Meh, I towed my 24’ enclosed trailer, loaded with racecar, spares, etc., with my ‘95 RRC LWB and it kinda sucked. I definitely wouldn’t want to tow with a SWB Rangie or any Disco. I’m not a huge fan of GM cars, but Suburbans are hands down the best tow vehicles I’ve ever owned.

“there is very little feel for what notches the shifter goes through and it is entirely too easily to press just a little extra and put the car into 3rd or low.”

This is pretty much exactly what I came here to say.

Raikkonen started on softs, so he wasn’t *required* to go back onto softs at the end. Given how well his car was working on the mediums, I understand his questioning the decision to go back to softs, and while he would have had better tires at the end had they gone with another set of mediums, he wouldn’t have been…

It could be whale-penis leather for all I care, because I’d never buy an Escalade. But if I ever need another tow vehicle in the future, I’m sure I’d be looking at Suburbans, and I’m sure I’d be fine with a black plastic column shifter.

“typical fat american cheeseburger”...pretty much exactly describes an Escalade, which is why I don’t see a problem with the column shift. And if you can’t use a column shift without constantly having to double-check what gear you’re in, I don’t know how to help you. I don’t frequently drive cars with column-shifted…

Exactly what you said. Column shifters are perfect for trucks. There is ZERO reason to try to force the faux-sporty pretense of a console mounted shifter into a truck—especially a full-sized pickup truck, which could really benefit from having another seat in the middle. And full-sized SUVs typically benefit more from…

Lawdy.

Thanks, Torch. You’ve proven yourself a worthy successor to the saucy minx and are the only consistently interesting writer at Jalopnik.

Holy shit, a frame-damaged V10 Audi...this is pretty much CP at any price! I mean, I dig most of the Audi S-models, and own one myself, but they’re money pits even on a good day.

Anybody with weird taste in cars has probably come across more than a few cars for sale by this guy. He may be a bit of a fruitcake, but he definitely gets his hands on some interesting stuff.

Amen, brother Torchinsky. Even though my ‘85 Volvo 245 turbo has fake stitching on the steering wheel, it also has exposed painted metal visible all over the interior. And I love it. It reminds me of the cars I grew up in—aircooled VWs mostly—that didn’t try to cover every metal surface with plastic or vinyl. And…

Huh. Crappy BroRimpz not only look terrible, but aren’t actually strong either. Who would’ve guessed...

I'd much rather have an '04 or '05. The later styling is borderline hideous to my eye, more and more GM-corporate stuff started to show up in the interior, and Saab vastly improved the PCV system in '04, leaving only a couple of model years that really fit my bill. Of course, a stick would be a must with one of…

Oh god no. I like some Audis (I've got an UrS6 Avant, a car that definitely belongs on this list), but the Allroad is a nightmare. The "biturbo" doesn't seem quite so cool when you have to pull the engine to replace them (and you will have to replace them). Air suspension is also guaranteed to fail.

I could be wrong, but it looks to be sitting a little lower than it should be, especially in the rear. Could be that the self-leveling suspension is kaput.

I think you mean the Crohn car.

As a result, it's important that you stay skeptical of people making ludicrous claims, regardless of how presentable — or stupid — they seem. After all: if they use correct grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, etc., they could be slick liars who know exactly what to say, and how to say it. But if they don't, it…

Hmmm. My second car was an '86 Grand Am LE with the Iron Duke and a stick. It was unkillable (and not for lack of trying). I bought it with 50,000 miles on it in 1989 and proceeded to put 60,000 mile on it in the next two years (the vast majority of which were racked up delivering pizzas). I abused the shit out of…

All of the above. One thing I have found working on Audi's for years is they seem to not be able to figure out breather systems very well. Every model seems to have problems. This one did have a bad crankcase breather valve/oil separator that was replaced a while back. Plus this has almost 150000 miles on it. There…