Yeah I paid $2500 to replace the transmission in my XT last year, and if and when the motor goes I’ll definitely want to rebuild or replace it as long as the rest of the car holds together. My wife doesn’t totally understand it (and is honestly probably pretty annoyed by my determination to keep fixing an old car that…

Exactly. I travel down to the city sometimes but I don’t walk around going “Hey honey, check this out! Tired people with black puff jackets and defeated looks on their face riding an overcrowded subway covered in filth and wondering if they can afford rent for the 10x15 space they split with 4 people... Isn’t it just…

Upstate NY Subaru owner. You speak the truth

‘05 Outback XT owner here... and I feel your pain. I’m going to try to hang on to mine as long as possible, but at some point that’s going to have to mean getting a second car to DD. There is nothing out there that can truly replace it

Having seen a 507 and a z8 in person I can say they really nailed the styling, and it definitely stands above all the other things they’ve made. In other words, I agree with you

120hp was more than enough for me to attempt my car-sailing idea.... But yeah I definitely didn’t need any more power at that age.

I’m with you on the “blander terror-tree cousin to broccoli”, but I made a belgian saison with dandelions this summer and it is AMAZING. Maybe I just avoided adding their buttholes?

My first ever feature and it’s for something incredibly stupid... I guess that sums things up. I can hear the vintage BMW police coming to take me away now, it was nice knowing you all!

Yeah I don’t quite get the reasoning behind “I’m going to pull the plugs while the engine is running fine, but a belt that powers the water pump is slipping for sure and could be easily fixed, but nah”

Most likely

Well of course he had to use the windows, we all know cars don't have bumpers anymore.

Only mostly true. I believe twice I have seen Outbacks in VT with bumper stickers on the sides too. They were both first gen survivors, apparently lasting long enough to run out of space on the back.

Yeah, for a while I traveled through Chicago and other airports like this to the point where I didn’t realize some airports had terminals in separate buildings with separate security. That made for a rude awakening when my connecting flight got bumped to a different airline somewhere and I had 30 minutes to run to a…

That’s a sad. I had a manual when I met my wife and I taught her to drive it so she knew exactly what she was getting into. We did get an auto for her last year, but I will have a manual for as long as I can find one to buy

I was 16 and managed to get a BMW for my first car. Full disclosure: it was an automatic 528e with rust through the floors and I paid $200, but from a distance it actually looked pretty good.

I’m pretty sure if you just pour POR-15 rust remover over your property it will simply reset to a vacant lot. You can then start over

Lahinch? Edit, saw your instagram via Jalopnik posting this on theirs. Seems like this was Long Strand in Co. Cork, but it looks pretty much the same

Hmm...

Malaise era cars with modern graffiti just doesn’t jive in my head

It’s not as hard as you’d think. It took me maybe an hour or so the first time, and then came right back the next time I tried it. I think I’m slightly more likely to miss a shift just because I’m not as adept with my left hand - but it’s only slightly worse