My (divorced) father’s lady friend had one of the 1st-gen Preludes in the early 1980's. I rode in it once - It was a middle-aged lady version with that horrible two-speed “semi-automatic” transmission: She shifted it, but she did not need to use a clutch pedal, which it did not have.

If you sit in a lot of cars at a big auto show like the one in NY, you’ll notice a lot of interior hardware has been stolen or vandalized: gearshift knobs, heater controls, radio controls, dashboard knobs, etc. (or, they’ve been pre-emptively removed to prevent their being stolen). For the upscale makes with expensive…

Same ad campaign, same tag line, alternate graphics. Oddly, they didn’t bother to put a picture of a Marina in this ad.

Lauda and Hunt were definitely friends off-track and respected each other. In “My Years with Ferrari”, Lauda talks about how they sometimes had adjoining hotel suites, and at the 1976 Japanese GP, at least, they flew to the track together on race day.

If you want Lauda’s first-person narrative of that accident and his recovery, check out “My Years with Ferrari”, which was published in 1978. He talks about how he felt himself slipping away the evening after the accident, but managed to hold on.

Lots of tax exiles live there. Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt lived there during the peak of their careers, due to high taxes in their home countries.

Ashley gives a good description of what the average fan experience is like, which is unlike standard race reports.  Also:  Gotta love a gal who wears fishnets to a car race!

Vehicles that try to be both a boat and a car usually are not very good at being either.  See also:Amphicar

A little-used 1970's car from Arizona - I wonder if this is an estate sale?

For those not familiar, here’s an old promotional film Gulf released on the 1970 sports car championship. It includes clips of all the races, interviews with Pedro Rodriguez, Jo Siffert, and John Wyer, and clips of most of the races:

The discussion on the unobtainable LED Taillight for the Cadillac XLR from a few days ago is a good case in point.

Not only do common parts save money, as others have said here, but they help guarantee parts availability down the road. If you have a custom-built part for a model with low sales volume, that’s just increases the likelihood of that part becoming unobtanium when you need to need to replace said part years from now.

After all that, is he still a devoted communist?

This story illustrates an old truism about cars: Don’t judge a “bad” car until you understand the home market it was designed to serve.

This one is relevant for South Park fans:

I’m surprised these two made it past DMV screening:

If the Mk7 configuration is any guide, cloth plaid seats come with the S, leather is standard on the SE.

I learned to drive on a 1965 Plymouth Valiant, it was the 4-door family sedan version of the cars in the picture. I recognize those tail lights, they were the same!

If you’re giving somebody a jump start, do not assume that the terminal with the red rubber cover on it is the positive one. Look at the markings on the battery itself and verify!

He links to his personal website in the linkedin profile: