The Henry Ford also has the Roosevelt’s “Sunshine Special”, Ike’s ‘50 Lincoln bubbletop, and Regan’s Lincoln limo, and Abe Lincoln’s horsedrawn carriage too. Just in case anyone doesn’t know it, you can use Google Earth Streetview to visit The Henry Ford museum virtually. Don’t worry about not seeing the blue lines.…

What if the Edsel had never gone away? Somebody thought it would be a good idea to find out. I present to you the 2008 Edsel.

The Falcon didn’t even show up on the scene until 1960, the Edsel’s last year. 

I don’t know much about wrapping. Am I doing this right?

I’m not even going to try to answer this one. Having been driving for almost 50 years, I’ve seen everything from boats flying airborne over I-35, to very close encounters with Presidential vehicles and Secret Service agents, to snakes being dropped on my car by hawks, to a hundred other weird crap, I could fill a…

Back in the mid 90's, I took a trip from Texas up to and through Colorado with my then 10 year old son. It was just the two of us.  To keep him from getting bored, it was his “job” to help me navigate. I gave him a map (State Farm/Rand McNally atlas actually), a yellow highlighter pen, and showed him where we were at…

How does it do in a drag race though? This shed has nitrous and does 96mph.

I’ve always hated that test. The myth originated back when trucks had 8' beds and single cabs. There was a large area for air to get trapped in. They used modern short bed, long cab trucks for the test. The longer cab gave a long flow over the top and the short bed held an air bubble nicely, unlike the older long bed…

Ford of Brazil would like to have a word with you....

Here, use the one I made....

Not to mention that on some/most of those cars, you can heat up the batteries and the interior using shore power whenever it’s plugged in.  Getting a cold car warm takes lots more energy than just keeping an already warm car warm.  Heated seats and steering wheels also go a long way on saving energy when it’s cold.  I…

They had “Goldie” (Tucker #2) there for a long time.

The regenerative braking on a Tesla takes place in the motor, not the wheels, so that’s not a problem especially since a Tesla won’t be using it’s brakes much. On the other hand, I wonder if the airflow blockage on the outside of the wheel might make the brakes overheat on regular ICE cars.

That was a 2dr Crown IIRC too.

I know what you’re saying, but I’ve also learned over time that the kind of people who like you or don’t like you based on what kind of car you drive, aren’t worth knowing at all.

Well, it was my fault really. Shouldn’t have gone for a ride on that three lane highway.

Nope.  She got a taste of gas one day and switched, if you get my drift.

I’ve always tried to find my cars good homes when I get something else. I’ve given several of them away to people who really needed them instead of selling it to someone who “just wanted it for the interior” or something like that. When I sold my only-owner ‘01 Golf TDI with 445,000 miles on it to my friend and VW…

I’ve taken 2 long trips with it, and got 26-27 mpg driving strictly on the highway at speeds of 75mph. That’s using miles divided by gallons, not using a trip computer. Not great mileage, but not too bad considering the size of the car. Don’t even ask about city mpg though.