What? As if 2020 hasn’t been enough already. . .

I had the same thought. Game shows have legitimate laws surrounding them. The Apprentice was a reality show with the conceit of being an inscrutably long job interview/internship. It also had the unfortunate side effect of rehabbing someone’s reputation as “stale-joke-of-a-con-man”/failed casino operator into that of…

I used to think that way, too. However, the realist in me looks out my window and sees two AWD cars, then acknowledges I’m probably not going to take a long bed C/K off-roading.  This is a great spec (and price) for a truck to support hobbies and home improvement.

This thing will last you a billion years and handle any cargo-handling task you throw at it. Nice price.

(My only personal reservation: of course, I’d rather have a manual but any truck gurus know the reasoning with a three-speed? I’m guessing because the 4L80e needs a brainbox. Then again, if I had built this I’dve…

Because half of these are gonna be GM, here’s my contribution to the pyre.

That was my thought, especially when he’s showing a picture of the donor repair section, and not a close-in of the actual rusted section on the car. (Also, why did I get the feeling that doodle hanging down in that picture is important?)

Like you said, the slow and go bits are almost trivial. First thought was ditch…

This. The shop where my wife and I bought our Kawis dealer does door-to-dealer-and back service. When they picked up our bikes for inspection and the 600 mile first service, their driver mentioned they had probably moved between 200-300 units in a little under three months.

This. The shop where my wife and I bought our Kawis dealer does door-to-dealer-and back service. When they picked up our bikes for inspection and the 600 mile first service, their driver mentioned they had probably moved between 200-300 units in a little under three months.

A little Google-Fu (on the number in the CL ad) shows this “Steve” cat is a flipper based out of Christiana, PA. Probably bought this thing at auction. Not that 40K across two owners in twenty years is much better but I’d love to see the registration history. Given the spec and mileage, I’d suspect this started out as…

Honestly, I completely forgot this thing existed.  Too bad Meh-Car-Monday isn’t a thing any more as this would be a prime candidate.

IIRC, they had plans of making a true bespoke chassis for the WRX at the time but those kinda crashed to earth. But yeah, prior to the rebranding, the “Impreza” has always been silent.

Because the Impreza moved on to the new “Global Platform” while Subaru decided to keep the WRX on the existing chassis one as they spun it off into a separate model. They then decided to refine that older platform rather than make the jump during the last “refresh,” and economics dictated they had to pick a packaging…

Have you looked inside a modern automatic transmission?

The de rigueur ZF 8HP, in AWD form.

Sweet! Last I had read, Ford said they had begun “officially” testing the configuration but had not yet committed to producing it. I mean, I’m probably still buying that Bad Lands but I’m happy to hear everyone who wants to row their own isn’t being told to go pound sand.

This is pretty much it.

Hell, look at the Bronco situation. I can live with the four-cylinder but c’mon, taking the fuckin’ Sasquatch package off the table and paywalling the same offroad gear behind the Badlands trim if I want the manual?  Pure bullshit, and I’m glad to see hints they’re walking back from that stance.

You remember I gave this Audi an admittedly irrational nice price as the major service had been done? And that you opened the can of worms by suggesting trans-swapping, and later even engine-swapping, an E39 wagon, which to be honest is a prospect no filthy casual would even consider? Just to be clear, we’ve both been…

Well, Columbo was my boy and he’s a beloved patron saint of us exhausting cunts.
So in that spirit, just one more thing. . .

M endorsement. Riding’s always been considered a fine way to accelerate that final meeting with one’s Maker and these days, in the era of shitty, self-absorbed and distracted driving of 4000lb+…

Actually I did understand, chief, and you apparently didn’t get that my bit about the racerep was tongue-in-cheek. I mean, you’d think the next three words of my post being “In all seriousness” would’ve clued one in as my religion forbids emoticons. Or at least that you’re playing to a favorable audience when I called…

So is flexing on the concept of not burning to death but here we are.

Nah, just an acknowledgement that we’re all young and dumb once. Looks like you’re having your moment. I will say I had probably had more fun on some angry aluminum, magnesium and plastic than you’ll have on that keyboard, unless you used it to buy Tesla stock five-ten years ago.