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Our Newest Purchase: 1998 Suzuki Jimny Wide

July 22, 2025 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment
1998 Suzuki Jimny Wide JB33W

Years ago, I told myself that when the 1998 Suzuki Jimny became legal to import into the U.S in 2023, I’d buy one. Mercedes was on board with this plan, especially after we rented a 2019 Jimny in Iceland (we’ll have to wait until 2044 for one of these). Despite two years of tardiness, we…

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Subaru Forester XT Update: Fixes, New Tires, and Used Wheels

August 13, 2024 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment
2004 Subaru Forester XT

Back in January 2024, we bought a 2005 Subaru Forest XT. It had 190,000 miles, a bunch of go-fast mods, and was ready to inject some speed into our fleet. So what have we been up to with it since? Quite a bit, actually.

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Coastal Offroad Delica Space Gear Bumpers: The Build Process

November 21, 2020 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 7 Comments
Mitsubishi L400 Delica 1_2000_web

*Updated 12/10/20 Canadian-based Coastal Offroad makes a variety of front and rear weld-together bumper kits for Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear vans. Coastal Offroad, or CO, produces kits for both series 1 and 2 Delica L400s. Our 1994 Space Gear, known as the TBD Tractor, is a series 1 model. The facelifted series 2 Delica Space…

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New Project: $500 Dodge Durango

July 26, 2017 / tuanies / 2 Comments

There was a time in my life when I wanted to be nothing like my father when it came to cars. He was a frugal man and always bought older cars that needed repairs to fix up and daily drive for himself. The two times he splurged on new cars was in 1998 for a…

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