I owned one of those 318ti microcars, and it was a regrettable decision. It was slow, but fun. If I wanted to go skiing, or use the bike rack on the roof, forget about opening the hatch. Also, if you wanted to have friends along, forget about their stuff because it won’t fit. I had more room in my damned Corolla that…

There’s one that’s slowly sinking into the earth and sprouting roots about a block away from my house. It must have been there since new, or damn near close to it. Sad to see that GT go that way, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

Still got mine!

My buddy got a Yugo from his brother for Christmas. What a site to see a pretty big dude (my dad called him Lurch) wriggle his way into a gas-can-red 1986 Yugo, which was already well on its way to being put out to pasture. It was an absolute riot.

“I’ll show her! I’m going to the South Seas!”

Clarkson on the Vectra. *drops microphone*

I had a Motorex windshield banner on my 240sx, back in 1999. It was cool then, when the whole JDM thing was gaining traction. Got my first ride in the Skyline GTR that was used in The Fast and The Furious. It was fast and furious.

Well, looks like ze Germans have come full circle, hiring a Jewish lawyer to bail them out. Good times.

In the US, they were all destroyed by either catching on fire or bought back and crushed into Gillette blades. However, the Nissan Van had an air conditioned cooler to stash your food and drinks. Definitely the coolest feature, plus cabover vans rule.

It was the Ford version of the Alfa V6. Absolutely wild looking, unfortunately in FWD crappy sedans.

They did, but all hatchbacks should follow suit.

Yeah, I saw that at the auto show. Similar to the hybrid Ecalade, but I think it was a big generator hooked to the 5.3L V8. Not sure why those didn't sell. Probably because they were wicked expensive and painted Kermy Green.

Do what my uncle’s mechanic Ozzy said, with a thick Bostonian accent, “Why don’t you crush all your cahs into one good caah?”

Nowadays, I bet a Linkedin InMessage might have a similar effect, or a tweeting, facebooking, snappychat etc.

Everybody loves the Guzzi!

Anything Chaparral.

He’s driving a Mack truck. Notice the bulldog on the hood, and the air brakes that he's mashing to slow the truck down? It's probably an 18 wheeler towing a trailer, not a lifted bro-dozer.

Similar but different, I had recently acquired a dinghy, complete with an outboard with remote controls to a center console. So, knowing going into this, I figured out that the marina that installed the remote controls had mounted them incorrectly. Culling through the installation to fix it, I found out that there was…

Well, they are close.

Kind of like when Ziebart was being used for rust prevention on GM trucks in the 80’s. They all rusted, including my dad’s GMC, right where that goop was injected into the body cavities. Should have double dip galvanized the sheet metal.