Absolutely nothing about what you've posted here is wrong, but it's important to note that, with rare exception, no car is an investment. Cars are "depreciable assets". A durable good. A tool for transportation. Big or small, luxury or economy, the all do the same thing.

As good as the next Phaeton will be — and the first one was quite good too — I just wonder whether Americans will ever warm up to such an expensive car with a VW badge.

Deusenberg.

No love for lifting bodies?

Gorgeous. Too bad they only made six of them. I'll just go for the paint scheme and wheels and do the interior in a nice, tasteful restomod. Find a nice LS6 to drop in there after letting the Lingenfelter boys work some magic.

Ohhhh. One day I will own a C2 or C3 Corvette with a custom Mako Shark paint scheme.

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway has got NOTHING on the vast barren vistas of Nebraska. I've done I-70 and I-80 to Denver from Chicago and holy lord do they ever suck. Cruise control and audiobooks are survival tools.

Don't gridlock. If you're in the city and the traffic is heavy, don't cross the intersection unless you're sure you can leave it clear behind you. If the jerk behind you stands on his horn, ignore him. He'll just follow you and make matters even worse for cross traffic.

This is one thing the Germans are absolutely right about. You can blow past a cop on the autobahn doing 190 with your hair on fire. Do it on the right and it's a big fine and/or suspended license.

If you get rear ended on the highway, pull over to the shoulder. Don't stop and exchange information on the freeway and make everyone late for work or dinner. I've seen this several times and it's never anything less than infuriating. Makes you wish you could sue people for lost time.

My friend Dan and I are from Chicago. His roommate, Jason is also a Chicagoan. We'd known each other a few years and partied on the weekends. One of our friends, Jen, needed a lift back to campus and I volunteered as an excuse to drive Dan's Honda Del Sol. It had rained that afternoon - heavier than I thought -…

I had one of these back in the day.

Because damaged aircraft are repaired on site by a team of engineers and mechanics who fly around the world. Parts can't always be shipped by plane or boat and then transported across land to the aircraft. Also, an aircraft that's sitting on the tarmac isn't making money for the airline. It's more likely costing…

Crazy People. I wish I could star this twice.

Damn. You NASTY!

The public education system is aimed squarely at the bell curve. If your kid is particularly gifted or tragically challenged, you'd better live in an municipality with well funded schools or your they're getting left behind. Or sold short.

I'd rock that FF Sportwagen. I'm too damn old for the welded doors on the Rebele.

Identifying materials? You mean like the VIN? All this guy did was make it even easier than it already was for the RCMP to find the owner. What? You don't think the RCMP would look up his Facebook profile after getting his name? Law enforcement LOVES Facebook and all the criminal confessions therein. People are…

The layout allowed for better handling than the FWD car while giving room for a usable trunk, unlike the mid-engine car. The longitudinal engine could be placed front-mid, for close to 50/50 weight distribution. There's all kinds of good reasons for why the FR Miata one.