That’s an old-school run-flat. It’s better than the new rubbery ones because it doesn’t use air; in fact, its sidewalls are unaffected by high pressures (as those that might be encountered by ... say ... a submarine) or low pressures (or even the vacuum of outer space). Who says they weren’t smarter back then?

I know a guy who, in 1986, when he bought a Buick GN, parked diagonally in 2 spots to accomplish the same thing; it left his door accessible and the car was easy to remove from the space, while preventing dings (as long as no one else parked parallel to him). And he generally parked far from the entrance, so as to…

‘AMC Pacer’ — aah, yes! From at least as long ago as the Dodge Daytona Turbo Z, I’ve felt that there should be some sort of (voluntary, but enforceable) regulation affecting the naming convention, if only to limit the number of characters that could be used.

Then Cadillac came out with 3-letter Alphabet Soup names to…

Ordinarily, I’d say the swear indicates (a level of) idiocy on your part; however, if you intentionally left-off the “ed” suffix, then that’s grammatically consistent with the “an car” and “a automobile” remarks — and therefore, shockingly refined for this forum. I’m not a fan of that swear, but cleverness delights me.

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It’s easy to picture a tightly-wound freak emerging from the gym, seeing the truck, and dropping his gym bag while a stain of rage-urine re-darkens on the front of his pants, but the truth is I just don’t know...