Having grown up in Ohio, it wasn’t always that way, but I guess now you fall into one of the six metro areas. It’s a weird new world.

(Columbus does have some automotive industry to call its own; Honda’s big American factory complex is there.)

What I don’t get about this car is it’s been called “a Golf with a trunk.” Isn’t that what the Jetta once was?

Man, you’re making me miss dog-dish hubcaps. Black wheels need to go away.

The (American) car companies should’ve kept an entry-level car to make us all ‘graduate’ to an SUV, instead of starting out driving one. Learn some driving dynamics first, then (maybe) you can own an SUV.

Saw a crash wherein the entire glass roof of a Mercedes sedan was gone. Still not sure how anyone managed to clean up all of that shattered mess.

Oh my gosh, the reason we don’t move closer to the ‘mountaintop’ is because we want to do whatever we want and put down each other’s way of thinking, insisting that what we think is right and imposing it on others, instead of stopping and saying, is this really right? Should I be thinking like this? Dr. King probably…

1.4-Liter SOHC 16-Valve Turbocharged Multiair® Inline Four-Cylinder.

If only the Metric System had been established in the US forty-some years ago, we could at least have some common language when it comes to weights and measures.

Midnight Amethyst Metallic 

For those youngins who weren’t around at the time, weight was used as a selling point because the argument went:

Heard that one was Iacocca’s idea, to give the car more presence. The T-Bird with a beak!

For $3500, that’s a lotta Reatta.

‘Baywatch actress’ is one of those dumb catchphrases used in news articles these days. She could’ve appeared for two minutes in that show and the press would give her the title anyway. Like we’re all supposed to be familiar with her somehow.

Cannot tell you how many people in the greater DC area drive without anything more than DRLs at night. It’s scary.

Hadn’t had the preset driver’s seat position before and was ready to buy a Lincoln to get it. Ha. Bought a Ford Escape Titanium and it has three presets. No more banging my knees on the steering wheel after my wife’s been driving.

One auto writer said it best when they wrote that the car had a “Jimmy Durante nose.”

The silence of the Toyota Prius as it takes off.

A good friend of mine owned one, a ‘75, triple black, — black interior, paint, and vinyl roof. 460 V-8, about 8-10 MPG on a good day.  Parking it took the greatest patience and flagmen at the corners.

Finally, Chevy builds a truck that looks good, is very useful, and has everything I’ve ever wanted.