Wanted to buy a new Maverick, but they kept pushing back the intro date. Wound up at the Ford dealer anyway and nabbed a nearly-new loaded 4wd Escape Titanium for the price of a base Fusion.

At half the price, we could at least start talking since it has low mileage and is so very clean. And rare.

Sounds like the owner is working hard to get the $6k he invested back into his pocket.

Perhaps it’s obvious, but I have found that:

Most of my collection is boxed up in storage, as we’ve been living in apartments the last few years. Looking forward to having a house again so I can have a car-cave with most of my collection in view.

... the terrible Duran Duran song...

Named for an American president, but why?

So would FCA (Stellantis) over the use of the name PATRIOT on something other than a Jeep.

Is the Spark going to become the last car sold in America with a FIVE-SPEED stick?! Wow.

Was it the Spark or the Sonic that had the awesome crotch rocket inspired IP?

For the 1999 model year, Plymouth made only one model of the Breeze. It wasn’t really a stripper with power windows, a/c, etc., so even by late 90s standards it was a well-equipped car at a low price.

Watch out, as EVs in the near future will likely be 3D printed cars that are familiar to us already in metal or fiberglass form, instead of stuffing electric motors in old cars (see Zelectric). If you’re going to sell a niche vehicle, why not sell every one that you can?

One thing I’ll never be able to do is convince anyone that this is a Nice Price deal of epic proportions. But I’ll give it a go.

There should be one global standard for auto safety.

1969 Mercury Marauder X-100

Will that be so that the cars can be started, the way we used to clutch-start my old 5-speed Plymouth? Or will it be because the batteries weren’t recharged in time?

You asked for a land yacht. The 1960 Lincoln Continental Town Car.

I suppose when one of these comes up in our rearview mirrors, it’ll read “Monza.”

Sorry but Anzom doesn’t even sound like the name of ANY company in Italy. Looks too much like a certain internet company name.

That’s unfortunate. And I always thought that DC, Miami and NYC were the worst car theft cities.