As someone who OWNS a Vista Cruiser in a similar color scheme, I have to say, I almost agree (can’t fully agree since the boat-sized money pit in the garage would be severely annoyed).

Over Memorial Day weekend I took this ridiculous land barge 1,350 miles from San Francisco to Portland and back. Original motor, original 2-speed automatic transmission, but updated disc brakes (with all parts available at any parts store), and one of those new-fangled fuel injection kits.

All the windows leak in the…

Nearly half of these – Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon XL, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, Silverado 1500, GMC Sierra 1500 – on average come with some variation of the GM “LS” engine (usually 5.3l or 6.2l). Good data to show these are not just powerful but also reliable motors.

Callaway Designer 1: Man, this thing is looking pretty good, but it needs a cool logo.

Agreed. Any SF rooftop on the bay side of Russian Hill / Pacific Heights / Cow Hollow / Marina is the best for Fleet Week.

If you’ve ever inhaled the air in a city with heavy motorbike use (for example, Hanoi) you may change your opinion on having more people use them.

I had an ‘86 Eurosport my freshman year in college (in the late 90’s). It was the carbureted 2.8 and had a 0-to-60 time most comparable to the shelf-life of Velveeta. It was also weighed down with a few hundred staples holding up the headliner. Oh, and the car would leak oil from every gasket when the emissions were…

No matter which one you pick, these beautiful 4" bias-ply bike tires should provide minutes of safe and enjoyable cruising before wrapping your Rambler / Comet around whatever was on the outside edge of that rolling highway curve.

The '87 Nissan Sentra I had in college would kick on the "Low Fuel" light about 30 seconds before it would stall out. Hardly an effective warning, but I suppose it taught one college student the risks of procrastination.

I owned a '86 Cimarron when I was in college. I paid $600 for it. It was the "fancy" version with the big 2.8 liter, fog lights and sooooo much fake leather. This, by far, was the WORST car I have ever owned (and I've owned some pretty shitty cars).

The Chevy inline 6 definitely needs to be on this list. And if you need clarification on which one, I mean nearly ALL of them. From the stovebolt 1st and 2nd gens to the 194's found in the first Nova's to the 250's found in everything else Chevy made through the 70's, these simple bullet-proof engines powered HUGE…

Eh. I would feel bad for the Saabs, but I was too busy being disappointed that someone would take a simple / fun idea, like slow motion fire, and make it dull... Also, Spike Jonze did this better 20 years ago.

I did this same thing with my Nova last year (connects to a small motorcycle amp in the glovebox). I then upgraded a again to a little BlueTooth receiver last year so it's entirely wireless now.

(Many many moons ago) I had a 1986 Celebrity "Eurosport Touring Edition" (as far as I know. I can't find any reference to this specific trim package online, but it had the 2.8L with a 2-barrel carb and the remnants of a vinyl roof). The seemingly arbitrary emissions hoses were only ever half-hooked-up (since hooking…

Well, I've seen my share of 80's movies and I'm pretty sure that Enzo has a chance at an exciting new life!

"...and are used by the spiders to trap its food."

The biggest benefit of having a father as a used car salesman was that (way back when I was a much younger man) my high school punk band used to travel around from show to show in a used Ford Type-I ambulance he had acquired in some weird trade.

The downside to this is obvious (I truly believe the over-done HDR/tonemapped images spewing onto the web the past few years will be the black velvet paintings of the early 21st century), but the plus side is going to be really REALLY amazing.