A couple of comments.

Improper Dancing!

i once owned a 1993 Saturn SC1 whose windshield was cracked by a tree branch.   $750 to replace.  I think it happened in 1997 or 1998.

I’m pretty sure you mean Nissan.  The Sentra used by taxi drivers was still a 90s model.

heck, I bought a car a few weeks ago in NH with the bill of sale scrawled on the back of an envelope. I had metal plates in my hand in about five minutes.

yep, that’s how many guitars in Japan are sold on Ebay.  someone goes to stores and records the prices.  then lists them on Ebay for a few hundred bucks more.  someone buys it from them and they go to the store to purchase.  if it's already sold, "sorry, item no longer available."

well, it was the 80s.  maybe Jerry could only gamble just so much.  remember how little he was actually demanding from his father for the ransom.

I've done exactly this with every new car I've bought.  I don't know how you know so much, sir, but it's scary.

Point of interest: My first car was a 1982 Rx-7.  It ended up on its roof thanks to another driver not paying attention and the A-pillars held up just fine.

Dual round lights. The proportions are much better than the big squares which almost look photoshopped. Much like the Zhiguli, this one looks better with the round lights.

My 1987 K5 Blazer. Once I replaced the rusty water pump, it was super reliable. But it only got 11 miles to the gallon, or was that gallons to the mile? I forget. And for something with a 350cu engine and (throttle body) fuel injection, the horsepower and torque were surprisingly poor. The steering was loose and the…

I disagree. I’ve got an N62 in my X5 E70 and the valve seal replacement cost $1000 in parts in tools (nearly $800 of which I recouped by selling the specialty tools on Ebay) and $400 in labor. No more burning a quart of oil every 300 miles.

I “remember” having to turn off the a/c to accelerate very well, mainly because we had to do it yesterday in my wife’s 2015 Chevrolet Spark. I believe she has the LS model, which means it’s a 1.0L I4 with 67hp/69ftlbs torque. But let’s say I’m wrong and she has the 1.2L. That’s 80hp/82ftlbs. Given how dismally slow it…

in Uzbekistan they’re the most luxurious and well-appointed domestic vehicle you can buy. My father-in-law has owned 3 or 4 of them.

I suspect someone already asked, but why is it riding so low in the back? Didn’t you change out the leaf springs? Or do you just have several hundred pounds of supplies in the back?

He should be able to run for president, since he’s from New Orleans, right? For what it’s worth, there must be a weird Polish enclave in New Orleans I never stumbled upon in my 20+ years of living there if that’s where he claims to be from. ;)

I don’t appreciate your ruse, ma’am.

So you’ve got $85k burning a hole in your pocket. What are the needs this vehicle meets? Full disclosure — I work for the USG and we buy quite a few Toyota Landcruisers, but specc’d for overseas use, which makes them significantly cheaper.

I think you mean “masochistic”, unless you plan to buy one for someone else. ;)

You forgot chromed plastic. And don’t tell me you can’t tell the difference between the two — I’ve ridden in (or rented) more than a few Dodge vehicles that are lousy with the stuff. To me, that’s worse than body-color plastic.