“VinFast Lux”. My second favorite car name after “Wagon Queen Family Truckster”

The weirdest thing for me when I became a vegetarian is I didn’t miss meat at all, and I began to crave the very foods I was eating. I thought for sure I’d miss bacon, but suddenly the smell of bacon became just another smell. There is so much delicious food out there that meat is superfluous.

Right in front?

I’ve told many people that it was my idea to put the word “Thanks” on the flap of the trashcan at fast food restaurants. Nobody yet has proved me wrong.

CUV’s...I feel like I should hate them, but I don’t and here’s why: My GTI is perfect for my needs most of the time. But I have a rear hitch for my bike rack that will occasionally hit over a speed bump, so I gotta slow waaaaay down and hit them diagonally (this includes pulling into my own driveway). And then there…

Total ‘dad’ move.

I was pretty sold on getting one, until I realized that my daughter would get bigger over the years and eventually wouldn’t fit in the back seat.  To this day I’ve never driven one.

These things are gorgeous.  They distract me in traffic.

I’ve since learned to listen to the car. Pictures lie, carfax lies, sellers lie, but if you remove any sort filter of emotional engagement, the car will usually tell you the truth.  Usually.

I bought a 10 year old Jetta that had terrible paint, but only 27k original miles. I thought I’d found a unicorn, but ultimately discovered things had rotted from sitting and that f-ing unicorn cost me every penny in savings and credit I had to keep it on the road.  So, yeah, don’t drive it.  Don’t even buy it, get a…

you’re obviously correct. With a mid-engine car there’s be no room for the dog.

This made me laugh out loud, which is how I sometimes express my horror.

“This is Wiggum reporting a 318 - waking a police officer.”

“...In other news, Volkswagen subsidiary ‘Tesla’ has been caught cheating on emissions testing.  Scientists are looking into how this is even possible...”

I’m absolutely convinced that AMC made both the Pacer and the Gremlin look weird on purpose, because of the popularity of the beetle. They thought there was a chance they’d have the next cult car because of funky looks

The whole CUV thing makes me think back to this late-eighties Mazda 323 AWD I’d see around the old neighborhood occasionally. I remember thinking about how cool it would be to see more of these...AWD hatchbacks, but they should maybe have a little more ground clearance and some added horsepower. It’s like I designed…

I thought it was just me who sees things like this. We got to a trail head in a friend’s Jeep Cherokee...bumpy, rutted, with a couple of stream crossings. At the trail head...a Miata.

Oh, where to begin.

A lot of cars don’t age well, but lately I’m finding myself lusting after older Infinitis.  Not this one, necessarily, but when I cover up that 2005-Buick-Regal-looking face I really like it.

You had the wagon?! My wife had a fox sedan when I first met her.  She said she replaced every part on the car...TWICE.  Her mom tried fixing the rust spots by painting over them with house paint and a brush.  But, damn...what a fun little car to drive.