An avocado green 911 with four hundred thousand miles would be welcome in our household. 

Strong agreement here! If the body and structure are sound, doing that suspension rebuild becomes a reasonable investment. If the body and structure are rusted through, you’re already behind the 8-ball. I sold on my second X-Type rather than do the front end rebuild because the car was too rusty to make it worth the…

Agreed here. There’re specific nuances per engine, per model line, per brand.

I own an E46 M3 with over 175K on it that I purchased when it was already at 130k. The key is how well it was maintained before you buy it and how willing are you to keep up with the basic maintenance of said vehicle. But as with all cars and especially older ones, a good PPI by someone familiar with what you are…

That depends, is it a honda? Is it a high mileage porsche that was driven lots but was maintained religiously? Is it a jaguar?

Italian tune-up

And a lifetime of “grocery store-church-cemetery-home” driving is really hard on a car. 30k miles of interstate travel is where it’s at.

yeah this... it really depends on the use of the vehicle... 30k track miles are very different from 30k of grocery store-church-cemetery-home.

A lot depends how you expect to use the vehicle.

In the case of the Miata, I’d absolutely want the ND2 for the extra horses and updated transmission. 

Counter-point, neither. For a daily driver, a car of any age with age-appropriate miles. Call it 8 k to 15k per year.

1/8" mild steel from Alro Metals Outlet.

Thanks for finally sharing the video with the world I’m glad it was not  lost forever and not an April fools.

More importantly: It was a CHEAP fix! And I learned a lot.

I even subsequently welded up a Jeep XJ unibody rail with that $100 Harbor Freight welder. Turned my worthless XJ into a daily-driver!

Compared to that Forward Control you are heading out to get, Project Postal was an absolute gem. ;-)

Isn’t it obvious? All the footage was given to Erica Lourd for editing. When she was laid off by the herbs, she took revenge by holding the footage until David was able to complete all versions of her car-based aerobics without breaking a sweat. I’m actually impressed that David accomplished that feat this soon. I…

Then came a knock on the door. It was a Jalopnik reader named Charles.

Thanks! I put a lot of love into this series. Of course, David made it easy by being great all of the time.

That poor Rimowa suitcase. Slumming it in shame when it should be living the high life at 30,000 ft in a soaring Lufthansa. The oddity of having such a lovely piece of luggage in such a wretchedly glorious form of transport was delightful to see. David, you are truly a man of international intrigue. 

Good video.  Nice work editor.  Also this looks like it will be a fun series.  Puts into living color the true jankiness of the whole thing.