Please find me more of these $8500 stick shift luxury wagons.

Coil packs do go bad at about 100K, but it's a couple hours and $150 in parts at most.

You should make your kid just ride the bus - it's the safest form of transportation.

A lot of the idea was mine, but the choice of which "cool but inexpensive old car to wrench on" was his - just like the blue PV544 that my pop and I found at a yard sale. You know what? Having lived it now from both sides - that works for me.

Maybe if I had a daughter. My son and I enjoyed rebuilding his Datsun 260Z and learning the finer points of car maintenance. I hope he keeps it as long as I have kept the '59 Volvo PV544 that I refurbished with my (late) father so many years ago. I suppose THAT is my goal.

Who wants a soul-less Toyota, though? You'll turn your kid into a Consumer Reports subscriber.

Powered by a straight six and RWD.

THIS

Gorgeous color though - is that "Sakhir Orange"?

1) Automatic Transmissions. I still have full use of my left leg and both testicles - I don't need a handicapped option.

My old Volvo had one.

Why not manual?

Volvo was going to screw that up anyways with an automatic transmission, a transverse mounted five cylinder and Fail Wheel Drive / All Wheel Drive.

False, it added 200 lbs. Noticeable, sure - but it didn't turn it into an Audi...

You'll have to shop around, and of course it depends on your credit history. However, some Credit Unions (such as Navy Fed) simply have a "used, older than X years" tier and since this is still at Blue Book Value - someone with above a 700 beacon and good DTI could easily get financed.

You are an imbecile. It will be as reliable as a 50K mile used Camry for almost the same price. It will get 27 MPG on the highway (15 or so when hooning around town, I'll admit).

I came here to add this, although I'll state that I've seen "stock-ish" C5 Z06's run in the low 12's at the local drag strip here, there are quite a few in this area. Rare is the car that runs as good or better "in real life" than the magazines give it credit for, though - that's why I remembered.

My friends can crawl in the backseat or can drive themselves if they are too fat or proud to do so.

You must be very, very short.

I agree with Kyle D - but I must add that I *do* enjoy rejetting my carbs, for it allowed me to get more in touch and in tune with my vehicle. There is a zen to basic maintenance that is lost on this generation (and your mom).