You’re ignoring and discounting one very, very important detail here - the opening of Iranian oil markets. The Russian economy is suffering due to low oil prices, and has been suffering further from sanctions since the beginning of the mess in Ukraine. What is going to happen when the Iranians flood the market with…

I’m still sad you killed it. Destroying that car felt like killing a unicorn. Sure, it was a old, beat up, unicorn with a chipped horn a broken leg, but it was still said to see it die.

I love this. Everyone else goes for red stitching, but blue is where it’s at.

Why is this not centered?

Yes, but imagine if all of them had been executed, their fans hunted down and killed, their memorabilia destroyed. This is more akin to Stalin erasing undesirables from photographs and newspaper articles - they’re dead, they’re erased from official records, and everyone who knew them or was there when they were in…

This sounds like an Audi R8 with two more cylinders and different badging.

Yes.

Did Honda learn nothing from the Acura beak-grille debacle?

I miss this engine bay. Whatever you do, don’t neglect the coolant hose located about here connecting to the firewall. It’s a pain in the ass to replace, but it’s worth it. I sold my ‘97 to a friend, and that hose was the only one I had not replaced before the sale. I checked it regularly to make sure it was holding…

When did SUVs stop coming with storage space? Isn’t that why people buy these things?

No Holland and Hollands? Pleb.

Toureg-150. The current Toureg can become the Toureg-250.

Technically, Audi had that shifter first with the 2010 (or so) A8.

I think your assumption that the opening of Iranian oil supplies will benefit Russia is flawed. In the short and medium term, the massive input of Iranian oil and gas will further depress prices from where they are now. Current low prices are killing the Russian economy, which relies on expensive crude and natural gas…

This reminds me of the middle school goth phase most of my friends went through.

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I remember that season! Man, I wonder if they’re available somewhere. I’d love to rewatch those shows.

This. Monster Garage really set things off, with Pimp My Ride, American Chopper, Overhaulin, and others following a few years later. It also helped make Jesse James mainstream, which is a sin, and set the stage for the chopper craze spawned a few years later by American Chopper.

Am I the only person who thinks suede interiors are dumb? They wear quickly and get dirty easily, and everywhere you touch leaves a ‘print’ in the suede. Also, wait a minute. Is that actually a suede gas pedal down there? The mind boggles.

Someone needs to write a series of epic Oppo posts...