The Subaru dealer in Colorado Springs...we’ve bought or leased four cars there, and twice (TWICE!) I had the sales guy say “look, it’s just a car. I’ll sell it to you if you want, but if I was you I would just hold onto what you’ve got.  Don’t bury yourselves in payments”.  

We’ve had two Foresters, one had a six-speed manual and the other the XT with the turbo. In each we got very close to 30 mpg, could fit all of our stuff, each was a fairly comfortable place to sit, and each (at the time) cost under 30 grand. On paper the Forester is the perfect vehicle.

300k in a Fiesta says more about your durability than the car’s

I wish I could give you more stars for teaching me the phrase “wiener whistle”

No, vegetarian hotdogs are  a thing, and true to form they’re made of the lips and assholes of the vegetables

As a kid it was this.  As an adult I’d probably look for the Morningstar Farms vegetarian version of this.

My first thought as well.  

Divide the number of hours in the drive by the number of licensed drivers in the vehicle. Take full use of this commodity by splitting duty and enjoy watching Top Gear reruns in the back seat while someone else is driving.

That poor car!

I believe I will remember this poem for the rest of my life

Curious demographics, introducing new user-interface technology in an Oldsmobile in Florida.

It was, a first generation. Lots of cool features like a Hurst 4 speed (IIRC) but it vapor locked like that was a factory option.

Not mine, somehow I never took a picture of it.  But basically this car in the “Sidewinder” edition.  Big black stripe down the center of the hood and gold BBS wheels.  I’ve owned quite a few beautiful cars, but this one had something special.

We’ve been going to the same Subaru dealer for decades. On two separate occasions we’ve had the sales guy say something to the affect of “it’s just a car, no reason to bury yourself in debt.  I’ll sell it to you if you really want it, but I won’t feel right about it”.

About a year ago I took off the bike rack that was attached to the hitch, and while doing so set my ratchet on the bumper. That’s the last I saw of that ratchet, which happened to be the one given to my by my father in 1980 and I have been using ever since. I have other, much nicer ones but none with provenance. 

I got to meet him once, he stayed at the hotel where I worked as a bellman.  The guy didn’t even limp.

it’s nice to be your own competitor? 

I used to have a 69 Mach 1, and you’re right about everything. Stiff suspension in the rear, soft in the front, and about 5 inches of play in the steering wheel. It was really more like driving a boat than a car.  But it SOUNDED fast.

The Type 3 was my first car, so once I had time to compose myself after reading your heretical post I decided I could meet you half way. I got mine in the early 80's, when my car was about 10 years old. I bought it not because I loved it, it’s what I could afford at the time. Looking at it now, I think it’s a better…

I always liked the shape of the Cimarron, it looks like it was built behind the iron curtain