@doug-g: I assume this is a Goldenrod Garage find? They're really something. I keep telling myself that next time I end up in Maine - once a year, at least - I'll make it up there, though only to look.

@Z31Slicktop: There's a fifth-generation Civic sedan (EG) - white, unused rack, and rolling on Watanabes or whatever the hell those are called - that I see occasionally and laugh at because it has to drive over speed bumps sideways. It's not nearly as bad as some of the other Lowell rice - stock Civics with cut…

@Shep_Shepherd: Came for this; now leaving happy.

@random_droid: The United States doesn't mandate auto insurance - individual states do. My native New Hampshire doesn't; I drove home my project car without insurance, for example. I don't carry collision on my driver, just liability/injury coverage, but it's stupid to put yourself at risk of years of lawsuits and…

Never. I drive like an utter lunatic when and where it's safe, and I think my judgment is better than that of someone who knows neither the road I'm travelling nor its conditions. Simple enough.

@Spasticteapot: I should have recorded a video of the six inches of sideways motion displayed by the Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Custom Cruiser (since it's a '96, it's thankfully badged only as a 'Ciera') before the stabiliser bar was replaced. It didn't have power steering for a while, either, and while my friend isn't…

@Spasticteapot: My 745's rear-facing seat would probably be lovely if I were a small child, or perhaps a pygmy, but at 6' (18.3 dm) I was afraid to close the liftgate on my legs the only time I've been back there. Technically, though, it seats seven. My friend has a Cutlass Ciera (eight passengers ensconced in maroon…

My Rosie, a shepherd-cross mutt, is clearly a Volvo S/V70 AWD, one of the facelifted-850 models.

@Arthur.Name: It was a lovely engine with some, ah, well-known issues. The 2.0 Zetec was sweet, though - provided it was bolted up to the MTX-75. The CD4E automatic was truly abysmal - Chrysler quality, really.

A combined thirty miles per gallon from a four-cylinder truck - car-based is fine, here, like a VW Caddy or Dodge Rampage - with a usable bed and perhaps a less-than-a-foot space behind the seats for groceries - could very well entice me, yes, provided the load height isn't outrageously high (practicality over style,…

@Matt Hardigree: Same here. I at least need to fix up my 745 a bit - that has the decency to have a bit more than a third the torque of this car.

@Arthur.Name: Well, a Type II is a noble cause, provided the Volvo donating its redblock is either fairly rusty/battered or will be receiving a larger, more powerful motor (how about a Ford 302?).

@wunddal: I always liked the look of the Lancer and its LeBaron GTS twin, though I've also assumed (I've never driven, or in fact ridden in, one) that it had nothing else to recommend it. It reminds me of the later Lumina (on a smaller, more attractive scale) as well as, more comparably, the B3/B4 Passat and Audi…

@RepoManChitown: True, but with occasional notable exceptions.

@LS1RX7owen: My Volvos (240 and 740) have plenty of fedora room for me (at 6'), as does the New Beetle (it's a half-sphere, so it'd have to, really), but many cars I've been in, even tall wagons, don't (HHR, I'm looking at you) due to poor design (the HHR's structure is such that there's a rollover bar directly above…

@doublefourvalve: Or a hot ass. Your call, really. Ideally, the former beneath you and the latter beside you.

@Arthur.Name: It's Swedish. They go well with the three-speed windshield wipers, crank windows, (non-functioning) power locks, zero cupholders, rear-seat ski passthrough, 14" steelies, and the giant clock where most companies would place a tachometer.

@Kangaru: When I bought my '92 745, I was instantly weirded out when I realised that I couldn't turn around and look backward through my headrest as I can in my '89 244.

@TheAntiCat: Well, basically. The windows and sunroof work, too, so I can live with the problems all year long!

@Awjvail: You could easily rejigger the badge to read "U MORAN"...