Captain Slow. His head is full of useful (and useless) information, meaning he’ll always have a story to tell, an interesting anecdote, and a fascinating backstory to all sorts of roadside attractions. Plus his soothing cadence would put me to sleep when I’m in the passenger seat.

Mustang side crease

This one has the Sport accommodations which should mean a 106-horsepower naturally aspirated (a 120-horse turbo was also offered) SOHC four. Backing that up is a five-speed manual transmission and the car rides on a sport suspension capped wheels off of the GT.

Ditto. The early ones with the frog headlights were so weird looking, but they really appealed for some unexplainable reason (especially the LN7). EXP Turbo seemed like it could be kinda fun.

CO requires emissions inspection, but only in certain counties: Denver, Boulder, Jefferson, Broomfield, Douglas, and parts of Larimer, Adams, Arapahoe, and Weld.

Too bad neither of the BRATs you drove were an ‘80-’82, then you could’ve sampled another Subaru oddity, the “Passing Lamp.”

Ooooh, nice!

The SC was definitely the looker of the two, but there’s something, a unicorn aspect, about the ‘89-’90 XR7 with a 5-speed that makes it just a bit more preferable in my eyes.

Since it’s in Boulder, it includes the requisite Audi markup, but $80k? Uh, no.

Deuce and a Half. It’s slow and not terribly efficient, but can haul a load of food/supplies/survivors through a variety of conditions, heavy enough to blow through a horde of zombies, and can operate on diesel, jet fuel, kerosene, heating oil or gasoline.

And that they used soy or vegetable based ink.

Yeah, “TwinForce” probably would not have caught on like EcoBoost has. Good on ya, Ford.

I dunno, averaging 35 over 12k miles seems pretty decent to me.

True, you have to “learn” how to drive a small-displacement turbo. Once I adjusted to not dipping in on the throttle too much, I’ve been averaging 35 MPG in my 1.6 Fusion, with a few tanks above 37 MPG.

You may want to sit down for this, but Porsche diesel pseudo trucks are a thing too.

Ford’s website has a gallery of the new SDs in various vocational/work situations. Guess they couldn’t help trolling Chevy a bit...

In 1995 the MSRP for an F-150 regular cab SWB 4x2 with the 4.9L I-6 was roughly $14k. Adjusted for inflation, this would be about $22k.

Yeah, it’s definitely not the best front end, especially the grille. I’m thinking this is a top-spec Limited/Platinum; hopefully, as in the F-150, they offer different looks on other trims, going with something more conventional on XL/XLT/Lariat.

The little car was a hit, offering a lot of what you could get with a Mini Cooper but with more Italian flare and a lower price.