“The reality is that people are sized up and judged by their appearance.” When I worked for a Chevy dealer in Trenton NJ we had a neighbor with a big home on one side of us and his small engine repair shop on the other. He was a millionaire who owned a lot of real estate but liked working with his hands, wore oily…

Easy mistake, some guys at work went nuts over my nitrox injection system in my Mazda CX-7 I don’t have a nitrox injection system! What I had were two blue aluminum 80 cu ft scuba tanks with NITROX labels which for divers is not laughing gas.

Actually when I saw the episode I thought it was a modern take on the German V weapon planned to bomb the US

But then it’s not an MG-B, it’s a C

If they called it an SUV it would sell, just like people who buy a 2wd Jeep or any other 2wd SUV who still think they have an SUV

Copper is the limiting factor for me. The wiring in my home won’t handle a charger. Adding one would cost thousand$ I was thinking about an EV for my wife but updating the house service was too costly.

Driving thru the section of Philadelphia where I grew up and see two motorcycle cops sitting on a corner. At next light one pulls up and tells me to pull over. I comment that I’ve never seen motorcycle police in Bustleton before and he say’s; “this is the 1st day” so I know I’m going to get a ticket because they are…

I really thought this story was going to be about the idiots who think they can exit before the Captain parks at the gate.

But if you are also forced to drive that snow cat I’m OK with that

The dingy and trailer weigh less than 400 pounds, I didn’t need a 2" receiver and the dealer knew that. They only sold Saab there so it’s not like he was trying to upsell me.

I actually tried to buy a Sabaru 92-X Aero and the dealer lied to me :( I needed it to have a trailer hitch for my dingy trailer and the dealer said none were available. Later when was shopping for a hitch for the Mazda CX-7 I bought instead I found three different hitches listed for the 92-X :(

And it includes a pre-printed book of traffic tickets, when you get pulled over you just rip one off and hand it to the officer. Then take off quickly for the next traffic stop!

“They’re sold pretty much everywhere but America” Not true, SEAT sold us a leaky ragtop based on the FIAT 850 that was a cross between a Thing and a Mini-Moke. When I was a FIAT Parts manager I ran into a few owners looking for stuff. It didn’t do anything for SEAT’s image in the US :( They should have sent us that…

I really doubt Jag designed these from the ground up so are they rebadged Rover’s or what?

Funny you should show a VW at the top of the story. I was driving my 62 VW 22 window van down a construction chute, one lane with no pull off for miles and I could hear strange noises and smell hot metal :(

Sounds like a neighborhood I ended up in when I made a wrong turn off of I-395 in DC, pulled into a gas station for directions. the gas attendant wouldn’t even come near the hole in the bulletproof glass to give me directions :(

We don’t buy dog food from China, why does Ford think cars would be made to higher standards?

It’s not a “crossover craze”, if you want a wagon your only choice is a crossover. What I really wanted was a Mazda6 wagon like I’d seen in Scotland, all Mazda would sell me is a CX-5 which I’m happy with but it’s not what I wanted. I need to save my pennies for that Jag wagon :) because nothing is going to come out…

My father did give me his love of cars but he babied them. I was working for Chevy so when his car needed service I’d take his in and he would drive my 67 GT-350 to work. 2000 rpm and shift, 2000 rpm and and shift, 2000 rpm and shift :( When I got the car back the plugs were fouled, the Shelby wouldn’t go over 40 and…

I drove one of these in the early 60's that belonged to Uncle Sam so no options :( IF you stood on the brakes you could do a nose stand, Ford fixed this by adding what looked like 1 gallon cans of weight to the rear bumper brackets. Lifting this pickup probably countered that fix if they are still even there.