This is my little underdog. She is almost 3 years old. Her birth mother left her in uterine a month after her water broke. She was on life support for a month. Lungs were hard as a rock according to her surgeons. We wasn’t supposed to make it past 3 months old. We picked her up from the hospital and brought her home…

Yeah man, for real! It’s wicked late here in Australia(just crossed 2:30am, working late), but I’ll get in touch tomorrow morning.
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slow cars are also great cars :) Read more

Speaking of underdogs, a wagon variant of a defunct brand (Saab) surely qualifies, especially when it looks stock but has a bit of tuning going on under the hood... (ssshhhh) Read more

Barely seen the guy but I’ll try and ask him, snap a few photos if he lets me. AFAIT it’s flawless, a gem. Apparently it’s also a garage queen b/c it doesn’t sport license plates. Read more

Dude is such a car guy, doesn’t even know how to say “Prius” that’s awesome.
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Having owned many Volvos and many BMWs, both of you are absolutely correct. Very different. Saab and BMW are much closer in ethos. Volvo was more like the budget version of an old school Mercedes.
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I drive something that’s not only rare in my own country, it has single digits on the road in the US, AND it has made the top spot of multiple “Worst vehicle in the world” lists - A 1990 Nissan Vanette, a vehicle known pretty much solely for spontaneously self-immolating, and that Nissan recalled all of them in the US… Read more

I always viewed Volvos as the ultimate underdog car. As a young brand devotee, I would fume at Car and Driver’s treatment of the brand. They’d sort of give Volvo condescending lip service, and then predictably fawn over BMW. The fact of the matter is that I don’t think Volvo and BMW have really ever occupied the same…

Underdogs, unite!

Please make sure any podcast about it is accompanied by a main article with LOTS OF PICTURES! Read more

A new neighbor moved in last month and he owns a perfect 1976 4-door pearly white Dodge Dart. Read more

Who knew Pontiac made a right hand drive Tempest? I don’t remember that from My Cousin Vinny. Read more

In the early 70's, my sister had a ‘61 Tempest Station Wagon with a 4 cylinder and 3 speed on the floor. Silver, red interior. Sweet ride. I didn’t have a license yet but she let me drive it anyway. Lot’s of fun (as you would expect from driving anything at that age.) Read more

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I enjoy underdog cars for the looks you get when you smoke some “fast” car with them. Read more

Update, for those interested. Read more

I’ll never forget how my first college girlfriend taught me how to drive a manual (an early 90's Honda Civic) in 1997. She laughed so hard when I bottomed out, over and over again. Made me drive all the way from Auburn University to Birmingham, AL, to her parent’s driveway so I’d know how to really start up a hill… Read more

Im calling dibs on a story for next seasons podcast you know this David :) Read more