Tired, dated styling, tepid power numbers, Grand National cosplay that’s not fooling anyone who actually cares about a Grand National. It’s essentially a decent running used car for a not-awful price...but it’s 36 years old and not as collectible as the seller seems to want potential buyers to think.

Pros: -It’s a wagon
-Cosmetically, things are in good shape
-price is totally palatable (obligatory “in this market”)
-Perhaps the last generation of BMWs before they got to crease-y and, in my opinion, ugly
-AWD & Sport package

Cheap, especially these days, but still feels like a little too much coin for not enough life left at that mileage. The real price of ownership will be significantly increased by inevitable major maintenance needs in the near future.

This is...not horrible?

I...don’t really know? It’s an old and awkwardly adapted electric drivetrain, meaning that it has likely lost some not-insignificant proportion of its capabilities that were less than stellar in the first place. It’s not visually interesting (if anything the EV graphics and boring color make a bland original design…

Learn to fly, get a used Cessna

That Caddy did not zig.

I see your point, and it’s well taken. But it’s still a truck. And circling back to one of my original points, it’s a badge-engineered Tahoe in a nice suit with, like, some extra muscles. That’s a bastardized Cadillac in my eyes. 

I think the finned ‘70s cars like this one are, stylistically speaking, the last true Caddies. There’s just something about that land yacht flava that hasn’t been quite the same since about 1976. After that, they fell victim to badge engineering hell, and while some of the recent-vintage models are compelling…

This was and is a gorgeous automobile. This one appears to have been very well cared for, and the mileage is in that sweet spot of “low enough that it’s been babied and has tons of life left, but high enough that it’s actually been driven and the soft bits shouldn’t be rotting.” The paint appears to be in just about…

[insert Steve Martin’s epic ‘Planes, Trains, & Automobiles’ rental car rant here]

Against all logic, I love this thing. I love the ridiculous livery (always loved those harlequin models), and I deeply appreciate that someone went to the trouble of assembling it on this model, especially a wagon. I even love the silly kids’ bedroom floormats.

...it’s almost as if we live in a nation with precious little respect or protection for regular working people!

Looks good for its age, and has a good bit of simple, workmanlike appeal, especially vis-à-vis today’s luxury pickups that nudge up against (ridiculous) 6-figure pricing. But it’s got more than a few cosmetic boogers, including the missing trim on the tailgate, the unmentioned dent on the rear passenger side panel,…

I don’t like the color maroon, *especially* on a convertible top. That’s somehow an extra special dose of ugly. That interior is downright horrific too. These were always handsome enough cars, but I don’t think the design has aged well, in that it looks pretty pedestrian at this point, even if it were a more…

Beefalo is actually a whole hybrid animal that’s half cow and half bison (actually it’s technically up to but not more than 3/8 bison), not just a mixture of meat.

Kia Soul seems like a good option too...very practical interior with space maxed out and the boxy with wheels-at-corners design, and surprisingly peppy as well (not sporty by any means, but not anemic either). Also well into the era when Kia had graduated into a marque with solid reliability and refinement.

I’m a trailer camper myself, but this thing’s proportions seem to suggest that it’d be great for overlanding. The Pacer wagon was like 14ft long, which is small, but not outlandishly out of the realm of possibility for camping.

What’s the wheelbase? With 4WD and those beautiful pano windows, this would make a spectacular camper van.

I’ll be thrilled if you just finally un-grey me after like a decade of readership.