A few weeks ago we celebrated DT's 4th Birthday with a huge selection of 100 cars from the past 100 years, and graphics guru Kaibeezy put together a bonus quiz regarding the badges. Prizes were promised for those with good answers and it is time to deliver -- the following people get a nice, signed, dedicated 8x10 of
their favorite KBZ artwork. Matt Cramer, Zach, Paulmar, Mister Lou, Hunter, & Scot.
In case you missed the crazy DT birthday celebration from last week, let me give you a quick recap. We published 100 cars in 5 days, with a focus on iconic designs from each year/decade/era. DT's logo guru Kaibeezy put together an awesome set of badges/graphics for this celebration and I didn't want to miss the chance to investigate those pixels a bit. In case you wanted to know more about the badges, we've put together this quiz -- and the person with the best answers gets a prize.
Not really excited by the idea of getting a new vehicle? You and me both, brother. Why not make the ultimate compromise and get brand-boring-new reliability with that 1990’s econobox charm. Keep the 90’s alive with this brand new 2016 Nissan Tsuru on Mercado Libre in Moctezuma, Mexico for $125,000 Mexican Pesos, or about $6,700 US monies. This
post is the final part of DT's 2016 Birthday Celebration of 100 cars;
hope you enjoyed the ride...I'm spent!
The visceral experiences of driving are slowly being taken away from us sense by sense. In economy cars, we’re faced with a pretty flaccid selection of 1.6 to 2.4 liter four cylinder powerplants that have had all of their idiosyncrasies and power peaks normalized out. Ford, though not immune to offering boring engine options, at least provides the possibility of getting a boosted one liter triple in the Fiesta and Focus. Sounding like a turbocharged vintage triple bike when some resonating equipment is removed, the 1.0 is pretty rorty when opened up. Having driven one as a rental in Germany, I can say that the noise from in the cabin and the slight added vibration of the three makes driving the car a hoot. Row your own gears in this 2015 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost 6 speed on craigslist in Sharon, CT for $13,000. This
post is part of DT's 2016 Birthday Celebration of 100 cars;
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For some reason, a certain sector of buyers will always opt for diesel if it is an option. Maybe it is because they get marginally better fuel consumption per gallon over gas versions. Perhaps they have a tank of untaxed farm diesel behind the barn. Maybe they like the rich smell of heavy oil exhaust. Find this 2014 Chevy Cruze Diesel for sale in Clive, IA for $15,500 via craigslist. This
post is part of DT's 2016 Birthday Celebration of 100 cars;
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In 2014 Chevrolet introduced the C7 generation of their world dominating Corvette, and it was faster, better looking, and better quality than the car it replaced. The previous generation C6 isn't a bad car by any yardstick, but it got walloped hard by the depreciation hammer when the new one appeared on the street, so what was $60k in 2013 is now half priced three years later. Find this 2013 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport offered for $30,000 in Aitkin, MN via craigslist. This
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BMW's revived Mini brand has been on a tear in the past few years with lots of new models and generally positive press. Mini released the Coupe at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto
Show with raked windshield and funky backwards baseball cap styling
attributed to Marcus Syring who is probably best known for his work on
the BMW Z3 / M 
The ban on cars over $20K has been temporarily lifted in order to pay solemn, dignified homage to DT's birthday. This way, we can gaze into the future and see what cars might someday be visiting us. And the future looks good. Find this 2011 Lotus Evora for sale in Omaha, NE for $42,900 via craigslist. This
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The line between concerned citizen and full on vigilante would be a tough tightrope walk driving an ex-police car. As hard as that may be with a clapped out P71 ‘Vic, imagine how many times you’d be tempted to flash your brights in a rhythmic sequence at the car in the left lane while at the helm of a practically new Charger. Complete with a pushbar and every doo-dad that real good-guys get to play with, this Charger was the real thing until very recently. Make your own rules with this 2010 Dodge Charger police package for $14,000. This
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The smart people at Smart somehow settled on the word "passion" when they named the featured car. Kind of a strange name for a car with no back seat, don't you think? If you are passionate about parking spots, however, I suppose this name is very appropriate. Find this 2009 Smart Passion Convertible for sale in Omaha, NE for $5,900 via craigslist. This
