This is most likely what happened. You still read about it - an old small town dealership finally closes and there’s a car or two tucked in the back of the shop with delivery miles and a Monroney crumpled up on the seat. And spare parts going back decades.

Sponsorship, I believe. With the full bodywork you see it says “Porsche + Audi”. 

The fun thing is, at that particular wedding, the women at the table were all paired with either groomsmen or something. It was really weird.

My problem is I don’t particularly like dancing, either, so I can’t even be “hilarious drunk friend/relative” and cut loose. I spend a lot of time in corners and at the bar.

The idea of a Chuck E. Cheese’s convention baffles me. All of my friends now who are parents tell me it’s a living hell to be in there for any length of time.

I have a reputation for hating weddings. I always have to clarify - I don’t so much mind the wedding ceremony, which is often times nice and sweet. It’s the reception I hate, for most of the reasons you enumerate. I can add that I often don’t know that many people there (even with family weddings, it seems), and the…

He probably had an E80 Corolla based Chevy Nova before that, found out it’s a rebadged Toyota (still built in California) and sold it to buy the Geo. 

Six of one, half dozen of the other.

I didn’t mind Geos all that much at the time - it was pretty obvious to me that they were badge engineered (confirmed once I started reading about them in magazines), and probably better than whatever GM was making at the time.

Every few weeks I have a beer fridge cleanout drinking session, where I try and finish off three or four of the remaining single bottles from six packs I’ve not finished. From here on out I’m calling it the Beer Rainbow.

It tasted awful. 

Hm. I have watched 100 episodes of this program. 

You are correct in that we were hit over the head with how awful public schools are supposed to be.

 Was it last season where Liam was taken out of class to go play with some other kids (as a show of how diverse the school was) and he said “They’re second graders” or something? So I think he’s in like fourth grade or…

Ha, yeah, I was at my folks house, and my father was cooking something we just call “beer chicken” (I have no idea what it’s actually called, but the sauce uses beer), which is a very savory dish. Anyway, he raided the beer stash I keep in the basement fridge, and came up with an IPA “because I hadn’t seen it before…

True - Midge’s acts all killed. 

Nice car, that looks like a fun outing! I’m a couple inches shorter than you - about 183 cm or so. I think I’d fit in a Cap - I can fit in an MG Midget just fine, which I believe has a similar amount of interior room (being on the thin side helps).

I hadn’t either till a few years ago. The story is interesting - it started out as a subsidiary of Kaiser, later AMC, and eventually was part of Renault. Successful in motorsports in its home country, IKA managed 4th overall in the ‘69 Nurburgring marathon.

I bet they came from Japan - after all there’s a robust network of importers bringing cars over from Japan, they don’t always have to be Japanese cars, though, do they? I doubt they’re coming from the UK or Australia - I don’t think the financial side works out coming from either country. 

Oh, I know it’d cost a bundle, and more than, say, a Charade Gtii or even a Cappuccino. But I’ve always wanted one. (Ideally I’d also snap up an R5 Turbo GT - not the mid engined one, the FWD - and an Alfa 145 TSpark)

Thought of another one - the IKA Torino. I read about these in one of the old car mags a few years ago and have been kind of obsessed with them ever since. I like the way they look (a blend of Americana and Italianate styling) and they appear simple enough for even a duffer like me to keep running. Another one I…