Eh. The worst car we’ve ever owned was a $1000 ‘97 Saturn SL, specifically, the SL-2. It required constant fixes to resemble some form of reliability. Wiper linkages would break, the power lock would stay activated and drain the battery if you weren’t hyper vigilant. While amazing in the snow, it required adding 1-2…

Mitsubishi died for me with the garbage-heap-of-a-coupe they slapped the Eclipse name plate on in 2000. The 3rd gen Eclipse was misery on wheels. While never truly reliable, the 1st and 2nd generations were quite fun.

That’s the same thing.

At least the tow hooks are far less disgusting. You know it’s bad when even a gay guy finds nuts gross. x.x

I had the joy of driving and riding in a Previa in Oregon a few years back. They’re awesomely strange. The dashboards look like something out of Robocop, and this example even had front and rear moonroofs (very forward thinking for a 90s minivan). The van was nicknamed “the Potato,” and my friend had said that getting…

I rented a black V6 Mustang in Oregon once, the one with 300 hp. Not only did I have a lot of fun with it, I didn’t crash it, ding it, scratch it, lose control and go spinning off the road, or anything. Maybe there’s something wrong with me???

Ah. For years we dubbed this “The Car That Shall Not Be Named,” but for the sake of storytelling, I have to admit that it was a 1996 Dodge Avenger base with an automatic, in purple, and without even the decency to include fog lights as pictured.

Everything I see that’s been swapped out are typical Volvo enthusiast swaps. The interior door panels get swapped for ones from the R as the arm-rest areas are leather, instead of vinyl, and don’t delaminate and fall apart like the vinyl do. Having had both, the vinyl are obnoxious.

For starters, that’s not an S70 “Turbo” as Volvo never made an S70 “Turbo.” That’s an S70 GLT which came with a 2.4L I5 low-pressure turbo that produced 190 hp. For 1998, 1999, and 2000 all low-pressure cars came with an automatic transmission. On top of that, all US-spec Rs came with an automatic transmission. If you…

I swear a 90s Volvo has the potential to last as long as you want it as long as you take the time to learn about its specific maintenance needs. My current ride is a 1999 Volvo V70 T5 manual with 242,5xx miles and the thing is silly fast and powerful. It has safety features that rival new cars, and in the 18 months…