VWs have never been known for being exactly reliable but this is the WORST era of VW. My mother in law had a Jetta TDI. It barely ran and was in the shop constantly.

See, I love that car. A black 66-67 Charger with a red interior and that insane double-bucket back seat with its own center console (!) is as close to owning a Batmobile as you can get.

No one has mentioned the original American stock-car engine, the Hudson 308 flathead straight-six with Twin-H power, that is, dual carburetors.

the straight six on my ‘71 Ford Maverick was lots and lots of fun.  I remember my own hubcaps passing me on cloverleafs more than a few times.  (for all you youngins, Ford’s Maverick didn’t used to be a pickup)

Just got back from our first road trip, from Ohio to Myrtle Beach and back, in our 2022 Pacifica AWD. My wife drug me kicking and screaming into minivan ownership, and after that road trip, a camping trip with a rooftop tent on top, and a few trips to Pittsburgh with 2 other couples in the back, this thing is the…

I’ll tell you what, I’ve taken mine to several shows and the response to it has always been overwhelmingly positive. It’s a car that most people will wonder how and why it still exists. In a sea of Chevelles and Tri-Five Chevys and whatever else you’ve seen a billion times (yawn), the Yugo will stand out.

Call me crazy, but I love this. The lackluster engine is the only downside I see to this. But it’s a rare custom van with a stick that needs minimal work to make it drivable. $6,500 is very nice

Of course it’s about him. The whole ship is just a big sign that says LOOK AT ME!!!!!1! on it. There’s literally no other reason to build a mega-yacht other than to prove  your superiority to other human beings.

Or, you know, install the masts after the ship is out from under the bridge.

That isn’t a FWD Sedan de Ville pictured. This is

Fuck anyone who said “Hillary and Trump are the same” in 2016. Fucking nightmare.

Um, where’s this one?

Now, the song sounds ridiculous, but don’t forget that the 1957 Nash Rambler Rebel was the second-fastest American car in production, after only the Corvette. A prototype with fuel injection was actually faster than the Corvette.

How the heck can you have missed this one:

I don’t even try 99.9% of them. Every now and then I think “how bad can they be...” and get burned.

Counterpoint: Wayne is just Wayne on tv, a normal guy. Every other show has to have some sort of edgy cool spiky hair, leather-wearing soul-patched shitbird screaming at the camera and pulling “pranks”. 

I voted with my eccentric, left-field, iconoclastic heart. NP. 

It probably shares a fair number of mechanical parts with the Mazda pickups (and Ford Couriers) from that era, possibly even some of the missing switchgear, so sourcing parts might not be as daunting as it seems. The rest of the project would be mostly elbow grease. Is it worth $6000? Probably not but projects like…

I like it. It doesn’t need a full restoration, just a ‘revival’. Sort the engine compartment out, change all the fluids and belts and whatnot. Deep clean it inside and out, then cut and polish the paint.

I know it’s a lot of money, but I like it.  Has a real BMW 2002 vibe to it.  NP.