Threnody3
Threnody3
Threnody3

Jeep Wrangler, but only the ones with the aftermarket grill cover that makes the eyes all mean looking.

Right turns on red in front of approaching traffic, especially if they do it without stopping first. You’re only supposed to take the turn if traffic is CLEAR! 

It makes me extra-mad when I’m stopped at a light with my right turn signal on, and the car behind me honks when I don’t make the turn. I’M NOT TURNING BECAUSE

I live a few blocks from the exact intersection pictured. Neither road is busy, nobody ever driving too fast, and it’s still a nervous experience.

Also, I’ve lived almost my entire life in PA, so I had no idea that the “Except Right Turn” was only a PA thing. My state is weird.

My mom’s 1987 Mercury Lynx, a rebadged Escort. It was a 3-door hatch with a 4-speed stick. It was also the only car I could drive for quite a while as I couldn’t afford to buy a car in high school. It was an adequate car at best, but it did carve one enduring pathway in my brain; I’m almost 50 and I’ve never owned an

Exactly! A museum dedicated to road-racing, from the pre-war era to the monster-Porsches of LeMans in the 70s and beyond. AND THEY DRIVE SOME OF THEM EVERY MONTH!  The Simeone is fantastic. 

I put 8 people in my 1990 Ford Probe (including me) to drive from the Trocadero in Philly back to Drexel’s campus (about 25 blocks) after a concert.

I’d driven there with 3 other people and we ran into a bunch of other friends, and nobody wanted to walk back or try to get a cab in the rain.

I put the back seat down,

Back around 2007 we bought my wife’s Mini Cooper S at a local Carmax-like chain. A year later it needed a new steering rack, but it was just past warranty. I told them I remembered the salesman saying a different, longer term that would’ve covered the fix. I hung up kind of annoyed at the situation.

The salesman in

We raised a child while owning a 2004 Mini Cooper S and a 2007 Mazdaspeed3. Only one kid, and when he got taller we traded the Cooper for a VW GTI. Now we have a WRX and a GTI, but I don’t see going with anything smaller than those.

Auto-dimming rear view mirror. I still drive cars, so many of the trucks and truck-cars I share the road with are sitting much higher.

Great answer. The WRX I took on a test drive didn’t have the raised armrest on the center console, and I made sure to spring for the add-on when I bought one. Huge difference.

Two atoms walking down the street bump into each other.
1st: Are you ok?
2nd: No, I lost an electron
1st: Really, are you sure?
2nd: I'm positive.

I got one as a insurance rental a few years ago while my car was getting fixed. It was the worst car I've ever driven on a highway. The size of the pillars and tiny windows made for terrible blind spots. Not fun.

Our 2004 CooperS came with run-flats because the spare is displaced by the battery, which was displaced from the tiny engine bay by the supercharger. We replaced them with Goodyear Eagles and a AAA membership and are much happier. Run-flats ride like they may as well be made of cement.

Definitely agree with that one. Amazing engineering and all, but they are just butt-ugly.

She probably stumbled while carrying the bucket over to the car and got splashed. Understandable given those shoes.

I haven't liked any of the Abita beers I've had. Don't know if that includes the IPA though.

RX-7. Not some iteration of the 8, but a 2 seat coupe with a Wankel.

Wasn't it a Hornet because that's the car the stunt driver had used to do the roll before and didn't ewant to risk it in a different car?

Who? Franz Liszt? Never heard of him, wrong number.