...or uncle Phil, with periodic nips from his flask of liquid courage...

I had to buy one for my wife’s 2003 Infiniti G35, but not to hide any damage. The dash top was covered in the same beige tone as the seats, and produced a shit ton of glare and reflection. A brown cap fixed that, but didn’t help the appearance. The car is long gone but I still have the cap. Anybody need one? Free to…

Members of my local Corvair club routinely tested their keys in each other’s cars and convinced themselves that Chevy only made eight different key patterns and distributed them randomly throughout the country

drill two holes in each of two 3' lengths of 2x4, bolt them together across the nut’s flats with the wood extending rearward to rest on the pavement. tighten it all down, drive slowly in reverse and the nut will unthread itself.

I’ve heard that Bronco and Raptor flippers have had better luck

I’d put steel wheels with trim rings and baby moons on my Mini if such gear were available and affordable

I’ve enjoyed watching the game these Germans play, acquiring other brands to expand their market reach into niches where their own products can’t compete. VW’s Lamborghini and Bentley worked out well for all involved. Ditto BMW’s reinvention of Mini. But Mercedes Benz.....Swatch/Smart and....Chrysler...?

that’s an attitude that keeps explorers home and inventors working retail

Considering the commitment some owners make by investing in chargers that probably can’t do much else, it shouldn’t be surprising

I’m sure mine doesn’t even exist, and likely didn’t even when I first learned of it nearly 50 years ago: During the sixties, GM sent something like 1,900 Corvairs to England. These weren’t assembled cars but ‘CKD’s -Completely Knocked Down- that were built here, taken apart and shipped overseas to be put back together…

that is one sweet hue

If you come across a seemingly perfect example at a ridiculously low price, DO NOT BUY IT! (...but please send me the contact info instead...I’ve always wanted one too.)

and here I was picturing a Fiat 850 Spider with a lift kit and Desert Mauler tires...

My 1968 Corvair: wonderful in so many respects, with lines that could have come from Pinifarina...except that awful owl-beak nose that houses the ‘frunck’ lock cylinder. I’ve reworked in 1/24 scale plastic a dozen times and several in full-size steel, but that damn thing just refuses to be attractive.

Having lived in southwestern Connecticut and southeastern New York -and commuted both ways to work- I’d choose the Merritt over I-95 almost any day...the exceptions being days after wind storms when the Merritt’s natural beauty is strewn all over the pavement. Those overhanging trees may be pretty but they can tie up…

if not, stick with the unimpeachably forgiving mass of steel

my thoughts as well, though mine would likely be made of plywood and 2 x 4s.

we’ve got to assume that this classification system will be simply bleed over to be applied to combustion-engined vehicles as well. It’ll be a lazy shift, like the way ZIP codes have replaced real geostatistical boundaries, to simplify things for marketing people and the insurance industry.

Thank you. I wish more people would think that way.

Those fender fin blind spots swore me off Corvettes of the 1970's.