This next car comes as a tip from Johnny Bouncewell who writes: Wanna spend the rest of your life looking for a tail light lens? Here you go. Ooof, that hurts. As someone who has owned cars with unobtanium parts (old Saabs, old Buicks, etc) I understand this problem. For every car like the ’57 […]
Words and cars for this next feature comes from Erik202: While i liked that Accord Touring posted recently and am willing to go along with the suggestion that its the best way to go fast while powering only the front wheels, having 4doors and staying in the DT price range, I’m curious which of these […]
Let’s imagine a world where you need a daily driver. Something that is modern enough to have airbags and be safe enough that your family won’t think you are insane…but it still needs to be fun. Oh, and practical. And seat 5 people. What if I told you that you could have all of this […]
The Porsche 912 (and it’s actually fun-to-drive cousin the 911) has been on a bit of a price bender as of late. In the past 12 years the Hagerty book value for a #4 “has visible flaws…runs fine, but could use…attention” has gone from a reasonable $8800 to a whopping $35,000 for a stunning 379% […]
Happy New Year’s Eve! The Porsche 914 is one of those classics that doesn’t get nearly as much love as it deserves, but at the same time if you drive a beaten-up version you will come away feeling underwhelmed. The basic 1.7 liter 4-pot is slow, but would a V8 version be too much? Would […]
The original Volkswagen Beetle wasn’t a fast or good looking car, but that shouldn’t stop you from adding one to your collection. You could just deal with the dumpy looks and wheezy powerplant and offer it up as a “hey, its cool to drive slow” badge of pride. Or you could modify the Bug with […]
This next advertisement is a bit frustrating. I saw a new Audi the other day and was totally unimpressed with the styling. I think it was the new A6, but it looked like a Hyundai. No, it looked like a 10 year old Hyundai because new Hyundais are good looking. New Audis are just boring, […]
I known I might sound a bit like Jan Brady when I caterwaul “Porsche, Porsche, Porsche, they get all the attention.” But it’s true. The Porsche 911s of all years and conditions have seen mind boggling levels of price inflation in the past few years and it doesn’t seem to make much sense or let […]
The second generation Volkswagen Golf was a significant upgrade to the original Mk 1 Golf in the safety, comfort, and refinement categories, but it is still slow compared to anything built in the last 20 years. However, today’s Mk 2 Golf has been given an injection of speed with a 2.7 V6 BiTurbo swap from […]
The E34 generation of BMW’s 5-series was sold from 1988 through 1995 with a wide variety of available engines. The collection of available motors included the beastly S38 inline-6 in the M5, the sweet sounding M60 V8, a bunch of slilky inline-6s of various displacements, a few junky inline-4s for Europe (including a 103 horsepower […]