Loony Toons...the worst? ...or the BEST?

Some friends have that big dumb Pathfinder, which I ended up driving quite a bit. I hated it at first, but over time it grew on me...like having a great big dog that isn’t that smart but has boundless loyalty.

My first memory of showing any interest is when my dad called me in to the room where he was watching TV to show me the race he was watching. He said the cars were using like an airplane wing, except upside down to make them stick to the track better. I told him that if the wings were just a little bit lower they…

Growing up I always imagined I’d drive up to my reunion in a white Lotus Esprit like James Bond. When my 20th rolled around we had so much going on at home I could barely get out. Found the cheapest flight there, booked the cheapest hotel, and the cheapest rental car.  Yeah, instead of the Lotus, I rolled up in a…

reminds me of this...

A friend tried to convince me that a Jeep Wrangler was the BEST car for his teenage daughter. Too expensive to fill up so she wouldn’t drive far, too sketchy on the freeway so she was never driving fast, and (perhaps most importantly) a terrible back seat.

I rented a car with this once, and rather than figure out how to disable it, I took it head-on with a “ok car, fight me!” attitude

Somehow neither of our cars have the memory option on our power seats.  That means after my wife drives I have to do driver’s seat yoga waiting for the mice to pull the seat far enough back to cram my legs under the steering wheel

Looking back, I think the worst would be anything you’d have to finance but is still old enough/crappy enough to require repairs.  I learned this the hard way.

Garbage can lid pop-riveted into the floor to fix a hole.  Kinda proud of that one.

My first car was a VW Type 3 fastback. After a winter of scraping the inside of the windshield whilst driving, I had the idea to install a fan to do the work for me. Trouble was, I had ZERO dollars to do anything with pizazz, but as evidenced by the rust hole patched by pop-riveting metal from a garbage can lid into…

28 grand?  I’m trying to figure out how to respond without using the “F” word

At LEAST 30mpg. I have walked away from good cars because no sunroof, no bluetooth, ugly steering wheel, etc., but I’m kind of done with $80+ fill ups.

Imagine how good he’d be on Top Gear

I actually love the Renegade for reasons I can’t fully rationalize. I love the looks from both the front and rear, but definitely not from the side. What keeps me from getting one is the wheels are freakishly small.

The “car?/SUV?/van?” argument is a selling point to me.  

I recently used the G-Wagen as an illustration of the term “Conspicuous consumption”

Automatic headlights should be hard-wired to your wipers as well as the light sensor.  At least mine should.

“in 600 meters turn right on Bischöflich-Geistlicher-Rat-Josef-Zinnbauer-Straße.

Ooooh...SVO!  I love that car