Jerrari did it first.

Along with what Nate with shorter name said, it’s a lot easier/safer to tow at 50% your tow rating than 95%.

I think the best option here is take the bulk of the budget and buy a staid dependable truck and then take the remainder and buy a project.  A car with no flaws can’t be loved, and when you build that thing from the ground up you’re going to be intimately familiar with EVERY flaw.  Go simple and big aftermarket.  A…

Do you really think most Jalops have $20k liquid? I figure most could swing that as a loan, but would you really be able to get a $20k loan for a 25 year old Mazda?

Have you checked prices recently on FDs? I think saying that any of us could buy one is a stretch. I don’t think you can get a runner for less than $15k. And considering that’s used and more than 10 years old, it’s not like you’re gonna get a loan for it.

Expected comments in this thread:
* This is why it’s important for enthusiasts to do the financially irresponsible thing and actually buy new.
* Predictions of Ford wondering why their sales have slipped in the coming years
* Sitting higher is better because of ingress/egress/visibility
* Save the manuals!
* That’s a…

Damn, didn’t see you had already posted this so I did to.  I may not be a Honda guy, but I sure wouldn’t kick one of these out of my driveway for leaking oil.

I’m not enough of a Honda guy to give the chassis code, but I think these late ‘90s Preludes still look fantastic. Bonus that you could get these in the original SH super handling version.

Well, pretty obvious.

Diesel’s definitely the way to go on bigger vehicles. Shame that it has such a bad name in the US. How much more awesome would that (I’m assuming) Expedition be if it had a ~3.5L turbodiesel instead of that mod motor?

Did you try Google Play Music?  How does that fit in vs Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal?

On paper? No, not even close.
Real world?  Absolutely.  This is plenty of range for 99% of people 99% of the time.

It’s only a stretch if you’re using like an 11” wheel.  ;)

Depends on the aspect ratio. A 265/75 is gonna be a lot taller than a 285/35. 

It does when you’re using “wheel size” as a layman’s misnomer for tire size.

Wasn’t it a REALLY big deal that Ford was able to make a flat-plane crank V8 with 5.2L of displacement? And this is a 5.3 that some dude just made in a shop? I don’t recall the exact issue, but I was of the understanding that with increased displacement comes an increase in some form of instability that makes FPCV8s…

It’s not altering the gear ratios and wheel size, it’s changing those settings in the ECU so that the speedometer reads correctly.

I think there’s a lot worse abusers of the sport badge than an F150. I mean, you know what else has four-wheel drive, a twin-turbo V6 with cylinder lining engineered by Ford, and an automatic transmission?  That’s right, an R35 GT-R.

The cycle is a car is functional, then it is uncool, then it is ostracized, then it’s cool again. Station wagons are on the line between ostracized and cool. Minivans are deep into uncool/ostracized territory. Crossovers are fresh into functional. Sedans* are just sliding into uncool. They’ve got a while before they…

Yeah, the last sedan Nissan made I’d consider purchasing with my own money was the B16 Sentra SE-R Spec V, and I’d buy pretty much any other semi-performance Japanese sedan over that given the option.