A pig wearing lipstick is still a pig.

Good thing they had AAA.

If you live in a state with a strict inspection regime (like NJ), an impending inspection can be decision time; it's been that way with my last few car switches. If it's going to cost me more in terms of money and/or hassles to pass inspection than the car is worth, I start shopping.

Having just searched in vain for rock salt and come up with only sand, let me say the sand did wonders for the glacier that is my driveway. A bit on the hill in that video would have helped; I'm guessing it was too cold for salt to do any good. I climb a similar hill to my road, and my FWD cars have done a few of…

@smalleyxb122: I feel pretty sure it was a Super Bowl spot, but I could be wrong. Or maybe it debuted earlier somewhere else.

@seoultrain: Thanks. Even better than I remember. The kid is priceless.

That's one big honkin' French fry.

A couple I thought were underrated:

Cars died from the inside out around '73-'74, if you think about it. In '73, the power left, and in '74, the style followed.

Sobering. I was almost taking for granted that Ford would somehow survive, but this is a reminder that nobody is safe.

It's got a Pokemon face, with freckles.

@Jimal: Yeah, they had bled all the style out of it by that time. Blech.

@philibuster: Brilliant.

Chrysler should not be within 1,000 miles of any endeavor with 'Termin'-anything as part of the title.

This reminds me of the scare film they showed us in driver ed 30 years ago—"Signal 30." All gory crash footage; there was a whole genre of such films.

That business around the rear wheel wells is veering toward caricature.

@Jellodyne: I'll vouch for running long and badly. My '90 Olds Calais hit 193K, running with all the refinement of an out-of-tune lawnmower, but just...wouldn't...die.

@Maxichamp: Wrong coast—I'm in NJ, which makes it even more remarkable. And it was a notchback, probably the rarest Citation.

I saw one of these in a mall parking lot several months back, and it was a bit like stumbling across a live dodo. I also saw a remarkably clean Citation coupe at the local American Legion hall last year. Yeah, these are a rarity, though for some reason Skylarks and Citations seem to be the survivors.

The car business has become a game of inches. Most cars you can buy now, if properly maintained and sanely driven, will last you a good long time without much trouble. So it comes down to what's more pleasant to look at, drive, spend time in...the inches.