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I remember those weird bubble cars, they stopped selling them in ‘98 because they were so fugly and didn’t have anything that the fairlane didnt have plus they cost more than the V8 fairlane. Read more

Would very much enjoy a second hand Falcon stick with the inline six.

I’d heard the horror stories. And then I bought an E90, manual N55 w xDrive. (I loathe myself?)

Wrench on it yourself wherever applicable, local trusted independent shop when not. Replace all plastic and rubber with metal and silicon, respectively. Speaking of silicon, upgrade all thinkamajig widgets with newest… Read more

Sit, Ubu, sit! Good dog!

I wish we got something that cool in teh States. 

A book takes up a lot of space?  I must be doing it wrong. At one point I had four cars and three motorcycles and all of their books fit in a shoebox.  

Yes, based on their successful 50 year track record, I agree that whatever California comes up with should be adopted nationally.

Watch what happens under Biden. I tried to warn you that Trump would save us. We are going to see Swedish cars being made in China. Fords will be built in Mexico. They will even make 700 horsepower American muscle cars in Canada. Read more

Yeah, I did Nazi that coming. I’m Goering to give him a star for that.

I’m pretty sure this F(iero)-40 is a Lemons racer and is amazing in that context.  I fully have to wait to learn whether the Merc is a Lemons racer before passing judgement.  If it is, it’s amazing.  If it’s not, wtf was the owner thinking.

This is the manufacturer-branded clothing that makes sense to me - when they’re your sporting team. I don’t have any of it (though I was tempted by the GRM Viking Mafia t-shirts), but I understand it.

It’s 2020 folks, I’m officially declaring $5K the over/under for used car prices. With that said, I don’t see any AC belts and I prefer fuel injection, $4k sounds reasonable.

You’ll have to catch it first.

My refrigerator is running so I’m going to vote for it.

no, it was pretty much an exact copy of the 130R, in red, but with a front end reminiscent of a VE commodore and an LC torana.
come to think of it, perhaps it was a render done by a magazine.

“Oh Cock” and “No Cock”, obviously.

Been there done that in every season. So done with it.

Our personal definitions of “spiritual successor”, specifically in relation to cars, are evidently incompatible. No worries - I’ll stick with mine and you can stick with yours. Read more

This is horrifying