I’ll be driving the new Subaru Legacy tomorrow, and I can’t help but think that it is time for a revival of the incredible car/truck Baja. While the Baja has been dead for over a decade—available from 2003-2006—the hacked up Legacy still continues to have hardcore fans and offers a lot of versatility in an attractive…

Wow! They seem to have gone full-on Ken Adam with those.

Could of sworn that was a Saab 600 😉

Sure, a base Delta is a completely different car than an Integrale (let alone an S4). But the Delta was a really good compact car when it came out. It brought new levels of refinement to that segment, handled well and had a design that held up quite well over time.

The BX was bigger than a Golf but smaller than a Passat, but priced like the Golf. It was halfway between the C and D segment.

Even fixing them wasn’t that big of a deal- as long as the mechanics were familiar with the system. It’s like anything; practice makes perfect.

That was a great ad. I started out on the ad game around that time, as a very young runner/mail boy at Yellowhammer, one of the pioneering new ad shops in Soho, London. I eventually got shitcanned for hanging out in the creative studio rather doing my damn job, but before that someone told me something that stuck with…

lol @ apples/oranges comparisons. Yeah a homologated rally car and a 5.2 liter V8-powered pony car are “slightly more to my liking” too. Just as a Benjamin is slightly more to my liking than a sawbuck.

The BX wasn’t a “compact” at all. Aside from the fact that classification didn’t (and doesn’t) exist in Europe, the BX was a four-door family sedan. My mom bought a Visa around then. That was the small hatchback within the Citroën line-up at the time. Hatchback or no, the BX was no more a “compact” than the Audi A7.

Whether or not the suspensions were difficult is a matter of opinion, but it’s interesting that it’s only described that way in markets where they weren’t sold.

I would bike or walk first before getting into an Uber or Lfyt. 

Not too mention all the wars France fought before America was even though of in Europe. France ran the fucking world at one point and had the greatest land army around. Hell there probably wouldn’t have been an America had it not been for the French. Personally I think its overcompensating for coming late to the party…

Also the United States would not exist as a sovereign nation without the help from the French. I never understood why my fellow Americans love that, “Hur dur, the French are surrender monkeys” joke.

The large good boy had to go to the vet for a check up and he wanted to take the fun car. Can’t say no to that face. I also like the fun car.

No, you need a Celica

I used to buy old 300SDs for $500 and run them on vegetable oil. Having the AC system fixed professionally is expensive. However, it’s a GM compressor, so, if you found the right guy, it should only be about $400. I guess I could see this making sense of a sort in Florida. Personally, I'd swelter rather than strap…

Also stenciled driver names are Charlie Coker and Mr Bridger.

That’s an accent, not a tilde.