February 16, 2012 – Diplomatic immunity means never having to say you're sorry. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Euro-spec Mercedes 300D looks like something a foreign attaché might drive, but will its price tax your diplomacy? A robust 83% Nice Price win was the take away for yesterday's 302-powered XR4Ti, the lure... More »
For $2,000, Would You Make This V8 Merkur Your Baby?
February 15, 2012 – Having a baby means sleepless nights and changing lots and lots of diapers. The seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Merkur XR4Ti has changed its turbo 2.3 for a carb'd 302, but now needs to make way for his new arrival. More »
For $21,500 Canadian, Is This Star A Reasonably Priced Car?
February 14, 2012 – Beta Ursae Majoris, better known as Merak, is a star in the constellation, Ursa Major, also better known as the Big Dipper. Its namesake, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Maserati Merak, is located much closer than that, but is its price too big a dip into your wallet? In an interesting contrast,... More »
For $15,000, This Is A Pro-Tour Contour
February 13, 2012 – While based on Ford's CDW27 World Car platform, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Contour SVT is set up as a Safety Car for that most American of racing series — More »
For $6,500, Bimmer Bimmer, Chicken Dinner
February 10, 2012 – Cracker Jack is a tasty treat that comes with a toy surprise inside the box. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW E34 looks pretty tasty, and the surprise 6-speed inside makes it ready to play. More »
For $25,000, If You Can Make It There, You’ll Make It Anywhere
February 9, 2012 – New York is known as the City that never sleeps, and, the Big Apple. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '64 New Yorker is painted black which seems appropriate considering the city's unofficial dress code, but will its price have you saying I'M WALKIN' HERE, I'M WALKIN' HERE? Unsurprisingly,... More »
For $5,500, Always Know Your Door Count
February 8, 2012 – If you've ever played Portals 1 and 2 you'll know the benefit of having a door at just the right spot. Today'sNice Price or Crack Pipe Maserati gives you not one, not two, but four handy portals, but does its price take the cake? Oh Florida, you so crazy these days. More »
For $13,000, This 928’s Wad is Blown
February 7, 2012 – For all its veneration, Porsche's 928 doesn't seem to get all that much respect. As example, today's Nice Price Or Crack Pipe '82 928S has gone from Weissach to Woodward, but is its price at least respectable? Alfa Romeos, like 2-year olds, require constant attention. More »
For $3,200, Is This Alfa Prime?
February 6, 2012 – Rossi are Red, Veloce are too, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Alfa è bello, but does its price say screw you? When the Alfa Romeo Milano appeared for the first time at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, I dutifully visited the display to check it out, new U.S. More »
For $16,000, This Corvette Should Come With Miles Of Orange Track
February 3, 2012 – The 1965 Mako Shark II concept car previewed the styling direction of the C3 Corvette, albeit with greater exaggeration. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '71 Coupe is claimed to be a MACO - whatever that is — More »
For $5,500, is this VW a Mexican, or a Mexican’t?
February 2, 2012 – This year, Volkswagen released a new New Beetle, and over the decades they built like a gazillion old Old Beetles. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Type 1 is a new Old Beetle, but is its price old news? When life gives you LeMons, screw making lemonade, get racing! More »
For $550, Your LeMons Limo Awaits
February 1, 2012 – Current economic conditions may not be optimal, but that doesn't mean you'd have to completely give up life's luxuries, or as today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Geo Metro proves, LeMons racing. More »
For $44,777, Fo-Fo-Fo-Foolin’
January 31, 2012 – The Gemballa Mirage GT took Porsche's audacious Carrera GT and gave it more of everything. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Gemballa-aping Boxster also has more — More »
For $3,500, Børk at the Moon
January 30, 2012 – Volvos and V8s go together like Ikea furniture and orthogonality. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe trumped up 240 is probably pretty good on the straights, but will its price throw you for a curve? I don't normally like to on Mondays reference Friday's results, preferring instead to start the week... More »
For $3,000, Built Ford Meth
January 27, 2012 – For more years than can be counted on both one's finger and toes, Ford's F-150 has been the best-selling new vehicle in the US, making them pretty ubiquitous. More »
For $10,500, This W123 Has Been Around the Block
January 26, 2012 – Mercedes' W123 is famous for its bank vault build quality and classic styling. Add to those attributes a 5-speed stick and some AMG bits, as on today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '82 280TE, and you may have a winning wagon. More »
For $5,000, This Cherokee Is A Little More Grand
January 25, 2012 – Over the course of its existence Jeep Brand ownership has been like a game of hot potato while the trucks themselves have seemed almost like go anywhere time capsules. More »
For $4,999, Que Sera, Sera, Sera
January 24, 2012 – Toyota's JDM EXY10, better known as the Sera, was named after the French word for will be. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Sera will be a rare sight here in the US, and it will be a freakin' challenge to get registered here. More »
For $2,400, The SHOchero Rules
January 23, 2012 – Blah, blah blah, Ranchero, Yada, yada, yada, El Camino. Let us not get into a debate over the merits of car-based pickup trucks, let us only bask in the awesome possum that is today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe SHO Taurus truck, the only debatable element of which may be its price. When, back in the... More »
For $46,000, This Cobra is a Pirate
January 20, 2012 – Grammatically, pirates use ‘Arr' as an indefinite article, as in Arr, ‘tis a fast car, I seek*. Ford's SVT team used ‘R' to denote their most venomous of Cobras, and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe snake is definitely a desirable article, but is its price too much of a pirate's booty... More »
