@icemanemg: I'm trying to talk myself out of calling a guy about one of these to serve alongside my 244. This isn't helping. Not helping at all.

@MushyHeirloom: Anyway, here's your image of the original advert.

@qwerk: Check this out, from LeMons team Boxy But Good - they piloted a Lego-themed 744 Turbo to 19th place the weekend before last.

@McLovin2: I have this on my mp3 player, and as such, have it memorised. It occasionally confuses new passengers in my car.

@I can be stig?: I hear whenever you take a new BMW in for service, they try to Forsdicks...

@fhrblig: Old VW ads are almost invariably brilliant. I've never actually sat down inside a Beetle, though it can't have less front legroom than my Volvo (I don't understand it)...

My Volvo 240DL, automatic, will do in fourth what an 1800S that needs a carburetor rebuild will likely manage.

Usually in a split of this nature, one party either lets themselves go, or, in contrast, concentrates on exercise and personal improvement to make the pain go away. This Supra did both!

@skulldriveshaft picasaweb: Okay, tanning booths are the exception.

@KAPTAIN_SLOW: Amerigasm in 3, 2, 1...

@FTGDWolverineEdition: I thought Poland was Europe's Mexico, based on the number of people escaping for greater opportunities and/or to support their families.

@Half the wheels and twice the fun: I'd slap that on a fourth-generation Accord (Marysville, Ohio) and talk with folks driving lifted Chevy (Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico and formerly Oshawa, Ontario as well as various points in the States), Dodge (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico as well as Warren, Michigan), and to a lesser…

@Gawd: I loved the fourth-generation Chrysler minivan - statistically, most likely built in Windsor, Ontario - with a similar "Buy American"-themed sticker and Massachusetts plates. I wanted to walk over and read their VIN plate once they parked, and most likely leave a note, but decided against it.

1989 Volvo 244: R12 needs recharging, and the blower motor's almost completely shot and makes a sound like a disc brake raping a smoke alarm when used.

@NikiturnitupLauda: I only whine about visibility because it's visibility, and these D-pillars are less of a big deal (as far as impeding one's ability to see shit) than most crossovers are by design, so I'm not too bothered about 'em. And I love the rest of the car, so...

@thePrototype: Hopefully not since you were married, Keira?

@friedduck: "You're old. You can wait for a tow truck."

@tomcat630: Hell, I remember doing 65 around 128 (a 55) in light snow with everyone else rolling along at 50-55... An Acura CL and I cheerfully cut a path through the left lane, and we both made good time.

@guitarherozer0: That's probably the best name for them - the only times I don't come to a complete stop is late at night on country roads, when other cars are very infrequent and I can see their headlights early.

@Hopman: Good call, that.