It’s the one vehicle you’ve always been able to build or rebuild from a parts catalog. Every little piece is available in 3 zillion iterations, and many of the old panels could be recreated from an old refrigerator door and a ballpeen hammer...

or a lifetime supply of Kraft Dinner for the whole province

I've had interiors crafted from cloth, leather, vinyl, leather-like vinyl and cloth-like something else, and they all have their advantages and disadvantages, except that nylon waffle-weave layered crap that traps every piece of flotsam, jetsam and dog hair between the layers, where they can't be removed without…

with the jaws and screw mechanism adding weight to the head, it's a better weapon than a box wrench

I shudder to think of the punishment for whomever is held accountable for the loss of the truck and its cargo, so their need for a getaway vehicle is obvious. The Jetta itself might not be worth the risk, but its ubiquity may save their heads

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The only reason I’d ever choose to drive one of these over an Aztek is that it’s capable of moving fast enough to evade the angry hordes of rock-throwing critics with some appreciation of automotive style

Gulls...just wanna have fun..

Ever since Ford's 1950's Edsel "research" with Marianne Moore, which almost gave us a Utopian Turtletop, manufacturers have found safety in numbers.

since his was an Aventtadoor, Lamborghini probably charged $1500 for the extra T and O they added to the script badge for the model name

why bother with just one when they could have configured and triggered a second bag whose detonation would absorb the impact of the projectile launched by the first?

...and usually, heavy machinery as well, but that’s always had me wondering where, exactly, do they draw the line. A bulldozer or other earth-moving devices, for sure, unless it’s a Bobcat, which is small compared to other vehicles of similar function, but still much larger than , say, a lathe or drill press, which…

very interesting point, might have even been a worthwhile last gasp for market relevancy for Studebaker. GM would seem to have had the easiest path to cycle manufacturing, given their head start in air-cooled aluminum engine technology and transaxle packaging with the Corvair and F-85.

it's the sultry smile on the little lady in white that turns me on

So there’s no market for a small “premium” truck that suburban poseurs would pay enough for the manufacturer to profit and spin off a practical, cheap version? How much would it cost Jeep to slap a bed on the big Wrangler and call it a Comanche?

I was once given a bogus citation, and showed up in court to fight it with the requisite diagrams, aerial photos, 8 x 10 glossies with circles and arrows and a bulletproof argument why I should not only be absolved of the infraction but given credit toward my next for such an artful presentation. There had to be…

I ended up with a take-it-or-leave-it Captiva rental once. I can honestly say that it was the single worst new 'modern' vehicle I've driven, and had me wishing they could have found a Chevette on the back lot somewhere.

I was 12, carrying my books to school in the Bronx in an oversized gym bag, when I found myself the very last passenger to board an overcrowded New York City bus. I made it aboard, but my bag didn’t, and I rode three miles on the lowest step of the footwell watching the handle rivets pop out one by one, my fellow…

but if he' really looking at his left hand, in a mirror.....everything's opposite, so black Lenny's from New Zealand?

obvious typo....you capitalized "Camels"...