My city had some iconic abandoned cars scattered all over, including this Seat Ibiza MK1 right in front of my house that had been there for about 10 years. They started towing all these abandoned cars a few months ago and I was genuinely sad when I was going out one day and saw a tow truck dragging the Ibiza out of…

I hate this so much, it’s bad for my health.

Wait, how is it possible that something like the UAZ Bukhanka didn’t make this list but somehow a Lexus SUV and some Meh Car Monday-worthy Acura did? I started off thinking it was implied this was USDM-only but then the Land Cruiser 70 series popped up and suddenly this slideshow became a little surreal.

@Frankdeboer I can see your reply in the notifications but I can’t get to it in the post, it’s been impossible for me to get to grey replies for a while now. Just wanted to point out the adrenaline rush doesn’t last long for me either, it was just that in this particular instance I was less than 10min away from my…

I have a very superficial knowledge about these, to be honest, but I can imagine that being the case. One thing I love about the Tourist is the fixed mudguard integrated into the body. It likely made them sturdier and maybe even helped with fuel efficiency while probably also cutting manufacturing costs since there…

Heinkel also built the lovely Tourist scooter, of which I just found out a facsimile of the portuguese brochure! I had no idea these were ever imported over here, there’s very few survivors. I’ve seen a maybe two or three in my entire life but always assumed they were privately imported.

What a thing of beauty. It’s just a stunning design. Art on wheels. So funny that for a while this was considered excessive and outlandish.

Oh my god that’s a brown code for me just reading that. Glad nothing serious happened, and yeah, stopping to get some rest was definitely a good decision.

They did. They fixed how easy it was to get to any reaction to your comments by turning it into a frustrating process that generates more clicks, more page views, more accidental ad clicks, all the stuff that looks good on a spreadsheet and keeps venture capitalists happy. It wasn’t just one small thing that stopped…

My 98 Polo (1L, 50hp) starts vibrating like crazy close to that speed (speedometer reads close to 170kmh, but I’m guessing actual speed must be slightly above the advertised top speed of 150kmh; never measured it with Waze like I’ve done with the Renault 4L). That’s probably the engine revving hitting the frame…

I get the sarcasm ;) but I want to point out that the perceived slowness of small european cars is greatly exaggerated. My 34hp french daily driver (made in Yugoslavia) hits 60mph effortlessly; not necessarily quickly, but not slowly either, it’s just adequate. And it probably has the drag coefficient of a gothic…

I tried doing your thought exercise of pretend-having $120k to spend on a fancy EV, and I just ended up with a bunch of EV-converted old Renaults and a new monthly expense renting a warehouse to store them.

For some reason, it doesn’t seem to work for me on Jalopnik. For all other sites that’s been working great ever since slideshows were introduced, but on Jalopnik images no longer load when I do this. Maybe they’re rolling out a “fix” for this?

Those Alco locomotives are LEGENDARY here in Portugal (EDIT: I was double checking and ours were the slightly older RSC-2; eh, close enough I guess). We had a fleet of 12, introduced in 1948 (the CP 1500 series) and not too long ago there were still 4 survivors. 1501 is preserved in the national railway museum, and…

I forgot about AMC’s mini-minivan! The concept was indeed shown to the public about a year before R&D for the Caravan supposedly started. It’s entirely possible that they’d be looking at what competitors - as well as subsidiaries - were doing to get inspiration for the Caravan.

There’s some funny coincidences going on here: shortly after my sister got divorced in ‘03 she got herself a used a ‘00 Focus 5-door hatchback with the 1.4L engine, a dark blue one like most MK1 Focus sold here in Portugal - a shade that’s almost exactly the same as my dad’s Renaults - that she still drives to this…

Yeah, any car that’s properly taken care of can last a long time on the road, no matter how infamous the model is for its lack of reliability. I know of an Alfa Romeo 33 that spent 3 decades with the same owner and never had any major issues.

Hah! You got me there ;) But rest assured, there’s plenty horrible drivers around here too. I have done it. I drove at night with no lights in a very specific situation (alternator belt snapped, I tried to keep going for as long as the battery kept the lights on, and they started to dim right as I was approaching the…

Yeah, it’s never easy to install an aftermarket one in a soft-top convertible. But I totally get you, I have also been thinking about installing some kind of third break light in my Renault 4. I’m ok with the AliExpress lottery for something this cheap, I’m lucky to have someone in my family who can inspect the part…