I have a friend with an 88 Samurai.  It's just a solid blast.  We hook a utility trailer up to it and take four bikes and four people to the beach.  We've taken it off road, just cruised around town, and even drag raced my Austin Healed Sprite.  BTW the Suzuki won the race.  It's seriously one of my favorite vehicles…

Agreed. I have a 3800 Series II in my 99 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight.  It's a great engine, and does such a perfect job being adequate that you don't ever notice it.  It's not powerful but it isn't short on power either. The 88 is a reasonably light car so it scoots when asked upon.

My local Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep dealer looks the same. They had a pile of used cars for the 4th of July weekend, including some old 70s and 80s land barges.  It was weird.  Anything with wheels practically.

The 5.9 Cummins actually had about 160hp.  Having driven a stock one, it's is a very capable and completely adequate truck.  

This is almost exactly my story. After graduating college in 2013 with a shiny new engineering degree, I spent my first hard earned money on a 2002 e39 M5. It was a very fast car with accessible power in every gear. Push your foot down at 65 mph on the hiway, and quickly find yourself doing 90 even in over drive. I…

I spected a Bronco on the configurator once.  When I was done, I realized that I wanted a basic no options Bronco.   There are a few options I did want but none of them could be chosen without the automatic transmission.  

It is a four bar linkage on both the e38 and e39, and probably other BMWs of the time.  Works well.

I had a Lancia Yupsilon when I was last in Italy for work. 65ish horsepower a bit bigger than this old Twingo. It was a hoot, I buzzed around town and pushed it up onto the highways. Always stirring the 5 speed stick. It was a familiar experience for me as I frequently drive an Austin Healey Sprite with 56hp in the…

I was thinking the same thing, scratching my head as to what other possible names there were for door cards.

This is surprisingly good advice. My parents old Jeep Zj had a bigger tailgate opening than their new Cherokee with respect to height. However the Zj had the spare tire on the side in the back, significantly eating up storage room side to side.

I have a 62 Sprite and have driven an MBA.  The Sprite drives like a sports car, the MGA drives like a fast tractor.  However, one positive of the MGA, the shift action is perfect, rifle bolt smooth and is the gold standard for all other cars.  The first generation Miata basically copied the MGA shifter.

Of all the vehicles I’ve drive, the ones I least like to drive are new trucks. They are absolutely massive. At 5'11" with orangutan arms, I still can’t reach into the beds standing on the ground. They are very difficult to see over the front of the hood. Also the ladder frame designs still feel like driving a wet…

I think whip antennas look better than the silly shark fins.  The shark fins always stick out like a sore thumb to me. Where as a whip antenna looks like it has purpose.   

I agree, satellite radio is fun for about 2 hours, then it’s terrible as the depth of the play list is roughly zero. I’m a big fan of FM radio, there are a few great local stations where I live that haven’t sold out to I Heart radio and they are just wonderful. The I heart radio stations are super annoying, always…

The 99 BMW 328is, that I had recommended 89, so that's what I put in.  It's a particularly rare call out.

It would go against the design ethos of light weight and as simple as possible, but I’d have mine with about a 100hp electric motor driving through a 5 speed manual with three pedals. I feel a car like this completely looses it’s spirit and connection of you eliminate the manual.

I've daily driven an Austin Healey Sprite, I don't see daily driving a 7 to be any more arduous. Would be fun!  The worst part of an old British convertible is the cumbersome soft top installations that don't do a great job keeping the weather out.

Yeah, right now my grandparents have an RV they are no longer using.  We are trying to convince them that we should sell it while the market is hot.

Have had this happen to me.  Oil pressure indicator blew out on the GM 3800 Series II in my Oldsmobile 88.  Luckily it happened 1000 ft before arriving home, in that distance the engine lost 3.5 quarts of oil.  Of course the one time I wanted the low oil pressure light to work, it didn't as the sensor was destroyed.

The only channel that I change my plans for the day because an episode dropped.  Fantastic in every way.