I think many are in this same boat. In North America we have plenty of space and need for multiple vehicles. Plus the lack of solid mass transportation infrastructure necessitate most to have a car or two.

I bought one of these years ago and it was well worth it -

NOT A SMALL TRUCK!!!!!!!

Yeah. I kept waiting to see them jump that road and it never happened.

Me with a 35 yo swedish car? eBay.

Yes. As a true Jalop, I bought my 5-speed ‘88 245 in 1994 during my senior year of high school. She’s still going strong and will likely never die (pictured, left).

You can take Pluto as a planet from my cold, dead hands.

I guess you never seen a 1999 copy of “Excel for Dummies” in your LFL.

I flew halfway across the country to buy my Ford EcoSomething-or-other and drive it home.

Tire pressure gauge.

I just want to purify myself in the waters.

Subscription AC.

McLaren’s 1-2 finish at Monza?

tl;dr Money. The end.

Insensitive, yes. Racist, no. The presumption being legal immigrants don’t tend to travel in the back of tractor trailers.

This the first Porsche in a decade I’ve seen on the road, turned my head to keep it in sight, and then went online to see what it is. It’s gorgeous. I want one. The one I priced out came to $175,000.

^^This. If you know your car, a rotation can be done in a hotel parking lot in about 45 minutes.

You mean DEFCON 0. 1=bad, 5=normal.

Twilight

Abbreviating it to FE just make me read it as Iron.