Yesterday we saw a car straight out of a science fiction movie. And like a red shirt in a Star Trek Episode, the ETV went DOA with 81% of you Crack Piping its fifty grand asking price.

Only six grand will buy you today's contender, and while the ETV would have trouble traversing a phalanx of migratory Scolecophidia, this Suzuki could hurdle moose without getting antler on its skidplates.

Meaning those who serve, the name samurai denoted the protectors of the classical Japanese nobility. Selfless and brave, the warriors dedicated their lives to their protectorates, accepting death before defeat.

What might end in your death, or your ending up walking home on your feet is this modded Suzuki, for which the seller is asking $6,000 for his efforts.

For the unfamiliar, the Suzuki Samurai was condemned by Consumer Reports for having the non-traditional driving dynamics of a vehicle designed to be driven off-road. Tall, with a high ground clearance and requisite center of gravity, trucklettes like the Samurai tend to flip over when you get up to speed and then saw at the wheel as though you suddenly remembered you left the stove on back home.

This 1988 example has had these tendencies, not quelled, but celebrated, with a 6" lift and 35" tires, putting the passengers firmly into nosebleed altitudes. Lots of other mods have been made, including a heart transplant from a 1.6 litre Geo Tracker to help get those inevitable spills over more quickly.

So, there's lots of fun of the hold my beer nature to be had with this little Suzuki, and, as the seller lists a bushido of parts that have gone into it, there at least exists some rationale for the asking price. But, is that asking price a kimono full of of Nice Price? Or, is that the Ginzu of Crack Pipe?

You decide!


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Have you ever wondered what happened to the kid from your high school Japanese Club? Remember, the one that dressed all in black, wore wooden shoes and claimed he was the reincarnation of a famous samurai? Apparently, that kid tried to buy a $20,000 Chrysler in Prospect with a $13,000 IOU and a beat up old Honda. When the dealer refused, the guy went to his car and pulled out some weapons, smashed the windows of the car he wanted and jumped on the top of it wielding his sword. The man has been charged with attempted theft, vandalism and wing-nuttery. If only he'd have tried to buy a car from this guy in Texas. – Matt Hardigree

Prospect car buyer turns violent, wields Samurai sword [Consumer Reports]

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