as someone who actually rides a Cannondale Lefty, I gotta say the asymmetrical loads are a non-issue.  Great fork, super light, and stiff as anything out there (hex shaped sliders instead of round to keep it from twisting).  The only negative I can come up with is the dive.  If only it had some sort of anti-dive…

Room in the trunk for a monkey!

You beat me to it.  I was going to post about my ‘87 Jetta, that cost me all of my savings, cash, and credit...down to the last penny.  

I remember getting more mileage out of a pitted bb (or headset, or hubs...) by popping the bearings out of the races, which made room for an additional bearing.  Worked like a champ, but if I were to try that today I have no idea where I’d find those extra bearings.  

I had a Mach 1.  It didn’t turn good either.

When this car was new I loved it. I thought “this is the future”.

My neighbor used to do this with his Harley at 6 am outside our bedroom window. 15 minutes of “BUP BUP BUP BUP BUP BUP” while he warms it up IN THE SUMMER.

Agreed. The worst car I ever owned was a 10 year old Jetta I bought with 28k on the clock.  WHERE WERE YOU WITH THIS ADVICE THEN??!

“Something something cheap German car.” I don’t remember how that Jalop saying goes, so NP

I had a girlfriend with a Metro, so of course I teased her about it...until I drove it.  Just a fun, little tossable car.

We went to get our daughter a CRV/Rav4 but instead drove away with one of these, which also happened to be built the same year she was born. On the test drive my wife asked “This is great, why are we driving new cars?”. 

Bluetooth made from actual tooth

The Model T. Ugh...lousy ergonomics, slow, and didn’t come with even a stereo

My first car was a VW Type 3 fastback, and that car is still my all-time favorite to drive in the rain. Tail-happy, even making a right turn from a stop sign due to the massive buildup of fractional G-force.

I agree about the Astro, especially because it’s so funny to yell at slow drivers “Move your Astro!”

Came here for this.  And if my time-addled brain isn’t failing me, wasn’t the suspension designed by Lotus?

My old Jetta had one, and I found it a handy way to close the door...just yank on the seatbelt. Worked until all that yanking broke the sensor wire and the car wouldn’t start.

Maybe it’s not a glow plug, maybe its a merkin

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