post is part of DT's 2016 Birthday Celebration of 100 cars;
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Dash camera videos are all over the internet showing cashed-up folks in Gelandewagens doing some pretty crazy things in the chaos of Moscow traffic. Want to be a new-Russian billionaire but don’t have the billions or Soviet upbringing? No problem, we’ve got you covered. Don your gold plated sunglasses and heavily distressed jeans, change your keyboard to Cyrillic, and sell everything you own to get yourself in this 2008 Mercedes-Benz G500 for sale in Torrington, MA for a very specific $58,861. This
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LS swap the world, they say. GM decided to both mimic and one-up the enthusiast crowd by dropping an LS into a place it should never have gone; a front wheel drive sedan. That’s right, you can call the first responders directly from your Onstar, right after you break your hands off of your wrists off with the dull blade of monumental torque steer. Be the undisputed front-wheel-drive burnout champion of the universe with this 2007 Chevrolet Impala SS on craigslist in Detroit, MI for $5,500. This
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Australia took the muscle car ball and really ran with it, creating cars that we all lust after but can’t have. And then, as if AFL and poisonous creatures everywhere weren’t enough excitement, they conjured up things like Summernats and Performance Car Mania where engines, gearboxes, and tires get third gear clutch dumped to eventual death in powerskid and burnout competitions. Judged by such metrics as amount of smoke, the manner in which the car flies into the burnout box, number of tire blowouts, and amount of body damage, burnout competitions are essentially automotive hotdog eating competitions in which the best car that gets destroyed the most wins. Get yourself a piece of the Aussie action with this final year 2006 Pontiac GTO on craigslist in Palm City, FL for $10,000. This
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Do you want a car with 9/10ths the performance of a Lamborghini but without the triple digit service bills? Because in 2005 we finally got a taste of the forbidden fruit known as the Lotus Elise and it was so wonderful that nobody purchased them and by 2011 they were gone from these shores. Find this 2005 Lotus Elise offered for $29,000 near Austin, TX via craigslist. This
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So you have over 100K banging around in your used car fund. That equates to 32 Subaru Justys, 20 nice Fiat X1/9s, 10 decent Porsche Boxsters or 100 used-up Pontiac Aztecs. Hey, some of us see a wide expanse of used car possibilities on which to blow our cash. Part of you, however, wants to go all-in for the most impractical show of excess that you can possibly get for the money. Find this 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo here on eBay for sale in Edmond, OK for $98,000.
If you remember back to 2003, Infiniti tried their very hardest to lure nostalgic baby boomers into their showrooms with an ad campaign that featured muscle cars and the requisite stereotypes. Sweaty, hypothalamus dominant men in their Camaros and Road Runners plowed through corners with tire punishing understeer and smoked Comp T/A’s while their girlfriends grew progressively less impressed with every neutral drop. Meanwhile, a mature and fairly rational fellow who had presumably traded his Toyonda Camcord on something a bit more engaging was featured as our protagonist. That campaign sold enough cars to now allow us to have them for a song. Find this 2003 (Nissan Gloria) Infiniti M45 on craigslist in LA for $4,500…and it’ll probably be there a while because it’s spelled wrong. This
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Ford was really late to the party on the front-drive sport compact thing with their Focus SVT...albeit, not as late as GM with the Cobalt SS, but being the second loudest drunken idiot at the party doesn't exactly make you a saint. Like the selection of available dates on Kentucky's state funded tinder app, it's all relative. Find this 2002 Ford Focus SVT here on eBay offered for $7,500 buy-it-now or make-offer. Tip from mrkwong. This
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Watch out, he's got VTEC was the battle cry of the sport compact scene back in the day. I still remember when a stock Prelude on sticky tires felt like, and was, a fast car...but probably because a 5.0 liter Ford Mustang only made 150 horsepower on a good day. Times change and the era of the front-drive sport compact is behind us, thankfully. If you happen to be some kind of nostalgia seeking sport compact lover, you can get your freak on with any number of cheap classics from the VTEC era, like this 2001 Honda Prelude offered for $3,450 in Rock Hill, SC via craigslist. This
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