This was an interesting article, but even more interesting is this tidbit from the NY Times article you linked (

I want an 80’s economy car scent air freshener.

The skitching photo is awesome

Shout-out to the green vintage Beetle (maybe) in the oncoming lane for not getting crushed by the Sonata

That’s really way cheaper than I would expect

I love these big GMCs though.

Man, I love the Taurus.

Any time I need battery/alternator/starter/etc. Testing i go to Autozone because it’s free and convenient to me. For major parts I usually go to CarQuest because I have an inside man and I can get 30-70% off most of my parts. If I need something right away I go to Weaver, which is a local chain with a location near my…

I need pads and rotors too. I fixed my horn yesterday!

I spy a Wisconsin license plate (of course)

With the exception of the Kia, I would not describe these as ridiculously cheap. Ridiculously cheap is my 2005 Crown Vic that has taken me across the country twice and only cost $300. Ridiculously cheap is my dad’s $50 Beetle that moved him and all his stuff across the country. Ridiculously cheap is my mom’s $5 (yes,…

Placard-less BMW parked in the handicap spot closest to the front door of my loca grocery store.

I’m pretty surprised no one was mad.

Plus you have the inconvenience of looking like a massive raging asshole if you pull up behind someone on the highway and start flashing the lights on your Range Rover. If I flash the lights on my Crown Vic, people shoot over to the right lane like an endangered owl flew in front of them.

Reading the MMM articles, I think it’s hilarious how unfathomable 15,000 annual miles is to him. I drive about twice that, and my car put the 200,000 mile lifespan to shame about 90,000 miles on it. And the total purchase price and maintenance investments over the last five years are about 10% of any numbers he used.

I saw this parked here, in Madison, Wisconsin just a couple months ago

Is that camo or just a kit from some Russian tuning company?

In my opinion it’s still one of the best looking modern Ferraris

CURRENT FORD FOCUS.

The Jumble-tastic badge system is a $9,999 option. They would have made it an even $10,000 but then you could jumble it to $00,001.