I borrowed a guy's Pacer once—definitely my oddest driving experience.

I'm not even a pickup guy, but pickups of this ilk (slanted bed sides, etc.) have never made sense to me. I don't think I've ever seen one as a work truck. I guess that was never the point, but even as a personal vehicle, it seems less functional.

CFC = Can't Find Checkbook

There's a 13-year-old on my street with epic wrenching skills, which he pours into an endless stream of lawn tractors while awaiting that first set of roadgoing wheels. One of his projects is a mock John Deere he created by fabricating a body with JD livery around something else. Made out of plywood, I think. I want…

I like the way he finishes the job with that little forward-and-back motion. Can he teach my 16-year-old to parallel park?

@Brian B: Not OT at all...this is what holes in the space-time continuum are for!

You never know where you're going to land in a comfy one. My father-in-law had a late '80s Camry. The seat was perhaps a bit firm for my lightly padded posterior, but on a very long drive from NC to NJ, it was the least fatiguing to sit in.

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Or full-size A and C pillars.

So cool even a '70s color scheme can't ruin it.

The remarkable thing about all the Foxes and Panthers out there is their reistance to the tinworm. So, it has that going for it.

Trabama?

Saw a 1st-gen Shelby convertible on I-81 in Virginia today. That was a double-take moment.

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: You forgot "Ran when parked."

Oh. My. Head. Does that answer the question?

Surrender to the crossover. Resistance is futile.

@Al Navarro: Is that where it's located? I can't view the ad from my office, which is also about 10 minutes from Lebanon. Small world.

@abgwin: Heart clicky.

There's a secluded spot near the Jersey City/Hoboken border where this used to be a popular pastime. Burning cars, not yapping on cell phones.