But the tires are impeccably clean! (Huge bonus for the obsessively, compulsively tidy.)

Didn’t Indy steal Baltimore’s football team (before Baltimore stole Cleveland’s?) No hard feelings, I guess.

“Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.” - Some 19th Century asshole.

Is the weedkiller what makes these kids popular?

No coffee involved?? I call shenanigans!

I frequently shift without using the clutch, especially upshifting, by rev-matching. Often just a little throttle will reduce any load on the shifter and let it slide out of one gear and into the next with no resistance.

M-B CLK GTR had the best flight characteristics.

Good design ages (and even evolves) well. 

The unattractive nose job looks well done.     That said,  Crack Pipe all day long.

When I think about it, my Suzuki has a separate “kill switch” (which I leave on) which I believe is in-line with the ignition key switch. And, of course, it has a separate starter button. My FIAT 128 also had unassisted steering (but weighed much less than that old flathead Ford.)

I loved my 505, despite its near fatal Pitman arm failure.

“saucisson” you barbarian!

You are a weak and pampered millennial, used to automatic everything.

I guess Peter Falk was not standard equipment? Or did he just come with convertibles?

At first I thought “You’d have to be loony to pay that much for an ‘02.” But it is in nice shape. And it does have a manual. So, OK. for <$8k in real money I’d bite the bacon (even rebuilt title.) 

Now that you mentioned it: What kind of rear gate did the Family Truckster have?

Was “band of brothers” an ironic reference to his most notable and quality acting performance? 

Re: This Isn’t How Things Are Supposed to Happen

It seems perfectly appropriate for a Mexican restaurant to model the hospitality which Sessions, Trump, Miller, and the rest of the hating class deny other human beings. When they go low; bring an extra basket of tortilla chips.

This is not the kind of SL that will appreciate in value during my lifetime. In the meantime, finnicky churman engineering means a tune-up financially forecloses me eating lunch for a month. I’d buy a pagoda-topped 280SL for than money.