I give you High Bridge, NJ. The reason is different here. The county highway system is often overlaid on roads that date from the 19th century or earlier. In this case, the county route turns at a T intersection, resulting in this.

Chances are something disproportionately pricey got damaged when the car was too far down the depreciation curve. But we don’t know that. We do know what a hassle it will be to insure. Sad, sad ND, because I’ll be in the market soon and this would be perfect if it were on the other coast.

This looks like one of those squealing mini-droids scuttling around the corridors of the Death Star. I don’t want that to be the thing that kills me. ND.

Almost had me, but the mystery mileage kind of ruins it. The A/C is less of an issue for a car you’d like drive mostly in top-down weather, but “just needs a recharge” is something to always take with a large grain of salt. ND, although I see it’s already gone.

I wonder how many models dubbed “collector” from the factory turn out to be that. As an “investment,” this car isn’t and never will be worth $60K. Or if you choose to drive it, you’ll have a palpably inferior experience to any number of newer, even brand new cars you could get for the same money. ND.

We have found this particular Don Johnson’s vice.

This is a little too dear for some Gen-Xer’s nostalgia trip, and not quite worth entry-level collector money. Not sure how I’d price it, but this doesn’t feel quite right. ND.

It is cool, just not that cool for most of us. But the cult of VW being what it is, I can see it going at or near full price to someone with deep pockets and a deep thirst for bragging rights. Never mind that it will never carry anything harder than a pillow or touch any terrain rougher than a freshly mown park. NP.

Lotus position, assume the position, tossed into word salad...

I am not in a position to assume responsibility for this Lotus. 

You would almost have to ding it up a little to make it a guilt-free work truck. ND

I rarely go with this tired old phrase, but kill it with fire. 

This is a notch above a similarly preserved Pinto. OK, neat trick, but why? ND. 

This, peeking out behind the driver’s seat, might be a clue to the MS Paint mystery.

In the blink of an eye, and they’ll act like they always knew.

Yeah, it’s still pricey enough to weed out the most woefully unprepared buyers.

It’s a hatch! It’s practical!

I suspect this is trickling into more forms of public transportation. We all see what’s happening on planes. For me, twice in the past six weeks on my sleepy, suburb-bound NJ commuter train, I’ve witnessed screaming–screaming–tirades that veered very close to physical brawls. I had never seen anything like it before.

It may be irrational, but on the other hand, this is from an era when 100K still amounted to running on borrowed time for many cars.

I'm surprisingly torn on this. Sure, a cheap runner that will probably be the only one at C&C. But I once bought a K-car at roughly this mileage for far less money, and it was still a bad decision. Reluctant ND.