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Great story and well told Douglas. Anyone who sees this as anything other than brilliant is a fool. They call it dishonest when it should really just be called marketing. ... View more

This article was great. I purchased a 4Runner from a friend of mine that had purchased another vehicle and just wanted to get rid of it for $1000. He thought it needed about a grand to fix it up but was able to fix it for $90.00. It was a great vehicle until my son lent it to his roommates girlfriend and she got hit by another vehicle that left turned in front of her at a yellow blinky arrow signal. When her insurance company offered $10,038 to total it I calmly but quickly accepted their offer. I have also owned an '87 Comanche Pioneer for the last 25 years with 166,000 miles, 4 liter, 5 speed and would not sell it for anything. It has (1 wheel drive) meaning it will get stuck in mud if it just sees it. The tradeoff is that in the rain in second gear I can feather the throttle to slowly break the back end loose and spin the rear wheels indefinitely. In a way I guess I invented drifting. ... View more

Statute of Limitations apply... In the mid-80s I sold a small business I had and went to work for a Dodge dealer. Took a brand new Shelby out for lunch and decided to go by the old store and lay some rubber. When I got back to work I noticed the front wheels were torqued (pigeon toed) so I took the keys back in and hung them on the board. ... View more

It's challenges like these Mr. Cooperider that make me want to drag my '98 A-4 Avant out of the monkey grass and get it running again. My current two options are to wait until 2023 when it will be 25 years old and no longer need emissions so I can gut the cats and not worry about the dashboard lights that would currently keep it from passing. My second option, also in 2023 would be to hope electric options become more affordable where I can stuff the back of the wagon with batteries. WAIT, I just turned 65 and can apply for a waiver from emissions...maybe I'll just drag it out this weekend. Thanks Mr. Cooperider for the inspire ... View more

Kudos on the photography for this article. Many great views of each car with final photos showing a full side view of each. ... View more

Took my drivers test in my Mom's 500ci El Dorado in 1972. Happy Birthday to her today, she would have been 87. ... View more

My uncle gave me his "used up" Kadette about three months before I turned 16. Three weeks after getting my license I was out driving and got t-boned at an intersection (passenger side) by a car that ran a red light. The door still opened and closed. The officer said he could not place blame and to just let our insurance companies take care of it. The car that hit me was a station wagon with a mother, going to her daughters wedding and the grandmother. Inside their car were all of the crystal ware that was destroyed and the wedding cake in the back seat that ended up on the dashboard. I had to show the officer my paper license but when I got home my regular license was in the mail. ... View more