Not every story has to tell us things we want to hear. "Dracula" isn't there to advocate blood sucking. I'm sure there have been prospective abortion patients who had their minds changed by manipulative protesters.

Respect to the dancer who can take a Rolex but leave a Casio. That takes years of practice.

I guess this is kind of the opposite, but I have to say it: Archer has the BEST cars, because they're not even real, and they're still perfect. The Charger, the El Camino, the Bullitt Mustang, even Cyril's piece of shit Dacia.

The various Bugatti straight 8s. Obviously not capable of putting out the numbers of these other engines, but they won a LOT of races, and nobody has ever made a prettier looking engine than Ettore Bugatti.

Cheap to rebuild and, maybe just as importantly, cheap and easy to swap. I’d love to see a census of air cooled VWs with their original engine.

I was gonna say a '60s Cadillac, but nah, that wouldn't be that practical...but now I say a '60s Cadillac.

Ah, but did the propellers work up to spec? Ask almost any military history buff what they think of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero and they’ll tell you, other than its lack of armor, it was one of the best fighters of the first half of World War II. Same with the Messerschmidt BF109 or Focke-Wulf FW190. Something that's…

Too bad the spending doesn't stop when the title changes hands!

This model was replaced by another beautiful Isuzu, no coincidence that it was designed by the same guy.

Almost nothing from 1978 had driving dynamics that lived up to its looks, unless it was a Porsche, a Ferrari, or it looked like crap.

Well...those Astons always did remind me of Mustangs, but they were Rolls Royce -priced GTs that could cruise at 150 and this is a car that could stay with a Scirocco. Still, much prettier than a '78 Toyota or Datsun of any model, and probably as reliable. Although I expect an extra-muggy day might oxidize the whole…

First, do we count everything before the stretch Pinto as 1st Gen? Ok. Second, the Jenner looks like a ‘90s Cologne Capri to me, which I mean as a good thing, and could have been a nice reintroduction of the Capri as a pony car. It’s handsome but not Mustang-y. Almost Capri II/CSi/Lexus SC-y. Kind of shocking that…

Looks like a grey haired Kramer!

When I was 18, I had to get a car because mom was working out of town and my grandmother was staying with us and had a lot of doctor’s appointments. But I had to buy, insure, maintain AND FIND the car on my own dime. It was February 1985, so my super limited budget didn’t seem like a problem. I found a cool looking…

I know it’s not cheap, but why not swap for an engine and trans from a 5-10 year old pickup? You'd double your power and mileage, and parts availability would be a LOT better. And if the mechanic doing the swap is any good, the smog test would be no prob.

The smog test is the killer on this one.

Yes, a Beetle, Ghia or Type 3 that’s running right should get mid 20s per gallon. That's a lot more tolerable than some V8 beast. For that matter, my '65 Cadillac routinely got 17-18 on the highway.

I’m down to one bike now, a Yamaha CS5. It's a 200cc 2-stroke twin. It's fast for a 200 but I try to stay off interstates. One thing it has that the Halcyon 250 doesn't, and that I regard as a necessity, is a rear swingarm.

IIRC the Firestones were engineered specifically for the vehicles that they failed on. That sounds worse than putting tires on inappropriate vehicles and getting bad results.

That 18-to-49 bot demo is gold!