NP only if you have a Widespread Panic concert to go to. Otherwise, CP.

I remember that movie! I especially liked how he was able to get gas along the way by pumping the dregs out of underground storage tanks at abandoned gas stations. No way that would work in real life, but there's also no way a 917 wouldn't grenade on decades old pump gas either. The only reason I watched it was…

The problem with the Volt is that it's both expensive and ugly as a mud fence. Not that the Prius variants are raving beauties either, but they work as status symbols (Toyota "Pious") where the Volt just looks like a steaming pile.

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/07/07/hey…

When I got hit by a neighbor kid a couple of months ago, they wanted to take care of it themselves instead of going through insurance. Camera phone photos of license and insurance card were good insurance if they didn't pony up, which they did.

Hey, I bought one of those after rejecting the earlier models as too small to meet my needs. My '13 OB is just about right. The nose could be a bit more comely, but I like the styling from the A-pillar back.

Reliant Robin. Because upside-down!

I'm going with the 2004 Toyota Sienna. I know, it's a minivan. But what a minivan it is! Compared to a sedan, everyone has a comfy reclining bucket seat with armrests, and there is a bench seat in the back where you can catch a nap. It eats up the miles in quiet comfort, with ice-cold air front and back. There's room…

"That's good, since CAFE requirements will make better mileage a requirement in the coming years."

WTF is going on with the deck lid? This is the meth-teeth of Miatas. Total CP.

Most likely it's to prevent you from dropping screws, nuts, small wrenches, cough drops, your glasses, or whatever else is in you shirt pocket while you are working on it. One little hex nut inadvertently dropped in there during routine service could lead to an expensive noise coming from the engine later.

I see many potential moments of utter terror in that thing. Who cares that it's trying only to kill you? I want this so bad.

The 356 is probably the only one that can be restored. It's such a simple car compared to the rest. Whether or not it would be worth what it would cost to make it run again is another question entirely.

Any car that would cause my wife to scowl as deeply as this one would is a total CP. Not running, missing one really critical part and who knows what else isn't there, for what was a really terrible, manifestly unsafe, unreliable, and just plain weird car when it was new? No thanks, leave me out at any price.

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I love old three on the tree shifters. Back in the days before seatbelts became mandatory, it was awesome to drive a three on the tree pickup with your girlfriend on the bench seat snuggled up tight beside you. Best of both worlds, a man-pedal and some good lovin'!

Of course the floor mounted shifters had their moments…

If only they offered the wagon!

Would the Corolla be as maligned as it is if Toyota would just give up on the ersatz 'ground effect' body work?

As the owner of a '13 Outback, I'd take any mileage figures put out by Subaru with a grain of salt. My OB is supposed to get 24/30, but my experience is more like 22/26 and that's not hot-footing it around. I can and have done worse. Subaru really needs to get with the program on engine tech and introduce DI or…

I just had a crisis. But in a good way!