"1. You say a classic must be recognizable as a classic when you see it. That's BS. There are a lot of beautiful and noteworthy cars out there that the masses don't know about."

Fourth: Fast & Furious.

I wouldn't call this a "mystery for the ages." In the past couple of years I've seen a bunch of people driving the somewhat random offering of a Mitsubishi Galant, a car that by no rational reason still exists. And yet, it does. When I finally started looking closely, I figured out the truth: without a single…

Apparently you missed my point for the fourth or fifth time. Let me just spell it out:

I live in Houston and have yet to see a Tesla here (not even one - honestly - and I live in Montrose near River Oaks, where one could reasonably expect to see them), and yet I spent the summer in Austin and encountered several a week. Then I visited the North County part of San Diego for a week afterwards, and my…

"Nowhere in that description does it say that it has to be pretty or good to drive."

Your logical fallacy here is your assumption that ALL cars between 20 and 45 years old are "classic." They're not, regardless of the fact that the word is heinously misused nowadays; they may be deemed "classic," which is not even remotely the same thing as "will be deemed 'classic.'" Most older cars are merely old,…

On the one hand, I agree. On the other hand, it's nevertheless fact that most Suburbans sold in Texas are owned by, er, suburbanites, and few of them even have 4WD, let alone ever being taken off-road. I guess what I appreciate about the owners of Suburbans/Tahoes/Yukons is their ability to at least be *honest* about…

"it's possibly the cheapest classic Mustang you can get"

Man, people sure do love hating on the Ford Mustang II, the malaise-era replacement for the icon that started the Pony Car genre. And you know what? This video convinced me that they're wrong.

Ownership data, in this context, isn't based on purchase stats; it stems from insurance company data (which *does* include the gender of the primary driver in each household for each car) and also independent survey data.

Somehow, "Smokey and the Bandit II" continues to evade the list (though yes, I know its even-worse successor is on the earlier list).

Oh? You've surveyed the national Suburban ownership pool? Please, enlighten us further with your glorious wisdom! (Okay, okay: I'll spare you further embarrassment by admitting I've seen Suburban ownership data, and most of them are driven by men, not soccer moms.)

I take it in your ignorant hate-spewing towards the Suburban that you forgot the fact that the gone-and-not-missed Excursion was an entire class LARGER than the Suburban, and that it was too tall and long to fit into many garages. The Ford Expedition XL, however, is still produced and the Suburban's direct competitor…

I'm reasonably sure my 11-year-old BMW, which came with a cassette player as standard equipment (though mine has a single-disc CD player), contains far less frippery than the average newer vehicle. Still, I could do without:

I've maxed out my last three cars, all BMWs, at 155mph. (Yes, in America. No, not on roads anyone else was on.) I floor it to 60 (and much faster) at least once or twice daily. I routinely take the scenic (twisty and rural) route on my drives between cities to visit family.

That's not "carbon fiber" in your photo. It's plastic faux-fiber.

In case it wasn't clear, Texas buyers aren't AT ALL fazed by this regulatory bullshit. Last September Tesla invited Austin-area prospective buyers, ones already on the waiting list, to a special "Tesla Experience" event at an upscale North Austin hotel. There they were able to drive the various Model Ss available, in…

I can deal with early-stage, pre-Aston Bond driving a Mondeo. I CANNOT, however, deal with Bond driving this automotive-abomination Lincoln Mark VII (on a craptastic Thunderbird platform), even if it was the '80s and he was being played by Timothy Dalton.

The Wrangler is a category unto itself. True, it's a two-door (though as of late there's also a four-door), but personally I'd say a prerequisite of an SUV has to be a fixed roof over at least four seats. (OTOH 1970-era Broncos have removable roofs, and they're definitely SUVs, so there are exceptions to the rule.)