An XJ isn’t really required to be driveable. One could, on pleasant afternoons (after the sun has slipped down behind the line of poplars) just have one’s people roll it out onto a carefully raked wide spot in the gravel drive. It is really more of an aspirational work of art than a practical vehicle for your petite…

Had one. Went to my Ex, Stacey.

January 2003 turned out to be the right time to buy that 2001 PT Cruiser, a five speed manual Limited Edition in Inferno Red. Drove it for fifteen years with normal sort of maintenance costs; usually enjoyed 27-28 mpg with a mostly freeway commute. Handling was never exciting: predictable but never better than good…

Like a Fiero, but Fiat. And older.

This spiky gape-mouthed misshapen thing causes so many disturbing thoughts to rush into one’s mind: Is it a the Mouth of Sauron on wheels? The chariot of Barad-Dur? Rahu descended to earth to devour unwary children?

Looks like someone updated Frau Benz’s car. The repurposed milk-b0ttle cowling makes a nice addition.

That brown plaid was the kicker that made this a Nice Price vote.

Scoured Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia dealer listings for a VW Sportwagen in 2017: many were listed, but all had auto-magic transmissions (and most seemed to be washing-machine white).

We have to hope, in spite of the obviously impending overwhelming crack-pipe vote (based on the excessive price), that this car is safe. It is a very nearly perfect example of how such a car should be drawn. The only visible flaw is the proforma vestigial BMW twin kidney grill in the center of the real grill: that…

Witch Person? Are you suggesting that location of the Probe was, is, or will be dependent upon a spell or incantation?

Re Flower Funds: So Flower Funds are not a misbegotten UMW effort to unionize bakeries and cupcake shops that’s been bedeviled by the 21st century penchant for misspelling?

That “!” is wunderbar! ‘I’ for [fuel] injection is neither here-nor-there in the 21st century, but the emphasis epitomized by “!” is beyond price!

An unavoidable question: What is the effect of Advanced AeroThermal work re the Jeep Wrangler?

The PT Cruiser was, in many ways, the long-roof Neon. It was fun basic transportation that managed to make a lot of people smile along the way. I ran my 2001 Inferno Red PT until 2017.

This car should be carefully preserved. The grandchildren of our grandchildren, when seeing the car in a museum, will be able to ascertain that the those who were cursed to live through the design debacle that was the first two decades of the 21st century were not all simultaneously suffering from color-blindness, cata…

Sounds like a lesser sequel to the late 1990's Jürgen Schrempp - Bob Eaton tragic romance.

I’m guessing that most of the guys who could actually toss a few bales of hay over the sides into the bed of that truck are on NBA rosters.

Ah, Yes. I see that now: The stripes do add some definition to what is basically a squashed jelly bean.

A very-nearly long-roof AWD Audi with a manual gearbox and five cylinders. The only thing not to like is the weirdly flat-sloped semi-fastback rear glass: That, at least, is mounted in a crisply creased hatch. So, it’s a solid yes vote.

How about a mount for an outboard motor?