I’ll definitely throw my hat in the ring, although it may be more like an eyedropper in the ocean... You’ll have my application later tonight. For the sample writing, would you prefer all car-themed pieces, or a wider variety of subjects?

One could make the argument that all cars are submersible, once...

No bubble top, no smoke rings out the exhaust, no “Pbbbbbbbb” noise as it goes by, doesn’t fold into a suitcase as you step onto the moving walkway at the office... nope, not a flying car.

“That Mrs. Cobb is so nice! Always seems so happy. But she walks kinda funny...”

3rd: So you’re saying they still have some bugs in the supply chain to work out?

I voted Nice Price because it looks to be in good shape, and $3000-4000 seems to be the going rate for a decent one of these, even here in Portland, where they’re EVERYWHERE. You can find projects for much cheaper, but if you want a nice turn-key car, that’s about what you’ll pay.

You know I agree...

“What’s the point of that, I wonder? I mean, I see how they did it, I just don’t get the why...”

Can’t think of a single compelling reason to buy this instead of a nice Tahoe for half the price. Just like when they were new.

I love stories like this! I also found my love of cars from my dad, who had a Beetle when I was little (I remember going to see Star Wars at the drive-in in it in the summer of ‘77), as well as a Triumph TR4A. His car buddies tended towards British (and sometimes Italian) sports cars, and he liked to regale me with…

How’d they get the truck concept so right (simple, easily reconfigurable box) and then get this so very very wrong? The rear opening should be squared off and use a roll-up door like every other box truck in the universe, there should be a loading ramp, there should be a sliding side door, the rear overhang needs to…

Ha! I’ve had the same idea regarding street racers: get caught street racing, you must sell your car and buy an automatic Ford Tempo, WITH the motorized seat belts.

Neutral: I’m in the process of restoring an old vintage RC car, a 1984 Kyosho Progress. It’s this wonderfully over-engineered little marvel, chain-driven 4WD, 4 wheel steering, torsion-bar suspension, just a marvelous thing for those of us who love intricate mechanical bits.

I’d rather buy an X1/9 and build a garage with a lift to work on it than buy this.

You know... I always looked down on the “boring” 90s Toyota sedans. But a few months ago, right before the lockdowns started, I bought a 1995 Corolla 5 speed, dinged-up and needing a little work but good running, for $500. I’ve put another $300 or so in it in miscellaneous repairs, and absolutely fallen in love with…

Sure, the pamphlets are all Goodyear news, but then their sermons are all hell-brim and Firestone.

What? No.

Ditto... my only restriction is “all that stuff” must remain contained within my office/study, and not invade the rest of the house.

I read William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition when it came out, and I thought it far-fetched that the lead character was allergic to corporate logos. These days, I tense up and get stressy when I hear the terms “brand identity” and “design language,” and I totally get it. (Throw in the word “synergy” and I start to want…

Neutral: I think renting one for a weekend would satisfy me. That would make it “special.” Otherwise, I think it would start to feel like the automotive equivalent of those extended-stay business hotels: nice, but cold and clinical and very obviously and pointedly not yours.