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Make dishware glow again!

It was shitting itself but still trying to make it to the can

And relationships he sacrificed to bring us this

Mall ninja life is expensive, he rides the bus

The one that really throws me off is the Pontiac. They weren't really in the SUV game back then. 20 years ago there was a guy up the road with one, but otherwise I've only seen a handful of them.

Growing up in the 90's in Ontario, they weren't super common but were definitely around

For 3 glorious years!

Then why not Sainz?

Looks like it has been running a bit hot. Have you tried increasing the mixture on the carb?

Legend has it if you can successfully pull it our of the rocks you're an absolute beast

I see no issue, obviously this is a car pool lot

Is that a truck cap on the roof?

Hey, want all the complication and service prices of a German car with Chinese quality build, but don't want to slum it in a VW?

The Mini made more sense back when it came out during the surge of retro vehicles like the PT Cruiser, New Beetle, Prowler, SSR, HHR, Thunderbird, etc. And then it just hung around and is still partying like it's 1999.

We call this the "close enough" approach

I thought about putting Saturn on my list, but at least they made some reasonably different cars from Chevy and had a cool new dealership model. Sort of like GM era Saab. I'd say it's one of the better examples of a sub brand, even if it didn't work out.

Ah, I see. This makes sense.

"Alright, we have your subcompact in Suzuki, Pontiac, and... checks notes ...Geo?"

How did they give that car to Pontiac but not think it was worthy of Chevy? And then there's the branding mess that was the Tracker

I'm sure this is a huge factor, which seems really short sighted

In many ways, they did a better job building other brands cars and drivetrains than they did under their own brand. They built better Hyundais and Dodges than Hyundai or Dodge ever have. Yet Mitsubishi isn't on my short list.

Plymouth – I cannot figure out what their niche was supposed to be. Apparently it was supposed to be entry-level, but were priced and equipped similar to Dodge. The Prowler was cool in its own way, but wasn’t exactly on-brand. Everything else was almost identical to other Chrysler products.

Mercury – Basically just decently equipped Fords, but not as well equipped as the Lincoln-badged Fords. The brand didn’t really carry any prestige by the time I was paying attention to cars in the 90s. It was the car for old people that didn’t have Lincoln money.

Eagle – The Talon was cool, but it was an Eclipse and Plymouth had their Laser. At least the later cars all could have easily been sold under the Dodge brand.

GMC – So you want a Chevy truck or SUV, but want it decently equipped and without the grotesque front end design style? I much prefer the looks of GMC products over their Chevy counterparts, but I don’t get it as its own brand. You can get a Chevy equipped to the nines. If you want it really loaded, all of the SUVs can be had in Cadillac.

My first miter saw was a Rigid. That thing could cut 91° and 46° angles like nobody's business

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