I've done all of this, deliberately or otherwise, in varying Volkswagens. Is this not how you're supposed to drive?
Not enough.
Knowing how much FJ-55s go for here in the US, it's weird seeing one decked out for combat; it's like seeing a Cobra set up as a technical.
I'd give my worst enemy a 1990-something four-door Civic, automatic transmission, cloth interior, no power anything. It'll run forever, dully and slowly. Eventually he or she may even come to appreciate it; it will never cost too much to fix and will never die catstropically. It will be a prison too dull and reliable to escape, one as insidious and awful as life in the Midwest.
If this were Pixar cars, these two would be Stadtler and Waldorf, all sitting by making snarky old-man comments at the traffic rushing by.
@Obtuse: Ha, my parents had one of those for decades. Made of plastic so it didn't rust it managed to be one of those cars that never needed an expensive repair after the threshold of 'if this car needs an expensive repair we're using that as an excuse to replace it' had been reached.
My greatest hope is that leads to the return of the wheel pant as automotive fashion.
@ChiefPontiaxe: Playing with sharp rusty toys is the only way to learn!
@BraappBraapp: Oh, that's cool!
@slowcarfast: Nowadays the engine is right on the blower; a truck or front-end loader can hook up to the entire unit when needed.
@Quattro-luvr: Heck yes! I had the KITT kit with a special track.
@jalopnikfan: They would have muddied the name of rotary for America the same way they ruined Diesel?
@SubieBlast: Rotary mufflers, for the win.
@Tenacious_ADG: Nokian tires make any car into a winter car.
@472CID: You're doing it wrong if you're not paying more attention to the road than the hot, hot man-touching.
@dogapult: No, the round headlights and lack of a front mounted radiator clearly disqualify the Vanagon. You can clearly see the recurve in the front in the bay window as, well. In the front view, not shown, the squared-off shape of the windsheild in the Vanagon is clearly incorrect. Finally, the Mystery Machine debuted a full decade before the Vanagon. The real question is what kind of rear has that tuck-in the MM exhibits; probably part of the customisation.
I've really put far too much thought into this over the years.
I've really put far too much thought into this over the years.
@dogapult: It's clearly a shortened Samba, shut up.
Re: No1. : 'charge up the Mr Fusion and hit the road.' Road? Where we're going we don't need roads!
@rotaryfreakjoe: What, you want your hearse to look cheery?
@Alejandro Barrios: Electric, gas, hydraulic - the chassis is so weird that *anything* would be appropriate.
