Why they're called "Beaters" - The story of my Honda Civic DX

A cheap daily is usually a car that wears its battle scars with pride, like a soldier having fought several battles in an ongoing war. If you use that as a measuring stick, this Civic is the most decorated Honda in existence. If dents are a sign of character, consider...

Nov 21, 2024

Restoring a Dollar-Store Supercar - The Story of my BMW E39 M5

There are a few cardinal rules when buying a car to resell: Don't buy one with potentially expensive mechanical issues. Don't buy electrically complicated cars without proper diagnostic equipment. And never buy one that needs expensive bodywork. Unless, of course, it's a BMW E39 M5. This is the story of...

Nov 21, 2024

5 Things No One Tells You About Owning A Used Luxury Car

There's a difference between being cheap and treasuring value per dollar spent. One is knowing where the best burger joint is, and the other is going up to other tables and asking for unwanted leftovers and spare ketchup packets. Understanding this distinction is the reason why almost exactly one year...

Nov 21, 2024

Why We Hate Car Shopping

As we read yesterday, With this type of aversion to the auto purchasing process it is no wonder Tesla's direct sales model has struck a chord with consumers, and faced so much resistance from dealerships. People want a better way. But why is car-buying such a stressful process? It all...

Nov 21, 2024

Big Thrill, Tiny Package: The Story of my EP3 Honda Civic Si

Follow my train of thought: In a local supermarket, walking through the dairy aisle after picking up a pack of mozzarella slices and whole wheat bread, I wondered how universal my mundane grocery-getting adventure was. Then, I thought about how most car enthusiasts, rich or poor, wanted the same thing...

Nov 21, 2024

The Affordable Supercar: The Ultimate E46 M3 Buyer's Guide

A mostly complete guide on purchasing the Ultimate Driving Machine. Don't Panic. *This is an article from . If you'd like to see more of these types of articles, check us out * The story's original article can be found What is this, and why do I need one? This,...

Nov 21, 2024

Roadside Dealership Will Make Your Jalop Dreams Come True

This wonderful place of awesomeness was found by Opponauts It's in Jackson, MI and unlike , this place has plenty of cheap, weird, and strange rides for your next project car hell. I can only imagine the noise that will come from this 1964 Chrysler New Yorker Nast Drag Car...

Nov 21, 2024

The Champ is Here: The Ultimate BMW E39 M5 Buyer's Guide

A (mostly) complete guide on how to purchase the best 4-door sports car ever made. BMW's M division has made quite a name for itself by taking cars, primarily leased by first-year CPAs and paid off by tenth-year CPAs, and placing exotic drivetrains where their significantly less dramatic stock engines...

Nov 21, 2024

What it's like to buy and own a BMW E60 5-Series: The First 6 Months

Here's a full and ridiculously detailed review of an OppositeLock reader's BMW E60 550i. ...

Nov 21, 2024

Finally, Car Buying Advice That Doesn’t Suck

As a few of you may have noticed, we've just launched a new sub-blog dedicated to helping people in the market for a new or used car. We have cleverly titled it . The mission is simple: Give car buying advice that doesn't suck. Most of the sites on the...

Nov 21, 2024

Live Out Your NASCAR Dreams With This IROC Trans Am

Now you, too can live out your Stock Car fantasies in this bona-fide IROC Firebird Trans Am! It also (allegedly) has a bit of history tied to it: This unique PENSKE IROC Pontiac Firebird Trans Ams car number 22 has a extra valuable collectors car history in relation to all...

Nov 21, 2024

Five Reasons Why You Need To Buy A Nissan 240 SX Right Now

In the late '80s, Nissan decided to revolutionize the sport compact market by introducing the , an affordable RWD sports car that almost single-handedly made the hot hatch platform obsolete. Here are a few reasons everyone needs to own one. Photo by on Flickr 5. It will never be cheaper....

Nov 21, 2024

Ebay Challenge: The American Way For Under $5k

With the nation's 238th birthday around the corner, I figured it necessary to grab a La-Z-Boy, heat up a bacon-injected apple pie, and challenge all of you red-blooded patriots to browse the internet (, by the way) for the best cars that were forged in the land of the free....

Nov 21, 2024

The Ten Best American Cars On Ebay For Under $5k

Yesterday, on the eve of our nation's birth, I asked you to find the , the rules being that it had to be American, and it had to have a value of $5k or less. These are the 10 best American cars that ever did 'Murica - on a budget....

Nov 21, 2024

17 Amazing Facts About Your Favorite American Muscle Cars

From OppositeLock, here's a list of stuff you probably didn't know about America's most popular breed of bare-chested hoon-mobiles, the muscle cars. ...

Nov 21, 2024