Soldiers, or maybe State Department. I lived in in Bonn in the late ‘70s, before the Reunification. U.S. State Department vehicles at the U.S. Embassy were Chevy Malibu wagons. The looked out of place among VW Polos, Audi 80s, and BME 1602/2002s. One Sunday, Jimmy Carter attended the American Protestant Church, and…

No.

Nothing, thanks. I’m good. 

Seriously. While Ash78’s comment may have indeed been gold, nobody can beat a timely Rockford reference.

Came here for this.

On pump gas, meeting smog regs, and with a warranty, it is.

I usually have zero interest in anything RV, but this has been fun. 

All SUV/crossover drivers I know say they like sitting up high where they can “see everything.” Apparently, they really can’t. 

True. And they drove and felt more expensive, too. A friend bought a ‘71 wagon new. Everybody who drove it or rode in it talked about how solid and quiet it was, and while its interior wasn’t fancy, it just seemed so well put together.

Three petals?

Yeah, that was when they had their original singer. The new guy sucks. 

“Finally,” indeed.. A 3rd gen iPad replaced my laptop several years ago, and I never felt the need of an accessory keyboard. Even back then, an iPad could do what a lot of folk do with their computers. Word processing, spreadsheets, slides, online banking and budget, calendars, light photo and video editing, music,…

My thoughts, exactly.

Would it make you feel better if an iPad had a floppy drive and a parallel port? 

i would like to still have hair. 

“This nation will never see a “real” gun control debate until the proponents of gun control make an effort to actually educate themselves on the topic.”

Last car I had with a power antenna was a 2000 Miata. Stayed intact and functioning for nine years, until I finally forgot to turn off the radio and retract it while going through a gas-station car wash one time. I replaced it with a cheap manually-retracting one and drove it that way for the last year I owned the…

Yeah, I only have three presets used on my car’s radio, and they’re all NPR stations. I guess I’m 3 x nobody. Or a third of a nobody, depending on the math. 

I’m glad to hear that. I do like the little car.