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Piston Slap: For the Next Stage in Life
Mackenzie writes: Hello, I am a 16-year-old girl looking to buy her first car. I am looking at Jeep Cherokees (NOT Grand Cherokees). I am trying to find a decent manual transmission one, but I can’t...
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New or Used: More Cash or More Cool for School?
Mackenzie writes: Hello, my name is Mackenzie. I am a 16 year old girl looking to buy her first car. I am looking at Jeep Cherokees (NOT Grand Cherokees). I am trying to find a decent manual...
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It’s Not Just A Car – It’s My First Car
It’s just a car. That’s what I keep telling myself. It’s my first car. A 1997 Mazda Miata. British Racing Green with tan leather. A rip in one of the seats. Torsen LSD, Bilstein coilovers, a roll bar....
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Time To Say Goodbye
Derek Kreindler is pondering selling his lovely BRG Miata and using the funds as “a down payment on a home of my own.” *Sigh.* Here on the West Coast of Canada, I’d have had to sell my (imaginary)...
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Piston Slap: Permission for a Mustang, please?
Robert writes: First of all, thank you for all the fantastic articles. TTAC is one of only a few daily sites I visit that always successfully generates that “second click” to read an entire article,...
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Turbo Love At First Sight
My 1988 Shadow on trip up Stevens Pass a few months after I purchased it. I was young, stupid and hopelessly in love. The girl, as has so often been the case in my life, hardly knew I existed but,...
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Sunday Story: Corrupting the Youth
“Don’t be ridiculous, young lady. You need something SENSIBLE.” Jamie sat at the kitchen table, her head in her hands. Week 5 of the search for her first car had just dawned, and she was about ready...
View ArticleQOTD: What’s the Uncoolest Choice For a 2015 Teenager’s First Vehicle?
I just took my chopped, Carson-top-equipped, heavily-customized 1969 Toyota Corona coupe to a local car show and won a trophy without even washing the thing. All but the most tradition-bound angry old...
View ArticleAsk Bark: What Should I Buy For My First Whip?
Ask Bark? is picking up steam like a train on the island of Sodor, man! Thanks for all of your questions after last week’s installment, as well as the great advice you gave our friend, Josh. However,...
View ArticleQOTD: What Models Were on Your First Car Shopping List?
Recall the days all those years ago (probably over a century for some of you), as the time approached for you to start driving. Some of you may have been prescribed a vehicle by the gift of a generous...
View ArticleQOTD: The One You Passed Over?
Last night, as I drove to the spot where I run in the woods like a creepy person with something to hide, a silver Chevy Spark drove past. The owner of this sub-subcompact model, which has so far...
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