Yes, but also because pretty much any car is relatively bulletproof (mechanically speaking) for quite a long time.

I remember ogling these at Gemco (kind of a Target of the 1960s and ‘70s) and thinking how cool it’d be to have a steering wheel on a bicycle.

Not sure about him, but many of us had sissy bars in the 3rd grade. On our Schwinn Sting Rays, that is.

So essentially, $2000 for a period sissy bar and they’ll throw in a ratty Honda motorcycle that essentially needs everything for free.

WHAT? You don’t think IndyCar teams use Turtle Wax, Armor All, or those cool interior accessories that attach with double-stick tape?

Well, a LOT of the people who show up at the Long Beach Grand Prix every year look essentially the same as NASCAR fans - right down to the Dale Ernhardt #3 hats, shirts, etc.

There’s also something about the smell inside every WalMart. I’m serious - there’s a “funk” that all the stores have. No, not from the people. It’s the building or the merchandise...or something.

Neutral:

If I’m not mistaken, back then Toyota painted the wheels silver on base cars, then added a chrome cap, trim ring, and lug nuts. A look I much prefer to the current “Slap on a shitty wheel cover that’s supposed to look like an aluminum wheel but won’t be fooling anyone in about a year when it’s warped and has a bunch…

Obviously there’s also a supply-and-demand factor. “Oh, don’t like the price of my Camry wagon? Okay, go find another one that’s for sale. Ha!”

My father temporarily moved to Hawaii back in the 1990s, and took his car there, then shipped it back. I don’t think it went into an actual container - maybe just onto a pallet - and it was about $600 each way then.

Or remember, there was an Audi 5000 Turbo and a GMC Jimmy on the estate as well. (With corresponding license plates Robin 2 and Robin 3.)

Plus, you’d really be in the hole if you had to have it, then paid to ship it back to the Mainland.

If you look at a scale of colors, sure, copper is in the brown area.

A friend of mine had this same car (though not brown) in the early 1990s, right down to the manual transmission. I borrowed it from time to time when I needed to carry things.

They’re making fun of the way some Japanese people speak English. I called them out earlier (they likely wouldn’t be so un-PC with other ethnicities, being a Gawker site and all) but they quickly deleted my comment.

I love the headline, particularly since it comes from a PC-at-all-costs Gawker site.

CHP doesn’t do primary testing of pursuit vehicles, btw. That’s done for national law enforcement consumption by the Michigan State Police and the L.A.County Sheriff’s Department. Pretty much every agency in the country uses their testing results to help decide on vehicle purchases.

Actually, the CHP purchased 4WD Expeditions for years, for use in mountain regions. Full black-and-white, lights, sirens, etc.

Wonder what the e-Waste disposal fee would be for all that stuff? Yes, it now has negative value.