Goodbye, Raphael Orlove.

1976 Plymouth Volare slant six with a four speed manual transmission, purchased new. The linkage was assembled incorrectly so that shifting into third engaged fourth gear and “upshifting” to fourth put you into third. The transmissi0n was also fragile, when I sold it at 40,000 miles it was in need of its second…

In 1962-1963, my best friend and I and our fathers went to an auto show in Washington, D.C. We had a great time, but the thing that I remember best was a bugeye Sprite with a Mercury flathead V8 transplant. To make it even more memorable, it was painted International Harvester red.

Those of with narrow garages or parking spaces might be more interested in which cars are too wide.

Is anyone surprised?

Pretty good. Back then we were worried about polio, not COVID, but shots still hurt.

“It shows the Wrangler, in both two-door and four-door trim, as the most-marked-up car in twenty four states — nearly half the country, for those of you who didn’t ace your fourth-grade geography tests.”

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AMEN!

“That means no passengers who are positive for a watchlist match will have their identities turned over to Amtrak”

I was in Paris last week for the first time in a long time and also found the Metro to be very good. When I was first in Paris (1959), some of the folks who worked in the Metro stations were fairly rude to tourists, this time, the two Metro workers I dealt with were very professional and polite.

Lillian, this is worthwhile information. Beer, whiskey, WHOPPERS, and, best of all, malted milks, this article has something for everyone.

Too much is never enough.

“(W)e are at the point were something revolutionary in battery tech needs to happen now.”

“Small hatchbacks are the way to go when it comes to cargo space.”

Several decades ago, after McDonald’s introduced the Egg McMuffin, a car magazine columnist (Jean Shepherd?) wrote a column praising its contribution to road trips. IIRC, he stated that its familiarity and consistency meant that the traveler had one less uncertainty to contend with.

Automobiles only come in four colors, red, British Racing Green, black, and “who cares.”

“She’s a sizable 75.6 inches wide. Now, this didn’t really impact highway or urban driving...”

Cars only come in three colors, red, black, and “who cares.”

“And if you’re worried about the color choices sucking, they won’t.”