...forgot that he had a trunk full of Fizzies and Pop Rocks...

I second that for upstate NY (as a downstater) and add Upper Peninsula MI, the Florida Keys (one road, you learn to be patient) as pleasant to drive. CT and NJ are not. Anywhere in either state.

my first thought was “why only alloy wheels on the upgrades?” Give me steel wheels for maximum confidence (I have cracked some aluminum.....never but a dent in steel.

“Also, if you ever have a day go so badly that you wake up, cold, naked, maybe bleeding a little, and you’ve lost you wallet and everything, if you can at least crawl your way back to your car, you could still get in, cover yourself in floormats, cry and recover.”

Not only don’t I see there being much of a penalty for those wanting an EV but needing to tow, but a big benefit by using modular battery packs integrated into trailers. I’m currently building an electric scooter, and the plan includes a sidecar for cargo or a small canine passenger above a supplemental battery pack.

Moving into my first real apartment, in 1984, I borrowed my friend’s dad’s rusty, schoolbus yellow ‘63 Chevy Stepside, stacked my belongings in the bed, while my girlfriend insisting on riding in a rocking chair on top as I introduced myself to the neighborhood. Turned out I was one of the normal ones.

I hope they’ve done something about the flanges on the front struts. I had a 2013 veloster turbo, and if the right front wheel took a sharp hit - from one of new york’s native potholes - the lip on the downward face of the spring seat slammed into the brake caliper. By the time mine came off lease, it had a series of…

Assuming there’s an engine up front, I’d give that Audi a targa top and a pickup bed, ditch the wing and add a tailgate.......and so just gave myself another model car project for the winter, joining the 68 Charger convertible, 71 Camaro wagon, AWD Corvair and that thing that’s growing with all the extra pieces...

...and Gary Sinese’s was a roadster. May be a unique custom, but would have been at least as marketable as the ‘hardtop’...

Corvair FC at its core, isn’t it?

Listen, I bought a 64 hp Samurai new in 1987 and put over 100,000 miles on it, commuting to work, driving up ski slopes and on railroad tracks, and on long-distance hauls from Cape Cod to Kitty Hawk. It was underpowered and you had to tack like a sailboat when being passed by (rarely passing) big rigs on an…

thank you...the whole point is to deliver something that isn’t available in the market...not just another 4 door pickup with off-road chops....

the Corvair; we can’t all afford 911's

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

GeneriCar Indistincta

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