Years ago, an east side city parish had an annual raffle for a Pontiac, donated by a parishoner. As luck would have it, the priest won the car every year. Amazing!

French design is unique. A recent vacation there revealed some mighty different approaches to style, in some cases making the Nissan Leaf look conventional. One standout: A small Renault with a candy apple red paint job.

It’s try TO, Jason. And HOME in. And JURY rig And JERRY can.

When I see a pack, I walk. Period.

You’re not going to “throw” 266 pounds of anything anywhere.

Confused the right pedal with the left one. Training your left foot to operate the left pedal and the right foot to do the right one eliminates this common mistake.

Is there room on the Mazda MX-5 production line for a Ferrari variant? The FIAT isn’t selling so well.

Surprise! Dollar store fluid is just a dollar. The jug’s worth more than what’s in it. The box costs more than the jugs. I sell both.

My mechanc buddy (now 85) used to refer to the leaky old Harleys as “Hardly Everruns.”

Ford did it with its flathead V8s 85 years ago, though with some difficulty. I like the idea for engine swaps and compactly adding turbos, superchargers, and accessories to engines, and better regulating emissions.

Our neighbor’s parents bought a leftover w12 for $49k. If they had a problem with it, I never heard, and they’ve since moved away.

I have mixed feelings about universally hosing down an engine compartment. I discovered an automatic transmission vent had let water into the paper clutches, which weren’t thirsty. A rebuild later, lesson learned. Leaves and junk washed into body cavities can stay there and rot the body because they can’t drain…

I just returned from France and the UK. There were lots of SEAT and Skoda models, all of which I was told are less expensive VWs. The SEATs were particularly attractively styled.

Official figures not entirely accurate for insurance, tax, or other purposes. The extra cylinders add smoothness but also weight, which costs performance.

FCA makes some of the most unreliable vehicles in the western world. No wonder nobody wants them.

Cops do it regularly, rarely get punished.

A three year old Miata is your answer if you’re after a true sports car. A sporty car would be a Mazda 3, and both will come in under 20k. Save the rest for college. You’ll need it.

An Optima via JCWhitney and ebay’s Chinese chrome and plastic doodads.

My boiler guy has two Luminas and drives them daily. And like any other X-car, the engine cradle bolts scream when they have to come out.