not sold it.

I’ve been following the prices of Comanches for two years, since I sold a very similar one to this one for $7400.

This is very close to the Comanche I am shopping for but not quite. I really want an 88 to 90 renix Comanche with a few extra horsepower and the few improvements over the first year of the renix system.

This. I had an R56. I test drove an F56 Mini as and an R56 back to back and came away very surprised. Everything about the R56 felt more fun, and generally more ergonomic. The F56 felt huge, the rear view mirror was so far away that I had to lean significantly forward to adjust it. I was prepared that day to order a…

Thanks for the tip. I only live two hours from the Allegheny National forest and I've never been there.  I'll have to go check it out.

The Million Dollar Highway in Colorado. Start in Durango and head east. The views are spectacular. I did it in a Jeep Comanche that I bought in Los Angeles and drove home to PA.