Quail hunting is often out in the high brush. If it’s dry and the exhaust is hot, you’ve got all the tinder necessary to light it up. Or an errant cigarette/cigar. Just hope the dogs weren’t in the boxes when it went up.

I’m late to the “me, too” party, but me, too. Driving my stepdad’s ‘85 Country Squire woody wagon home at 12 because the adults decided that a 12 year old DD was a good idea. With country roads and big ditches, it WAS a better idea than them driving.

We don’t run our class action commercials during Jerry Springer. You must be thinking of those $99.95 LASIK commercials. I jest.

Amen. Have litigated arbitration issues, too. Turned away good people in bad situations because of those clauses.

I understand you’re getting a 31 cent check is upsetting to you, but you got a class action notification and if your case was worth more, you could’ve opted out of the class and fought it yourself with a lawyer you’d have to hire. And you’d be potentially be exposed to risks of attorney’s fees for the other side if…

54 and Little Road is right around the corner from the Courthouse and jail. The wait for the light was probably longer than the drive to the jail. And as a resident of the county to the south of Pasco, where this occurred, who visits said courthouse on a regular basis, I can say there are some odd folks up there.…

Quite a few of these cases out there on these vans. The rollover issues with associated roof crush is tragic.

There has to be a jalop who works for a car rental company who can share. Then again, most of the time, they don’t seem to know a Taurus from a Tesla, so maybe not.

Better yet, if it’s custom order anyway and the Audi can hang on, go to Gotenbourg to do Volvo European Delivery, pick it up yourself and save a few bucks! You do have to wait on the ship back time, but it’s a pretty considerable savings and comes with a couple free airline tickets and a night (or two) hotel stay. …

One of by favorite Christmas mornings came when I was opening up the box containing the die cast transformer Jetfire. I had watched Robotech religiously up through then and when Hasbro got the rights to the figure, thought I’d struck gold.

Who doesn’t store that many cars (and that much $$ tied up in them) and not have a fire suppression system of some kind set up? Nothing complicated since it’s just a warehouse, but something....

I’ve litigated tire failure cases. Even “better” tires can be a problem, depending on how old they are (tires are like milk- they do age) and how they’ve been stored (hot = bad). Used tires...don’t get me started.

Reminds me of the car factory I had in the early 80's. Only then, instead of a screwdriver and pre-formed parts, it heated up wax to a liquid point and you’d pour it into molds and add wheels etc. Somehow, I don’t see that toy getting a green light today.

That’ll likely be a total loss if any of the airbags deployed, coupled with the body damage. If not, hope he gets paid back for diminished value of the civic.

I think you need to throw Hooper in there, too. A rocket assisted firebird certainly qualifies as a car thing, even if it’s technically a stuntmant movie.

Seriously in need of the following weekend assignment:

Just about every time I think I want to get an old Scout that I could wrench on, I read one of your articles and it reminds me of the time suckage that would be involved. Not to mention the marital strife, strain on the wallet, etc.

They’re not and, absent finding out that the writer bought himself a boxster, I was going to suggest a Z3 roadie or coupe. Very unique design and, aside from the subframe issues which is a problem for the higher powered cars, would be a great weekender.

The bigger question to you then would be- taking out the expense- could a 200 series LC do it or is it a portly land cow now, too swathed in leather and comfort to survive a nuclear winter like its earlier brethren?

Good read. We need more people to make “Space Buddies” happen for real. ;)