This next car comes as a tip from Art C who writes: See a better way to be an Ass-tra man? Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Here’s an Opel. Just with a Saturn rebranding. Got generally good reviews, basically the same car as offered across the pond with slightly different suspension tuning. Find this 2008 Saturn […]
If you thought that the era of cheap Porsche 911 996s was behind us…well, think again. The fried egg P-car continues to be the cheapest 911 on the market, even if it offers one of the better driving experiences…but you might have re-orient what you consider cheap from $15k to $20k. Inflation, I guess. Anyway, […]
The E46 generation BMW 3-series was not that much different from the previous generation (E36) but it did take the same basic formula and just up the goodness factor. More power, more refined ride, and a better interior are only some of the benefits of the E46 generation, but one of the biggest changes was […]
BMW built an astonishing 2.5 million E30s in coupe, sedan, estate & convertible trim from 1982 through 1994. The ursprünglicher gangster BMW 3-series was a successful yuppy-mobile when new and has generated a significant cult following as a cheap, fun & reliable sports sedan. Today the M version is overpriced and the convertible versions seem […]
Boxing day is not a celebration of Rocky Marciano…no…not quite. Boxing day is the second day of Christmastide and was traditionally a day when poor people where given gifts, but it is now been co-oped by big business as a shopping day where poor people give their money to rich people for cheap trinkets. At […]
The Volkswagen Corrado was a oddball in VW’s 1980s/90s lineup. It somewhat replaced the aging 2nd gen Scirocco, but not really and it wasn’t much sportier than a Golf GTI…so what was it? A VR6 powered Golf chassis based 3-door with a 179 horsepower 12-Valve VR6 motor was a strange vehicle, but today’s example has […]
Volkswagen their watercooled front-engine front-drive Eurovan to the USA market in 1993, which was a replacement to the rear-engine rear-drive Type 2 platform, but was it an upgrade? Both platforms have their fans, but the Eurovan is easier to work on (try getting to a spark plug on the wasserboxer engine) and drives more like […]
Perhaps I was a bit quick to judge the scenic middle California coastal town of Atascadero in my previous rant about the Jeep Cherokee with the chopped up bits. Perhaps I should not judge a book by its cover, an inmate by his straightjacket. The last car we featured in that small town was…well…strange, but […]
The Mercedes-Benz SL600 is a complex beast that is powered by a lean mean M120 V12 that pushes something around 389 horsepower into a slushbox automatic transmission. These cars are known to require a thick stack of cash to keep properly maintained, but with only 56k on the odometer, how much maintenance could this really […]
The W211 Mercedes-Benz E-class replaced the W210 for the 2003 model year and continued through to the 2009 model year. It was the last E-class to maintain the classic Benz roundish headlamps (now they look like any Hyundai or Infiniti on the road) and today’s example has the fearsome supercharged V8 under the hood. Find […]