This is the fate of most everything.  You think the Mona Lisa will be anything but dust in 10,000 years?  100,000?

I was completely ‘I want this NOW’ until I saw the full side view and remembered just what a tragically ugly car this was. It’ll get the $2K, but I don’t think I could ever call myself proud to be seen in it.

I somehow suspect improving the Cd wasn’t the whole story. Methinks that if it is removed the occupants will hear a whoosh, roar, flapping sound or buffeting at certain speeds. See that black plastic fascia with the plastic fasteners? What’ll you bet that those pop off if that diffuser is missing?

Charge backs aren’t automatic. I got screwed over by a motorcycle dealer when shipping delays and excuses caused the order to be canceled and they claimed they refunded my payment. They didn’t refund it and when I made a claim for a charge back, the credit card denied it saying it was too old and I’d have to get it…

Get a AAA membership for $80 a year and everyone has a cell phone. Its not really a big expense compared to shelling out thousands for a more expensive piece of junk. All cars break down. The ‘stranded’ B.S. is new car dealer fright tactics.

I love my 12 year old shitbox. I got a 5-spd Corolla with 130k miles, and though I paid the Toyota tax (Toyotas last forever so you have to pay more), its been really decent for the last 1000 miles or so. I added cruise control and fixed the intermittent starter problem (it wasn’t bolted on firmly) and its running…

I believe under new IRS rules, you can deduct like $500 without an appraisal. Otherwise the charity can be asked to supply you a receipt showing the actual price realized when the charity sells it. (Too many people were over-valuing their vehicles donated to charity.)

Charities auction the cars too. Sometimes they put on the auctions themselves, and sometimes they send them on to the auto auction. The last thing you can do is sell it to a scrapper. They will pay you a few dollars based on the weight and tow it away. (You’ll likely get no more than $150). FWIW.

So people treat public bicycles the same way as they treat public restrooms? Imagine that? Give people ownership and they’ll take care of things but if that’s not possible, at least give them a reasonable threat of negative repercussions for damaging these ‘shared’ conveniences.

Oh yeah. I use them all the time when I want to put my head back and take a nap while I’m driving.

I’m not George Lucas. I don’t know, but I noticed that too. Isn’t it like every guided tour you’ve been on though? Some guy picks his nose. Another guy trips over a carelessly placed AC receptacle.

I knew I’ve heard this before. They lifted the sound from George Lucas’ movie, THX 1138. Listen to the pursuit motorcycles.

When I was growing up we have a Sears Craftsman 12HP garden tractor. It came with a single furrow plow and a utility trailer. I was off at summer camp when my mother hired two ‘workmen’ to clean up the back yard of construction debris and rocks from an addition to the house. They decided to use our little trailer…

First things first. Honda makes a CrossCub for Japan. It’s just a matter of getting them to bring it over.

You -really- shouldn’t do that. But I’ll say that my ‘73 Z50 (US Monkey) took so much abuse like that and kept going. It was bulletproof.

From the photos, I’m really concerned how they expect a 125cc engine to flow through those tiny exhaust pipes. But, I’m sure that performance exhausts will be forthcoming shortly.

If you don’t have a trunk, where will your kidnapper hide you?

It’s Texas so you should assume he is armed.

Some people don’t have good spatial concepts. Even after driving for many years I think they don’t know that the rear wheels of a car don’t track the same as the front, so they get into these situations. Watch people drive their rear wheels over curbs. I think its laziness. I see it all the time in my neighborhood.…

That thing looks like a 1950s version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.