That’s a very expensive Wartburg if you feel like buying one!

I spent a year in former East Germany right after the wall came down. These things were everywhere, and you could often find those big construction disposal bins where people had tried to “stuff” stripped Trabants into them. Before the wall came down, Trabants were taken very good care of, for the most part, because…

I had skillz.

It’s called mount stupid.

Maybe they’re looking for something more grounded to the ground?

Ours had those damn turn signals also. The Premier did have a lot of power for the day, was kinda unique and did have a good back seat for “entertaining.” I drove it to the prom and it was a hit. My girlfriend at the time hated my CRX.

“One ping, Vasily. One ping only.”

I learned to drive on a 1988.5 Eagle Premier ES. It was actually a great car to drive. When it worked... Speedo and odometer died a year after buying it. They tried to fix it six times over another year before finally replacing the entire dash with an odometer that said zero. Another later, the transmission failed at…

The best car the world has ever seen.

What car should you buy? A Mercedes-Benz 190E, probably.

Challenge accepted.

Rally Beetles are awesome...

2001 Jaguar XJ8 Vanden Plas LWB. British Racing Green, excellent condition, etc etc. Bidding starts at $7,200 but even that is pushing it. You can spend the $2,800 you have left on a new transmission once that inevitably shits the bed and however much Grey Poupon you can put on the rear picnic tables.

You’d think it would earn more respect, but driving these things is a pretty tankless job.