I know I'll probably take some flak for this, but I genuinely like the slammed look, especially on European cars. I have a little mark II Jetta that came with a modest set of lowering springs and it has a very nice stance. Dropping a car so hard that you're scraping on anything but fresh pavement is a little silly,…

@JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2: Or a Subaru AWD conversion. Sacrilege, I know, but how crazy would that be?

@SpiritOfEcstasy: In that vein, because of the LTD in Men In Black, I wanted a Crown Vic throughout most of my childhood.

My mom's GMC C-10 was our farm truck for a number of years, and the first vehicle I have distinct memories of. I remember burning my thumb on the cigarette lighter; my folks never smoked, so I didn't know what it was. When we did large-scale market-gardening, we would hire high-school kids over the summer to pick…

@Timberwolf: Heart click for you.

Congrats to you on a well-deserved COTD :)

Two words: Faux. No.

I learned late, and by late I mean "this past weekend". When I was 14 and first learning to drive, my family owned a manual Cavalier, and my dad tried to teach me on it once. However, I didn't get it, he got frustrated, and we never bothered after that. The Jetta I bought this weekend and drove home from the previous…

Hopefully? Crossovers. I imagine a world where ungainly not-quite-anything-really-mobiles are so rare that they become backdoor collectables.

@rebeldevil: COTD, bam.

Got it. I've spent enough time peering at L28s attached to rusting frames in peoples' backyards that I'll recognize that head anywhere.

@TraderCoz: I live for the day when I can straddle the line between sharp and fogey.

My family has owned a white '93 Olds Cutlass Ciera for close to eight years now. Paid a friendly dealership $300 for it with 150 000 kilometres on the clock and a bad transmission. My folks had the transmission replaced and I drove it to school after my Buick's clutch gave out. It's passed from myself to my brother…

@RSDeuce: Yeah. I love silly wings on rally-tuned sedans, and this one is so square and upright and precise that it doesn't even look that silly.

GM could reskin the El Camino...

@jalopnikfan: I don't think that needs anything done to it, jefe. It's pretty much perfect as-is.

240Z, Alberta car, no rust, interior perfect, needs motor. $500.

@YankBoffin: You are officially my favourite. Does the girl come with?

@pauljones: Someone up here had a running '59 Apache for $800. If I'd had $800 I would have bought it and sold it to my sister.

@Shadowguitar: Man, who cares? Shoulda bought it and stored it at your parents' place until you graduated or something.