Wow, it has been a fivetastic week. Fiveriffic. Fivellisimo! From cars with 5-cylinders to 5-doors to 5-owners to 5-finger discounts, the week has been exhilarating and esoteric. I just wish I’d thought of that 5-finger discount thing before the week started. How about one more before we end this party — how about a 5-window […]
I’ve always felt like the 5-cylinder was the red headed stepchild of the inline internal combustion engine family. Four-bangers are everywhere; inline sixes are “teh sex” and normally reserved for silky German machinery (unless we’re talking pre-V6 America, in which case they were completely pedestrian). But the 5-pot never got much attention. Maybe that’s why […]
Lug swaps from 4 to 5 or 6 to 5 aren’t all that uncommon but usually are done as part of a quest for more stopping power. But who cares about stopping anyway when you’re trying to go fast? Find this 2000 Ford Escort for sale in Camden, SC for $11,000 via craigslist. This post is part of DT’s […]
Wrapping up our celebration of the first 5 cars posted to Daily Turismo, coming in at number 5 is the Mercury Cougar XR7 (Now read that again in your best Casey Kasem voice). Find this 1967 Mercury Cougar XR7 for sale in New Haven, CT for $18,000 via craigslist. This post is part of DT’s 5th Birthday Celebration. 5 years ago […]
Putting together a list of the best cars from your local fuzz depot sounds easy because…well…there is the Crown Victoria. Everything else is just a pretender. Unfortunately, the modern cop cars are faster, better equipped, and ride nicer than old Queen Vic, but we’ll kick of this festival of 5-Oh with a Vicky. There are […]
The Mercedes 500 series has been around in some sort of way since the 1970’s. These were premium cars with big boy V8 engines. Today’s piece covers car from as old as 1991 to as new as 2003 in the E, SL, CL, and SEC class of cars. Generally speaking, these Benzes suffer from pretty […]
The 4th car posted to Daily Turismo was a shhhhporteee 2001 Porsche Boxster S. If you missed your chance to pick one up 5 years ago, here’s another chance for you now. Find this 2001 Porsche Boxster S for sale in Sandpoint, ID for $12,900 via craigslist. This post is part of DT’s 5th Birthday Celebration. 5 […]
Fifty thousand greenbacks buys you a seriously mean piece of steel on wheels, but only if you avoid the garbage like Porsche 912s (seriously…why do these cost more than a similar condition Beetle?) and brand new Jeep Wranglers (newsflash…the car will be worth $5k in 10 years…sorry new Jeep buyers…I didn’t make the rules, I […]
Car #3 posted to DT back in the day was a 2001 Corvette Z06. That was then, this is now. Find this 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 for sale in Bothell, WA for $19,500 via craigslist. This post is part of DT’s 5th Birthday Celebration. Post(er) child #3 was a red Z06 with a salvage title with an […]
There are places around the world where having a lifted 4X4 is functional, useful, and downright essential for daily driving during monsoon season, winter, or Black Friday. Los Angeles, California is not one of those places…so, naturally, I’m going to focus my search for lifted junk in the city of Angels. Let’s kick things off […]