I was going to say that drinking washer fluid must have damaged you somehow, but then I remembered you’ve always been this way. How often does your wife exclaim “get away from me you weirdo?” I thought so.

I was going to say that drinking washer fluid must have damaged you somehow, but then I remembered you've always been this way. How often does your wife exclaim "get away from me you weirdo?" I thought so.

I've come to realize that I am the American James May, minus the erudite charm and the ability to be entertaining while doing boring things. So in other words, I'm just a dork.

“Third amendment expert” for the win!

#5 might be useful to heat the rear seats. Would work better than the heater on a Bug with rusty rocker panels to be sure.

The main reason small cars took so much of the market share in 70's was fuel economy. But that economy had tradeoffs in the area of passenger comfort and safety. If your only choices in 1974 after a fivefold increase in fuel prices was a Toyota Corolla at 25 mpg and a Chevy Impala at 10 mpg that cost a lot more, you…

The owner’s fault, really? A $100,000 dollar car should not have ANY failures for a long time. Head gasket failure in the first 150,000 miles is the manufacturer’s fault. Period. Subaru EJ’s anyone?

Wrong. Not on “most” cars. As long as you use the recommended fluids and do it within the specified interval AND you document everything and keep receipts, your warranty is just fine. Documentation is key and maybe a little harder, but you don’t have to go to the dealer for oil changes.

I’d be concerned my state would not renew my registration of a non-compliant car. Better to take the money than to have a car you can’t legally drive.

I had a Transit Connect from National a few weeks ago. Grabbed it off the Emerald Aisle just for grins. It was all right. I like my Sienna better, but it was a good car too.

I love me some van. Is that wrong?

Sorry Raf, I must give my standard reply to all NYC-related stories.

Dear New York City,

Wrong. Everyone stuck in traffic because of these douchenozzles ass-hattery is a victim.

life-size watermelon

It was a terrible idea in 1991 and time has done it no favors. It’s the hemorrhagic fever of collector cars: once it enters a collection, it liquefies everything inside and expels the putrefied remains out of its anus. This is one is to be avoided at any cost, much less the asking price.

Why 2004? Curious. Also glad to hear this since I bought a 2004 Mercury GM earlier this year. Nicer than this one, only 109K on the odo and $3600.

“I got it one piece at a time, and it didn’t cost me a dime.
You’ll know me when I come to your town.
I’m going to rid around in style, I’m going to drive everybody wild
‘Cuz I’ve go the only one like it around.”

My guess is probably not. It could very conceivably follow that states will refuse to allow registration of those vehicles subject to the repurchase agreement on the grounds they don’t meet applicable law governing their being road-worthy. The buy-back appears to be pretty generous, so it makes economic sense to go…

The big question is “will the new car be a VW?” Does “fool me once....” apply here?

Why does it have to be because mid-engine? It could be they are incorporating more composite materials in the chassis, e.g. a carbon fiber monocoque.