One of the salesmen at the Toyota dealership next door to work bought himself a Heico V60. Very nice car. I catch a lot of Toyota customers staring at it. Not sure if this is out of lust, or confusion at seeing a car that isn't a beige box.

Goddamn. If only I wasn't already in over my head on a project car.

My buddy and I used to joke that the Aspire was aspiring to be an Escort. Possibly true as the base model Aspire had a picture of an Escort laughing at you from where the Tach is supposed to be. Joke was on us though. At least the Aspire got real slack adjusters for the rear brakes whereas the Escort got crappy…

I have my own disgusting tale of woe: When I was 14 we took a trip to Mount Rainier in my parents then pretty new 4Runner with my two youngest cousins (They were 6 and 4 at the time). On the way home I got a migrane. I had been seated in back between my cousins in a vain attempt to prevent them from fighting. We…

Considered giving my totalled Volvo the Mad Max treatment and taking it to Wasteland Weekend. It certainly looks like it's been through hell and back already. Then I realized I have neither the space nor the money to keep two cars around. Might revisit that idea in the future though. This looks like a truly awesome…

Jill's Scammell tank transporter from 'Brazil'. Tough enough to withstand a hot pursit through a cramped, dystopian English city *while* pulling a house.

Possible solution: Buy an '82 Volvo instead of a new car! Then when it won't start at least you KNOW it's something internal to the vehicle. :-P

Suprised no one has said Ford Escort. Particularly the US 3rd gen, which was cute, curvy, and fun. Meanwhile the sedan got stuck with a windshield that looked sorta like a scuba mask.