Rule Number One - don’t piss off your neighbors! Most enforcement of Zoning regulations is done in response to citizen complaints. If someone complains, the city / county have a duty to repond. If no one complains, rarely does the government have either the time or the incentive to go out looking for “problems” to…

For the older person doing 4K per year, would there be any benefit in looking at buying that vehicle, instead of turning it in and leasing something else?  It’s a known entity and the taxes/license fees will continue to go down.

1. Because I wanted new. I was tired of my rusted-out, ten-year-old Corvair 500 with a Powerglide.

Good question! She did make me put in A/C before she’d buy it.

I had to make that exact choice in 1975, when my parents gave me $3,500 to buy my first new car (and it had to be American, “not one of those imports”). I had essentially three choices, Vega, Pinto or Gremlin, and I went with Gremlin. I did that because it had the biggest base engine, a six cylinder, under the…

I think that it has more to do with familiarity (which way you saw a vehicle for the first time), than anything else. Seeing it “different”, just seems wrong, unless it truly is an improvement, visually.  I’d also argue that pillar color plays a big role, with black ones helping to unify the tint on lighter-color…

One word - bring back the Merrymobile. Found only in Memphis and Louisville, and only in the 1960's, but still the coolest ice cream vehicles!

Used to, not anymore . . .

CJ-7 or Wrangler Unlimited frame underneath?

Half the price of a nearly-identical new one: https://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/commercial.html

Intriguing, but ultimately CP, with the body kit. For the same money, you could get two old Miatas, for fun, or a non-abused 914, as an “investment”/ classic.

Actually makes sense, since most gas stations make more profit from the minimart than from the fuel pumps.

Then there’s this - https://wjla.com/news/local/uber-and-lyft-drivers-fares-at-reagan-national?fbclid=IwAR3fHksbCNBgjO9zCloxb-1uKMcvsd2uGWYU528jzUsMLK1eFvKWbgv4U_Y

If a) it’s a judgement call (and “patina” / “body damage” is), and b) there’s an easy solution, it becomes a pissing match. It’s not like he doesn’t have a garage, and nowhere else to park the truck on his property, he just doesn’t like being told what he can and cannot do. And I get that part of it - I don’t like…

To start, I’m no fan of HOA’s (been there, done that, moved on). That said, this is a pissing match, not a true “problem”. He has a two-car garage, with two other cars in it. Put the truck in the garage, and a non-patina car in the driveway - “problem” solved! But nooooo! “I’m right, by God, and I’m going to prove…

Bring back the Road Runner moniker . . . meep, meep!

I doubt that Uber exposure helps retail sales.  How many people, 10 or 20 years ago, thought that a Crown Vic or an Impala would be a good place to start looking for a new car?

Nicely maintained survivor - NP. That said, I’m no fan of the oversize aftermarket gas tank / Pinto barbeque special, even with the trailer hitch.

Wheelbase and width say it’s a mule for a future SL class replacement. It’s kind like how Chevrolet hacked up a Suburban to create a mule for the Astro van. It looks mostly “normal”, until you look at the details!

It’s an unfortunate decision, and one that will be followed by the full force of the Law of Unintended Consequences . . . “If we can’t control free parking, using chalk, we’ll just have to install metered parking and/or license plate scanners!”