1980 Gruman full sized Curbmaster van with a big block 454 and a 4 speed on the floor. It was a vehicle that my friends and I got running after sitting in a field for 10 years. It had some issues, the lower bearing on the steering column had rusted off so steering was sporadic. The one front brake liked to stick. We we…

Considering where I live, Pennsylvania, I’ve not hit a deer. Came close to running one down in my Oldsmoblie, it tried it’s best to out run me while I was chasing it down with the brakes planted to the floor. I think I was within about two feet of its rear before the Oldsmoblie was traveling slower than the deer was…

So this!  The e60 headlights make me physically aggravated inside when I see them, no other design feature on any other car causes me distress like those lights.  They look cheap and like something a Chinese knock off would have to differentiate it from the original. 

I still very much think that think that this generation of BMW is the ugliest with the e60 5 series being the worst, particularly those swoopy headlights that make it look very fake and cheap.

This is exciting, I've wanted Jeep to bring out something smaller, more Jimny sized.  A little stick shift SUV is high on my list of desired vehicles. 

I have deliberately chosen to keep cars with good visibility.  My Oldsmoblie Eighty Eight has a phenomenal greenhouse, though it could use so slightly taller headrests.  My BMW e36 M3 coupe has rather good visibility and I'm always comfortable seeing out of it.  However if we throw all safety out of the window, by far…

I agree, I’ve always thought the e46 looked like a bar of soap, though the M bumpers help relieve that look a bit. I am a big fan of the style of the e36 M3, and the style is the main reason I chose one over the e46 M3. I also quite prefer the way the e36 feels when driven, it’s a bit more raw, and feels like a narrow…

I do not mind it so much on manual vehicles.   I drove a car that had it in France, the Opel diesel version of a Chevy Trax.  It worked wonderfully and everyone else's car had it to.  It was funny that when the lights turned green it sounded like a fleet of compact diesel tractors starting simultaneously. 

I had a Mini with a fob and a starter button.   The fob was annoyingly large and the button was an extra step after inserting the key into the dash.  

I really like the one simple key in my pocket or a key with a separate remote key fob. It works perfectly and is reliable. I never forget it in the car as I’m required to touch the keys to turn off the car. Also I absolutely dispise giant new key fobs.

I bought a BMW e39 M5 at a Cadillac Audi dealer. Original owner of the M5 had traded it in on a 2013 Audi S6 a couple days earlier. They had it front and center on their lot and just wanted it gone. Amazing great experience, loved the buying experience and as a result I always check out the front row of their lot when…

My parents fought for a few hours to get the keys back on their Mercedes 300E trade in when buying their 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The dealer wanted to give them basically nothing on the trade in after they had everything sorted out. Luckily in this small area of 300k population, there was no less than 6 local Jeep…

I’m excited to hear that Mazda is doing well, they make some sharp looking cars and the people that know who own them, love them.

If I had to buy a cuv, I’d buy an eco sport because it doesn’t look angry, I like it. But yeah, for some reason people in the US like aggressive looking vehicles.

I can see the advantage of both.  The Samurai is far easier to get parts for which instantly makes it more valuable in my eyes.  Having driven a Samurai a lot, the lack of power is one of the most fun parts of it, slow car fast is taken to the extreme with it.  Also the convertible is a great time.

A girl I dated really enjoyed my Mini JCW. Particularly she enjoyed driving it when I told her to lean on the turbo a bit. Big smile and lots of giggles ensued.

If there is a real manual transmission, this is the exact vehicle I want! I can think of many advantages of having the manual on an electric off road vehicle, you could craw and stop like an auto off reader but without the power sucking slippage of an auto trans connected to a gas engine. The extra gearing allow more…

It’s simple. Lease the Suzuki Jimny design and sell is as a Chrysler product. Compete against their own Jeep brand and corner the off road market by just having more models available then everyone else. Chrysler already knows how to compete with itself, it spent the entirety of the 80s building everything on two…

Back in the 90s my parents owned two 80s Mercedes-Benzs. The local dealer the charging $100 an hour in their service department. They went and found a wonderful local German mechanic to work on them for much less. Fast forward a few years and my parents purchased a used BMW e38. The BMW dealer was much more reasonably…

I own a car with a front bench seat with a real middle spare seat, Oldsmoblie Eighty Eight, it is quite nice to have the space. If my arm is feeling fatigued, I can fold down the center back rest which becomes an arm rest. That arm rest even contains fold out cup holders.