It's not about insurance, it's about registration. VIN numbers are assigned at the factory and given a designation for what they are applied to. You can't register a motorcycle VIN as a car and can't insure it as a car either. Also, motorcycle insurance isn't necessarily cheaper than car insurance. My Yamaha Virago…

What currently produced American cars have this poor reliability of which you speak? I've only seen the quality improve to being as good or better than most Asian marques in the past five years or so.

Yep. I had an LT1 Formy and an LT1 Z28. Zero headlight maintenance. You only get one better via a metal dash you can dust off with a rag...

Good in theory, but after a while it gets old when you experience it all the time and youre better off psychologically getting rid of the offending vehicle. It's the only reason I haven't owned a DeLorean. Back To The Future jokes everyone thinks are "original" will make you hate the car if you were one to actually…

You've apparently never been part of a stereotype group that gets harassed based upon your appearance, race, or assumptions. As a guy who has been pulled over thirteen times in the past six years, has no record, no driving infractions, does no drugs, nor drinks at all, and actually runs a blog about realistic…

I agree with you. If I lived up north, I would buy a sub-$5000 YJ Wrangler and call it good. The end. Why buy a new car to beat the hell out of it in the snow and ice and get the interior all damp and musty?

A BMW guy with humility. Good on you, sir. You are a rare breed!

1979 MGB. The low gearing and pizza cutter tires made it my snow beast of choice for three years.

That's brilliant...

This franchise is the only one I ever see in theaters because I'm not really a movie person. Even though the plot lines are pretty out there, the action scenes more than make up for it. That and since I'm from Metro Atlanta, seeing places I know and roads I have driven on numerous times adds a little something to it…

My daily is a 52 year old four door without air conditioning and I've not once wanted power windows/locks, or a remote of any sort for it. Nor on any car I own in the future.

Fact: It will remove its casing and rub together like a Boy Scout starting a fire with two sticks until it catches fire. If you listen closely, you can hear it come alive at night in order to fulfill such a death wish.

A guy brought one to Caffeine & Octane (Atlanta's C&C) and managed to clip a tree branch. It fell on top of an old, concourse quality SAAB from about 15ft. and the owner was within an inch of beating the guy to death if the attendees hadn't stepped in to hold him back. I think they're annoying in public spaces.

I just think it's up to the consumer to do the research to either prove or disprove advertisement claims. You know, personal responsibility? If it were a serious issue, people would go after them legally for being deceived by those companies. But who am I kidding? I learned to trust nobody and do my own research…

I laughed a little too hard at that...

Bingo.

Pretty much the same profile as a 1967 body. That's why I prefer the 64-66' with the shorter overhang.

They're not around because they are self-recycling. What I mean by "self-recycling" is that they rust into oblivion if you so much as sneeze on one.

My daily is a very early 1963 (built July of 1962) and it doesn't have a single Mercury badge on it either besides the head of the god Mercury in the horn button and gas cap. Nowhere, not even on the door tag does it say Mercury. I think that is part of the charm of that weird branding period. It has fins and quad…

The horse mask looks more like a camel to me... Yep... Over thought it.