This Is Absolutely The Saddest Way To Have Your Car Delivered

In the beginning, cars can give a much-needed feeling of hope for the future to their all-too-happy owners picking them up from the showroom. But after a while, cars become sad versions of what they once were, and that's when you get places like this Copart salvage yard treating someone's...

Apr 21, 2025

Idiot Thief Brings Car Back To Dealership To Complain About Key Fob

A Florida used car dealership was targeted by a team of thieves who used identity theft to "purchase" vehicles. By the time the dealer got the alert that the paperwork was falsified, the cars were gone. The dealership was able to recover one of the cars due to a bone-headed...

Apr 21, 2025

How To Own A Fast And Reliable Toyota Supra Turbo For Next To Nothing

The phrase that unequivocally resonates throughout the universe is "There's no such thing as a free lunch". Unbeknownst to the rest of existence, there is one glaring exception to this rule: The Mark III Toyota Supra. However, it does have one major drawback, which I will kindly explain how to...

Apr 21, 2025

You Can Buy This Original VW GTI For Less Than The Price Of A Used ATV

The Honda Civic Si. The Ford Fiesta ST. The MazdaSpeed 3. Every one of these cars owes its 15 minutes in the automotive limelight to the originator - the Mk. I Volksagen GTI. Fortunately for you historical thrill-seekers, for the price of a used ATV. Three cheers for the free...

Apr 21, 2025

Have You Ever Bought Or Received A Car For Christmas?

Every year we have to watch those obnoxious television commercials. You know the ones where some yuppie couple wakes up on Christmas morning, then walks outside in some overpriced pajamas sipping a latte only to find a brand new luxury car with a bow on top. Does this really happen?...

Apr 21, 2025

Here's A Crazy Cheap 9000-RPM Honda S2000 That You Need In Your Life

Put this number in your head - 150. That's how many times the crank in revolves at full tilt, every second. Not only is that absolutely mind-boggling, but it's a figure that can be repeated ad infinitum without the risk of breaking, because Honda. All this textbook hoonery can now...

Apr 21, 2025

What Do You Say To Someone Who Made A Bad Car Purchase?

When most people want your opinion on a car purchase, they don't actually want your true thoughts. They just want to be validated, because they want to believe they didn't just throw money away. Over the years I've been pretty good at this, but sometimes you can't hide it. This...

Apr 21, 2025

Here's How You Can Own This Vintage Porsche 911 SC For Chump Change

If you've been in possession of a more-or-less reliable pulse for the last few years and have glanced at the used car market at least once, you'd have figured out that . Now's your chance to roll up your sleeves and buy one of your very own for next to...

Apr 21, 2025

eBay Challenge: The Best Japanese Cars For Less Than $15,000

Japan is an island the size of California located on the other side of the globe. Yet their immense influence on car culture has such a broad grasp that even today we look to many Japanese makes with wide-eyed nostalgia and reverence. This week's challenge is to find the best...

Apr 21, 2025

You Will Not Find A Better Used Civic Than This One

Remember when showing off your Civic meant a fart-can exhaust and a completely useless deck-spoiler? I'm glad we have moved beyond that too. Now that we are a little older and wiser we can appreciate a truly magnificent modified masterpiece. Behold this K20 swapped 1979 Honda Civic. Brought to us...

Apr 21, 2025

You Can Buy This 11-Second Corvette Z06 For The Price Of A Ford Fiesta

The best raw value in the used car market in is almost always made in America. Need the biggest luxobarge for your dollar? Go with a Town Car. The best bang for your quarter mile buck? - meticulously maintained, for less than the price of the most frugal of gas...

Apr 21, 2025

Here Are Ten Of The Best Japanese Cars On eBay For Less Than $15,000

Last week I asked you value-seeking lot to . Why Japan? Because its pervasive car culture destroys the conventional thinking that you can't get a car that's fast, cheap, and reliable. Ladies and gentlemen, get ready to kill the rest of your afternoon. In the mid-naughties, Mazda decided to create...

Apr 21, 2025

How To Own The Cheapest And Most Reliable 70+ MPG Hybrid Ever Made

What if I told you that you could have more than 70 miles per gallon and a manual transmission in a car that looks brand new, with unwavering, rock-solid reliability? Unfortunately, that car doesn't exist. But it can. I'm here to show you how to make the otherwise forgotten Honda...

Apr 21, 2025

You Can Buy This Gorgeous Lotus Elise For The Price Of A Mazda Miata

When you were a kid, you wanted to own a race car. Then you grew up and realized that your hip hurts when you get out of bed in the morning and you're not a millionaire. Fortunately for you, your good friend depreciation has made it possible to , an...

Apr 21, 2025

Help Car Buying Make 2015 Awesome

Back in July, Jalopnik launched a new sub-blog with a very simple goal: "Give car-buying advice that doesn't suck." While Tavarish and I have very different perspectives on how to buy cars, we feel that we provide a great balance between and So how did we do so far? What...

Apr 21, 2025