The Indiana town I grew up in used to have a 29 mph speed limit. Yes, 29. Apparently, any speed limit under 30 resulted in all the revenues going to the municipality. 30 and over and the state got a cut. So the town board decided to go as high as they could without giving up a dime.

Not to pick nits, but in the great Venn Diagram of life, the circle for "ProFootballTalk commenters" is entirely circumscribed by the circle for "morons."

"For that price you could get a V-6 Mustang!"

Here are a few more

Born of Enzo's snub.

Citroen DS

The Toyota Venza. I'm not sure if it counts as "trying to be cool" when really it's "trying to be cool (for older people)," but it's marketed as if it's only driven by ultra-hip 40-something empty-nesters who spend their days mountain biking and their evenings attending beach bonfires. No matter how old you are,…

Here's a completely ridiculous early 80's Benz coupe in SoCal. It looks like something M.C. Hammer would have driven.

A BWM 850i for seven grand!? I think it's going to look more like this at that price point.

It's a shame, really, that they've all either (a) had their wheels driven off, or (b) been grotesquely modified.

Excellent! I'm a bigger fan of the looks of the second-gen CRX, though. The '91 Si got 28/33, and the HF a ridiculous 49/52.

That was my initial thought as well...

About 30 seconds to 62 mph ([www.automobile-catalog.com]), while a six-cylinder Hudson, a reasonably quick car for the time, could do 0-60 in 18 or so. A standard V8 Ford could do 0-60 in 16 seconds.

Crosley Hotshot. About 26 horsepower from its COBRA engine.

Initially I was thinking Lumina of the same vintage, as the blurriness of the picture seems to make the car appear more rectilinear than it is. But I think you nailed it; Luminas don't have the side marker lights of the Regal, which match up perfectly to the suspect vehicle.

Picture also related.

Bingo! And this is a car that Jalopnik used to be obsessed with back in the day. I prefer the more ostentatious styling of its widebody big brother, though.

A Black Panther? Talibunny? Kim Jong Unicorn?

If you're not going to modify the engine (or buy a ZR1, which fails on the "bargain" aspect), then you want one newer than 1992. From '92-'96 the LT1 cars made 300 hp. And '96 cars with 6 speeds got the LT4, good for 330 hp.

Personally, I'm waiting for an Orange Geely Tiger GT that I can paint up in "General Tso" (de)livery.