208K Miles it’s an Outlier

Goes to show, simplicity = reliability. None of those cars are breaking the mold here. Just old platforms with all of their kinks worked out.

There already was. The legendary group B that gave us some of the most insane cars of the time period. Problem was far too high of speeds on courses not at all designed for them with the power of cars increasing at a frightening rate. Several people died in multiple crashes and scores more were injured before the…

I have my Fiero on snow tires for RallyCross. Totally the same thing, right?

Agreed. Soon as I read the heading I thought, if the CTR isn’t on this list then this list isn’t worth looking through.

Came here to post this, glad it was the first response.

No Yellowbird makes this list all bullshit. 

Go full Dad on your passengers. Make everyone line up for a piss before letting them the car. Fill the gas tank at the last station before the highway/freeway. Pack the car with snacks.

Stay in town. Go to someone else’s house for holiday celebrations.

if the rest of the world wants to view us as brash, loud and uncouth, they should at least get to experience that stereotype first-hand.

Pulling up to Buckingham Palace in a Lincoln Mark V would have cemented the United States as a global leader for the next thousand years..

It looks like it was available (and built!) in Iran, but it’s not clear it was ever really offered seriously anywhere else. Still, the original Cadillac Seville was by most accounts, one of the most serious attempts the Big 3 had done at downsizing up to that point. Admittedly, “downsized” has to be taken lightly…

1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

The AMC Eagle. It came too soon for America, but I bet it would have sold well in the UK and Europe. A lifted wagon? Perfect for England’s rutted roads, it would have competed well against Range Rover.

Colorado ZR2. Colorado was already mentioned but I’ll expand on it a bit.

While the G 6x6 is insane, the 4x4^2 is where it’s at if you really want to offroad.

Chevy Colorado

You didn’t mention this in the story, but when you borrowed the Escalade, did the owner tell you it was a diesel? I can’t imagine even considering the possibility if I wasn’t told explicitly. Also, I know others that have made this error, it can happen pretty easily from simple muscle memory.

One of my favorite John Pinette bits:

Buy a boat without a clean Carfax Boatfax? Fuck that noise. What do I look like, a millionaire?