Dirt cheap cars: Kid tested, lender approved (at 14% APR).

He’s bridging the Gulf between us for sure.

As much as Mazda pushes a global platform for all their cars now, I doubt this is coming stateside. It looks smaller than a CX-30, and certainly the “coupe” doors and shrunken interior volume exacerbate the issue.

And make myself vulnerable to user error? https://gizmodo.com/security-researcher-s-null-vanity-plates-cause-glitch-1837206261

Seems legit. I’ve long posited that the only reason Toyota and Honda have the reliability reputation they do is because their bubble-era cars were so overbuilt they would still function after more neglect than cars from other brands.

Translation: Toyota just realized their money printing machine can churn out 50s and 100s for marginally more cost than the twenty dollar bills they were printing.

I want to say this one was either from a Sega AGES compilation that contained the game on the Sega Saturn, or a standalone arrange from a commemorative Hang-On album they released in Japan around its 10th anniversary.

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This is a Chrysler product. So just expect questionable aesthetic decisions by their owners in general.

I’m not fond of another Cash for Clunkers idea. Dangling a sudden burst of “trade value” in front of people with limited financial knowledge and understanding put them into brand new cars they couldn’t realistically afford. Not to mention the knock-on effects that had on the used market to further pinch those living in…

Boston suburbanite here, can confirm, “DON’T WALK” escapes reading comprehension abilities of 97% of Boston residents.

The reliability of a Volkswagen and the build quality of a Tesla.

I would do awful things for a modern re-envisioning of the Integra Type-R with the Civic Type-R’s drivetrain. Hell, a CTR 2-door would be enough rather than the goofy not-a-sedan-but-not-a-hatch mecha shit they drafted up from the fragments of Hideo Kojima’s brain they found in Konami’s dumpsters.

Personally, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

It’s like metamorphosis - ugly car goes in, better-looking car comes out.

With all the modern mechanical upgrades from the body-off restoration, and given its uniqueness and scarcity, this juuuuust edges my vote into NP territory. It’s the right car and right price for someone who wants to stand out at Cars and Coffee.

Spinning Doritos had a good run. Thank you Chang’an Mazda for the name update.

100% CP for any car, any price, that’s two halves of a car welded together by anyone except the manufacturer themselves. Even the slightest error on a mechanical or metallurgic scale compromises the crash structure, and I’d rather not become an automotive panini when Susan gets distracted by an iMessage and runs the…

2nd Gear: I see USA Today’s hiring of Captain Obvious is paying dividends already.

Yep - insurers are way more keen on paying out book value for a totaled car once than that plus someone’s stay in the ICU, multiple surgeries, a year of physical therapy, lost wages, lawyer fees...