Category Archive: eBay Find, OTHER
Ebay Find: The Most Optimistic Yugo Owner In The World!
The Yugo GV…that horrid, miserable little cube of a car that couldn’t get out of it’s own way. The mailbox with taillights. Rolling birth control. One could go on for ages about the...
Random Car Review: The 1987-89 Subaru RX – The Predecessor To Every Performance Scooby Made Today
Consider this Subaru’s true Genesis moment for performance. Before the WRX and STi, before the 22B that was brought over from Japan to tease the motorsports press, we had a two...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: iDrive Featuring Siri, Your One-Armed Budii, And A Broken Weiner
Come inside from the cold, dust the snow off of your boots at the door, and sit down. We’ve got the Malört poured and we’re frying up some of our favorite news from the “who gives...
Top 11: No V8 Needed – A Selection Of Cars We Would Take A Different Path With
(Lead photo: Bret Kepner) I can’t speak for the other two, but in my automotive history I’ve only dealt with two vehicles that did not have V8s: a Chevy Blazer that had the 4.3 V6, and a...
Scrapple: Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Bolts, Catapults, And Street Justice!
With the Chicago Auto Show dumping uninspiring cars and unbelievably chromed-out trucks on us, it seems fitting that this week’s Scrapple should be Chicago-based…so take a half-eaten hot...
Caption This: The Glow-In-The-Dark Nissan Leaf We Highly Doubt You Asked For
The Nissan Leaf is not so much of a car as it is an annoyance. It’s the vehicle that exists for people who want to feel morally superior to Toyota Prius owners, looks like a last-generation...
Question Of The Day: What Was The Last Automotive Unicorn You Saw?
It’s one thing to spot a nice car in traffic. Maybe you caught a quick flash of colorful paint or heard some good noises a couple of cars ahead and tried to find out what it was. But it’s...
Craigslist Find: A VW Beetle With A GM 3800 V6 Hanging Off Of The Back
It takes some serious stones to think up an engine swap like this. This 1973 Volkswagen Beetle has been subjected to one of the strangest engine swaps I’ve seen in quite some time, where a GM...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: A Wrangler Competitor From GMC, Playboy’s Cars Of The Year, And More!
Belly up to the table, shut your eyes, hold your nose and take a bite: It’s this week’s Scrapple, the cluster-F of news that has all the attractiveness of the fry cook. Hot sauce by the...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: The New Mitsubishi SUV, The New Big Caddy, And Your New Mustache Ride!
Another week, another weak set of stories that came down the pipes in the vain hopes that someone would take the time to read them. Do they appeal to somebody? Maybe, but as far as we’re...
NAIAS 2015: Cadillac CTS-V, Ram Rebel, And More Ford GT News
Day two of the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit is still rife with new vehicles and other interesting bits. Here’s some of the more interesting pieces from Tuesday’s...
Radial-Engined Baja Bug? Don’t Mind If We Do! Check Out Video Of This Freak Starting And Running!
What is going on in somebody’s head when they take a look at a perfectly good Baja Bug and they suddenly remember that they have a good Continental R-670 engine just sitting out in the shed...
This S2000-powered 1966 Sunbeam Minx Project Is Awesome And Homebuilt!
When Dennis Rannebeck warned us that digging into this project thread from 67-72ChevyTrucks.com would potentially be a late-night read, he knew what he he was saying. I, however, shrugged off his...
