@Joe Valasek: Get out of my thread! We'll have no badmouthing of old cars around me, or I'll start taking out kneecaps.

@Tanshanomi: Duly noted. I'm on it!

@Mad_Science: Snap-brimmed, of course.

Mmm. That does sound delicious. I think that will be dinner.

"Gold" is very kind. It looks rather like "metallic baby-shit brown" in other, non-over-illuminated natural-light photos.

@smalleyxb122: Exactly. Thanks for clearing that up. :)

@engineerd: Except that Eminem at least has SOME talent.

@skaycog - Just do it!: I don't remember. Were you on friendship probation? What for? Who are you again?

@RandomGuyWithaMazda: Wow, you actually clicked through the gallery? I didn't realize anyone actually did that.

@wkiernan: Matter of fact, I do.

@lilwillie hides autos in the attic: He may have a point there. Goddamn namby-pamby kids today.

Personally, I think it's a dramatic improvement on the California.

@Tummy: My 5-yr-old MBZ C-class was developing a lot of squeaks and rattles, and bits were all starting to come loose. I loved it, but it didn't impress me. I think, more than anything, that it depends on your individual car.

I'll still take the '59. Come on, is your life THAT precious that it wouldn't be worth dying in a beautiful car like that, rather than wasting it driving around in a boring jellybean?

@Tanshanomi: Hadn't thought of it, but now I can't help but agree with you.

@maximum-sienna: I trust [edmunds.com] about as much as I trust Consumer Reports. Read through any car on those forums and there apparently isn't a single car on the road that won't blow up the first time you attempt to turn the key. Did you know, for instance, that on the Sienna, the sliding doors don't close, water…

@skaycog - Just do it!: I thought of you the moment I saw that, actually. But I think, and I'm no expert, that they're actually a pair of '67 Ford GT40s, or kit cars based on them. The nose isn't quite right for them to be the new Ford GT's

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: I accept your philosophies and would like to subscribe to your pamphlet.

@Mad_Science: Oh, you will be getting them in America. You just won't be buying them.

@PowerTryp forever Minardi: Glad I hit "refresh" before submitting my response. That's what I was about to say.