There is not an engine soundtrack in the world that sounds good enough for this not to be dumb.

This GTO is at a dealer in Houston.  Miles are reasonable.  Price is comfortably within budget.  I’m not a fan of the custom blue bits on the interior, though.

And the dealer wants $28,950 for it. If you take into account the Cobalt SS Turbo’s original MSRP of $24,095, this dealer thinks this thing appreciated nearly $5,000 in value in almost 15 years.

Fuel degradation is a real thing, but the consequences of it can vary wildly. I regularly run “stale” gas in my snow blower or my generator. “Regularly” is relative, because the reason I “regularly” run old gas is because I don’t regularly run them at all. Most years, I don’t need to run the generator. Some years, I…

Most sellers would call a fluid change a complete rebuild, so points for honesty here?

It looks like it aired during the ‘97 Super Bowl.

White people like to quote MLK, because he preached non-violence, and non-violence doesn’t need to be reckoned with. White people fear Malcom X, because they don’t understand that they control what means are necessary.

They shouldn’t have hired Michael Bolton as their web sales guy.

Someone googled “Airplane” and “Israel”, and this was the first image.

Most guys don’t ever measure their waist. They just know what size they wear and assume it’s a true measurement. I wear a 32 in most jeans, but my waist actually measures 36.  “Vanity sizing” isn’t just for women’s clothes.

We can all learn from their mistakes.  They clearly weren’t going fast enough.

Without being able to title it for road use, it’s not going to be good at anything you could use it for. (farm vehicle, track car)

A/C doesn’t use up refrigerant.  If it needs a recharge, it’s leaking from somewhere.  There is no such thing as “just needs a recharge”.

That’s a small thing to try to find along a 360,000/250 kilometer (7200 furlong) stretch of road.

It’s worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, but rationally, no. It is not worth $150k.

With rare exceptions, the only reason a Jeep person buys a YJ is that the YJ is the cheapest way to get a Wrangler. I was a kid when the YJ was the new hotness, so I have a weird affinity for the square-light Wranglers, but today even I mostly like them because they are among the most reasonably priced Wranglers.

As with most gourds, if they dry out before they begin to rot, pumpkins can last almost indefinitely.  Carved pumpkins never will, but full pumpkins can.  The smaller they are, the better their chances.  Those look like pretty small pumpkins.

Mechanics know how cars work, so they know how to make them work. That means they are more capable of jury-rigging something so that it works, rather than replacing the faulty component. Mechanic-owned cars are not as well-kept as one might imagine. They don’t get paid to work on their own car.

The FJ Cruiser is not on the list of vehicles I’d spend $28k for with 135k miles.

I can’t be too mean to the Skylark. I bought a ‘98 (in 2004) for $1500 when I was in desperate need of a car, and it served me well in my time of need. I can’t imagine buying one new, but as a used car, it was a Grand Am that even fewer people wanted, so it was cheap. Used Buicks have a way of becoming good used car…