@AlienProbe: I have to admit that the suspension made it and the orange one a favorite of mine. Much better than the other Ford 4X4 pictured here. But this jacked up Ford Courier was cool as well.

Another of my favorites. This is the first of many variations produced in 1982 (I actually got it in 1983 in the states) which was my favorite as the front end resembled the 1978/79 square headlight version of the Ford F-Series.

@kurtbroz: I liked my General Lee. In fact, I like all three of them. But I am not sure how I got the third General as the first was purchased individually and the second came with the Hazard County assortment with a pair of Police Cars which I used to play Smokey and the Bandit II.

@Ryans92L: I still have mine as well. It is put away in the attic of Mom's house and I really do not look forward to going after it.

@cgarison: I just noticed that the image above is a "Hot Wheels" copy of the Javelin because it has the wrong wheels on the car. That expalins the wierd yellow plastic windshield because I am pretty sure mine was clear.

I was a wierd kid (that turned into an even more wierd adult) and this was my first "favorite" matchbox car.

@Ninety-9: I put the lid down on the grill to monitor the temperature and evenly cook meat.

@UDMan: I thought you were already a contributor to Jalopnik???

Figures Lie.

I do not have a car that "got away." I usually use one up before get rid of it.

Is that a Fonera or a full fledged Pinapple in the the photo above?????

I have always wondered how in the hell the Ruskies could build a rocket on its side when the western world builds rockets vertically so that they can accurately stack all the tolerances in the pieces.

I have been using this as I have become a very, very recent convert to MSE from Comodo which became an extreme resource hog in the last few updates.

I just use really large portrait images from my Flickr gallery and have some neat HDR backgrounds from Philly and SE PA suburbs.

@Ice27828: True, but most corporations ban iTunes on computers which prevent me from using either of my iPods.

I have a 16GB, 8GB, 3-4GB, 1 2GB and 2 1 GB thumb drives in my computer case at all times. File transfer issue solved.

@Xagest: IR ports are a dying technology. I have noticed that fewer and fewer laptops have this feature from the factory.

@mawcs: Yes, I also have a PC hooked up to the TV in the living room that actually does better because it has iTunes, Windows Media Center, and Hulu. This means I can watch all network shows that are available on demand on my 42" TV plus it has a really good Kensington Keyboard and an adequate MCE remote.

I purchased a cooling pad many years ago because the heat from my laptop was too intense when I was using it on the sofa.

@FriarNurgle: For streaming or playing a DVD, that is fine, but I have found that the Atom processor really struggles at decoding HD content (even with the nVidia ION Graphics) that is downloaded to the PC or being played from a Blu-Ray disc. For that reason, I took a bunch of spare PC parts, purchased a MoBo/Case/PS…