I once had an irrational love for an FSJ. It cost me $400 and I yanked it out of a field in southern backwoods WV. The 2 of us wheeled, did burnouts, drank together (10mpg), bled, sweat, and cried together, and we even laughed together (the starter sounded like it was laughing at me every time it stalled at a…

“...old Jeeps all share one common trait: they drip with soul and character.”

Maybe not a theft, but the disappearance of the remains of The Little Bastard, James Dean’s Porsche. Possibly the greatest coup ever because it “just disappeared” out of that container.

“I know you love cars so can you fix this ::appliance, computer, airplane, lawnmower:: for me?” just because you like cars does not make you a mechanic. Also just because you are an automobile mechanic, doesn’t mean you can fix lawnmowers and you auntie’s 1963 Maytag Wash-O-Matic with new 2 speed variable wobble…

Volvo S80, XC90

win!

Underwear. Not once but TWICE. Found some granny pannies under the driver’s seat of my 1990 Dodge Shadow ES 2.5 Auto and found a set of quite fetching and revealing underwear in the door pocket of my 1989 Toyota Celica GTS 2.0 DOHC 5-speed. Good thing was I know that they came from the girl I bought it off of. And she…