Window Regulators (or anything related to windows not going up/down). I see so many classified ads with “Window does not go up/down.” Also see so many enthusiasts bash on entire brands for bad window regulators. Only need hand tools and hardest part is pulling off the door card.

Seriously, if this gets higher then 80% ND (the K-Car’s vote), something is seriously wrong with the lot of you. Not saying it should be NP (I’m solidly in FP territory on this one, and I still sorta want it), but I hope to restore some faith in carmanity. 

How about managing to avoid one this weekend?

I forgot that the SSR was even a thing. Between that, the Prowler, and the Thunderbird, the 2000's were a weird time.

They’re around - Boxster prices are getting a little nuts, but I think (hope) it’s just a temporary response per current car inventory. 2 quick examples: Here’s a 2000 Boxster Auto going for $15k with 80k miles: https://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/ctd/d/lawrence-2000-porsche-boxster/7308101099.html

Per the article, the Tiguan is the best-selling model since 2018. Sounds like they “get” the US-market just fine.

I’ve been seeing plain-jane non-S Boxsters with similar mileage going for that kind of money. ~60k miles is pretty low for a 20 year old car - do the math, that’s 3k miles a year. I work from home and drive my car maybe 2-3 times a week and still end up with ~5k a year. Honestly, I’d avoid this car just because of the…

When I was a kid, my dad tried to teach me swimming by holding my head underwater and/or throwing me into the pool.

I think “reliable” is a subjective word. Personally, I feel like my last new car, a 2017 GTI I leased for 30k miles was the most unreliable. In that time frame, the AC worked only about half the time, and the transmission was slipping pretty badly when I turned it back in (it was also losing oil, which I think may…

This is the best description I’ve ever read of Amazon (Amazon-Seller here, only because you have to these days). They’re really just a bunch of bullies.

I haven’t driven one of these since high school, but I do remember this gen of Camry being a pretty fun, lively car - something that can’t be said of ANY camry generation past this. I can imagine a manual making it even better, and maybe the AWD taking away some of the push in handling. There isn’t much in these…

Wow - pandemic really gets into those far corners of the internet, huh?

I definitely miss my 2017. Mine was a bit of a lemon - transmission was starting to slip when I turned it back in at 30k, it burned a bit of oil (I think it may have been going out the main into the transmission), and I went without AC for a year because of an intermittent issue that went away every time it got within…

I just saw one of these Sunday morning, driven by a tiny old lady in Sunday best (complete with awesome blue hat) slowly going up a hill near my house. It was as immaculate as this one. NP for the only real sunday driver!

20 years ago was 2001. At that time, you started seeing a lot of the safety tech that are found in current cars, especially in what was a high-end European car of that era. Front & side airbags, advanced crumple zones, backup cameras, seat-belt pretensioners etc. You can even find IIHS crash tests for lots of models…

This. So many people use mileage as the only indicator of vehicle condition.

Totally. I saw this show where the dude would have put the bike on its slide, smack the wheel with the bike, launching it back to the asshat who rolled it down the hill (knocking him out in spectacular fashion), ride the side of the bike, jump onto that box truck via a back flip, then jump into the convertible with…

Right - so if these are fetching $30k on the low-end on BaT, and this seller is asking $35k for a visibly worn example 2-clicks shy of a lemon-law case...

Being curious as to where prices lie on these beasts these days, I did a very shallow dive on AMG wagons. BaT was the first thing that popped up on Google - prices are all over the place since they made these for several years, but I did find several 2012 models ranging in price from $30-40k.

My father-in-law has a long-bed S-10 (or Jimmy - I forget). Manual, RWD, and most importantly NOT lifted. It’s rusting to the point of being unsafe for the road (despite having under 50k and no winter use), but a few of us kids are eagerly keeping tabs on it. Big trucks are overrated for Home Depot - they’re that much…