That’s a Shelby I could be tempted with! I’m sure your link isn’t legit, but I had to look up if something like this even existed: http://www.allpar.com/omni/rampage/

I’ve always figured that somewhere out there is a collector who has every single interesting Chrysler/Dodge creation sitting in a glass showcase: a turbo Caravan, a Shelby Omni, and even a pristine talking Shelby Lancer. That person is probably on their way to pick-up this gem as I type.

Might have to re-read the small print, but I think you may still be entitled to some of the cash. Thought I saw something about having to split it 50/50 with the new owners.

Pretty much exactly what I just posted, lol!

Here’s where I currently stand - I have a 2012 TDI Wagon. Per the current info, it can be bought back at around $21k. After the last service, I’m struggling to get much more then 42-mpg highway (previously 50+). Although purely theoretical, I think the last software update did something to result in this mileage.

This was my brief affair with a Saab. Bought it for $600 from a robotics engineering student at Dartmouth (stereotypical Saab-phile, right?), and drove it for exactly a year before it died. Reverse never worked, it never passed safety or emissions (got 3 tickets while I owned it because I didn’t care), and the exhaust…

It’s a car-guy thing. You wouldn’t understand.

If you ever want to know the definition of a true car enthusiast, look no further then the person who owns more then one pre-GM Saab.

I think I saw it on the Oatmeal originally - but all cars need some sort of reverse horn that means “I’m sorry - that was my fault. I’m an idiot!”

To be fair, Saab was pretty much dead by the time the last 9-5 was released. That beauty was destined to fail.

Although playing “who’s the asshole” is great fun and all - let’s go into friendly armchair driving anal-ysis mode instead:

My mother-in-law had one of these. After it burned to the ground, she got a smoking deal on a C6 3.2. Now she drives a Lexus.

Let’s look at it from the direction of “I want a proper track car”. Sure, you can buy yourself a $1-2k Civic or Golf and drop another $2-4k into it for a proper cage and making everything run right. But what if you want AWD? Ok, you can find a clean & turbo-ed Subaru for $4-5k and put another $2-4 to get everything…

Fuck I’m getting old. The first car I bought out of college was a GTI. It was right around when the 337 came out and they were celebrating the 20th anniversary (25th in Europe). Now we’re at the 40th anniversary...

I hope someone buys this, saves this thread, and 30 years from now when it appreciates to that amount, troll the hell out of everyone who says its a bad investment.

To be fair, if you’re going to drive a foot off of someone’s bumper, you’d better have cat like reflexes.

Didn’t watch every second start to finish, but looks like it only happens when he tries to turn right. And even the gentlest of right turns causes it to spin out. You can definitely tell that he’s aware of an issue, and is taking it very easy on right turns while limping around.

One of my first driving instructors (of the high-speed variety) commented that women who drove in heels were more prepared for heel-toe driving as they were used to using their feet to drive, and not their entire leg.

Does anyone actually know someone who has actually done this? I’ve always heard of it in concept, but I’ve yet to actually meet someone who has actually done it talk about how much they’ve made.

With the real design, American’s might just think they’re getting a hatchback - maybe even a “sporty hatchback” or a “fastback”.