...and at the other end of the spectrum, I religiously set the alarm on my beater Focus when I go to snack shopping.

I’m fine with them sharing the spelling, but the truncated version of Mercedes should be pronounced “murse.”

some thing bothers me about all the trim and decals on trucks today; all of them, the bigger three, seem to not just put one or two stickers, but various lettering, rally stripes, and custom paint to boot. I seen a '16 chevy with stripes down the sides, and rally stripes on the hood, roof and tailgate; almost looks…

Two Words: Shelby. Durango.

Wow the angles on that are VERY reminiscent of the Accord CrossTour.

Besides the usual malaise-era rust and build quality, the big one Novas had was the leaf-spring locating pins would break and the car would dog-track down the road.

Thank goodness I have a FuelShark to outweigh the fuel economy lost because of my phone!

No :( but....but...YOUR MOMS IS!

I saw the engine they used in this vehicle at the Ransom Olds museum in Lansing Michigan. I’m still blown away by the fact that they got a single turbo 4 banger up to 900 horsepower in those years.

For anyone who wants to read more about the museum: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/pictures-and-d…

Because the Focus sedan looks like it fell off the ugly tree into the Ugly River and down the ugly waterfall into Lake Ugly where it decayed for thousands of years into ugly rust which then became ugly dirt which was then trawled up and put on the side of the road where an ugly seed then sprouted another tremendously…

Mad Max: Flurry Road

I see your El Camino camera truck and raise you the Ford GT40 camera car used in filming of Grand Prix.

Back in February of ‘07 we had a Saturn VUE (4 cyl., AWD, and the much despised CVT) which, up until the last few months we owned it, it was a decent CUV. As we approached the 3 yr mark and about 45 - 50 thousand miles on it (I think, we’ll get to that in a bit) it would occasionally start “pinging” us. We noticed…

A small trailer is great for dirty, heavy or tall stuff. My little hatch hauls one , and I’m saved the pain and expense of a pickup.

I am not sure.. It is hard to tell because of the perspective.. But it looks taller than a sedan. My money is on a Kia Sedona..

I know a shop that has an ancient cartoon sketch hanging on the wall. (Literally going back to probably the 1960s. I believe it was blown up from some trade magazine.)

UP = Pack Mule

If things go well tonight, I’ll be placing an order tomorrow.

Honestly; I’d buy something simple, like another Dart or a Renegade. Fix my two panel trucks & get them show-worthy, and drive them too. After that, I might wait out the upcoming Jeep Grand Wagoneer.

I’d put the majority into building a business (I have an NFP and FP business idea that I think would work great here)…

I’ll take this over a CUV anyday.