Intriguing. The Fiero itself is desirable with the V6 and the stick and I’m actually ok with the fauxrrari styling as I think it’s a touch of hilarious character. Even the bumper damage is fine as it’s relatively easily fixable. I’d own this in a heartbeat as a fun weekend car. Just not at $12.5K. Call me when it…

You know, I’m normally a big believer in the maxim that there’s nothing more expensive than an old German car, but I’m open minded. This is a perfectly fine vehicle in very good shape for its age and an effectively unkillable engine. It’s diesel which means decent mileage, it’s MB which means comfortable and it’s old…

Well, when you consider prison labor camps in China, U.S. prison aren’t nearly as bad in that respect.

There’s a simple solution that would drastically reduce the availability of assault weapons and it’s even free-market: treat guns the way we treat cars. Want a gun? Sure - get a license that proves you know how to use it safely, get it registered and get it insured. If you buy a bolt-action .22 long arm and only take…

Are you still here? Huh - I didn’t realize Putin paid by the word...

Correction: you’ve never felt the urge to hurt someone YET.

Ah, I see you’ve encountered the Trump voters of the internet, Torch. Never have a more-easily offended group of deluded pussies screamed out ‘snowflake!’ and ‘cuck!’ at those who dare not to confirm to their particular brand of unironic he-man macho American masculinity. It is both fascinating and pathetic to watch…

Same. Had the opportunity to sit in a Lotus at a trade show a few years ago and could barely squeeze my 6'1" frame into the tiny, spartan cabin. I still want to drive one, though...

Im on my second Mini and I do agree with some of your points. The Cooper S models have a very tight suspension that becomes brutal when paired with the runflats from the factory. I found the best way to get that classic Mini handling without the painfully hard ride was to go with a base model with go-flats and a…

Same issue for me: cant fit in any BMW convertible without my head hitting the ceiling and my legs being cramped - and at 6'1" I’m hardly a giant. Ended up in a Mini which HD and gons more room and similar underpinnings.

While I’d like to pretend I was referring to the fact that the engineering of this car predates its manufacture by at least a decade, in reality it was just a typo. Still, the thing was an old design using old technology when it rolled off the line and time has done it no favors.

This should tick all my boxes: convertible, four seats, low miles, I even like the color. Its fugly as hell, though. The engine’s ok but the interior is crap, the transmission is depressing and it’s a shitty Chrysler product from a particularly shitty era. Maybe as a beater, but not at that price. Who the hell thinks…

4WD Toyota van is fun, funky, unusual and hits most of my buttons. High mileage is no big deal because Toyota. In surprisingly good shape for its age. How much again?

I suspect trailer tires are less expensive and don’t wear as easily as car tires.

If it’s able to be flat-towed it would be my vote. I always kind of liked them.

YES! Unfortunately my daughter is still another 10 years away from learning to drive a stick, but this is EXACTLY the car to teach her on!

Exactly this. I have no appreciable skill in the garage and I voted NP on this. I don’t really care what’s wrong with it as long as it drives and isn’t going to kill me. If something goes wrong that seriously impacts the functionality, it gets a ride to the scrapyard. In the meantime it’s a fun cargo hauler and my…

Uh huh. I was born in 1970 and was only a bit older than the kids in Stranger Things at the time. Maybe you lived in some magically woke pocket of the midwest where the ingrained sexism of American culture had been successfully rolled back by 1st-wave feminism, but if so I’d love to know where that pocket exists.

You are replying to the wrong person - I never said this:

I just described three scenes. There’s also the one where she wipes her thumb under her nose after telekinetically shaking the vending machine. That’s all just off the top of my head, but I’m sure I missed a couple of others. Regardless, the point you’re making is completely invalidated: she DOES know she bleeds from…