Hnggg.

What's crazy about a Maybach is that pictures don't do it justice to the actual size in person. It's so much bigger in the flesh, it looks like a small train car going down the road. The rear doors are what really stuck out to me being up close to the car, they alone are the size of a small Honda.

Toyota never stopped selling the Hilux in the USA. They simply renamed it Tacoma in 1995 because nobody knew what to call the thing except a Toyota Truck. Not really an issue until the Tundra came out in May 1999 as a 2000 model year vehicle.

From the sound, that’s one crunchy taco.

First Responder: Stay still, sir. I’m going to ask you a few questions.

Just avoid the 3.0 V6. Both of mine chewed threw head gaskets and I had a wrist pin failure on one, destroying the engine as it went. Also, pray to the 'Yota gods that your starter doesn't go out (it will), because without a ridiculous set of angled and rotating extensions and a steady hand, you should pretty much…

I cannot believe the money these get now. These cars were $25k 10 years ago for a driver, and here's the secret: they suck to drive. The 300 is an altogether different beast in construction and mechanically. The 190 is best compared to a Karmann-Ghia: a sporty looking body on common, everyday mechanicals that don't…

At the current bid, maybe break even - budget 100-125K for a good restoration. It's a hot mess, but doesn't look beyond redemption. Still insane, as I remember when nice 190SLs could be had for under 40K all day long, and decent drivers a bit less.

It’s not your ordinary Trabant...it’s a 1.1 - the 67 cui, VW-Polo-powered 45hp ‘performance’ model.

So, BEFORE I rely on CarFax, CARFAX themselves suggest I use Google to search the VIN MYSELF?

NICB VIN check, bro.

Back when I was a kid I remember my pops telling me never to buy a Porsche from the Exchange in Highland Park, IL. He took his 911 in for service (don't remember if it was his Carerra or the Turbo... doesn't matter both were 1980-somethings and this was in the 1980s) and they billed him for changing the coolant...…

And it did work for them, to a certain extent. Saturn's product was generally unremarkable and the brand's positioning nebulous, but the one aspect that was almost universally praised by consumers was the sales model.

Only 16 hours of rack time and it'll be perfect! Okay, maybe some suspension parts too, but nothing expensive, I promise!

If it's something like a Fox Body Mustang that's being sold before a project is complete, sure, it's not difficult to believe the guy just lost interest and wants it gone. But as the article points out, this is a quarter million dollar car (or more) for $75k. You're absolutely correct. Nobody is leaving two hundred…

Yea, if one is ambitious enough to begin a project like this, there has to be a reason as to why he gave up with "so much little left to do." I imagine what is already done, isn't done properly, and needs to be redone. That's what I think.

I'm guessing an owner who neglected to replace a shift knob may have deferred some other maintenance. Just s guess.

Could be good, but anything at that price, whether it be a slowly decaying W220 or a new Civic, needs to have a shift knob. If the seller is unwilling to fork over maybe $150 for a replacement, it really makes me wonder where other corner-cutting took place.

Because this car is so expensive that just getting a new shifter handle basically relegates it to salvage status.