Everyone watch copart.com and IAAI.com for an auction deal on a salvage Porsche 911.

They made a feature film (“Class Action” starring Gene Hackman) ostensibly about the Ford Pinto exploding fuel tanks, albeit as a subplot; why not one about the three college students who accidentally uncovered the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal?

I believe they tried to make a movie of the “Miracle Cars” scandal of the late 1990s and early 2000s (the story of two security guards from Compton selling $21 million worth of nonexistent cars to the devoutly religious), but once in production--including getting Nick Cannon to star--decided that this cautionary tale…

Full instrumentation with analog gauges. It’s good that cars started to have almost-universal tachometers about two decades ago, but it would be nicer to see actual gauges rather than idiot lights again.

Even though it is in a sunny state (California), that unpainted primer is likely to soak up enough moisture to quickly give the (presumably solid) body the structural integrity of a banana cream pie. ND, and it’s a shame because the rest of the car actually looks pretty serviceable.

I don’t think my fiance ever found out why we departed that basement so quickly.

This was about 1990 or 1991, the one time I almost got thrown out of an auto show:

The Hummer H3.   The H2 had some redeeming qualities as a people hauler and towing apparatus, but the H3 had few such positive attributes. Maybe it was good off-road, but did anyone actually take one there?

Remember this?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoharie_limousine_crash

Any (aftermarket) stretch limousine, including the Excursion mentioned above. Not enough emphasis placed on the structural integrity and added load on the brakes and suspension, too much emphasis on wet bars, televisions (that nobody watches) and party lights. Double that for those over 20 years old (and there are a…

Damn. I was going to say that.

Apparently, I did miss that.  Thanks for the clarification.

Did you accidentally call the Evergreen or the Ever Given the Ever Forward?  Or are there three ships that have had incidents?

After two accidents, I wonder if the company who owns these ships decided that the best people to pilot them (is that the correct word?) would be the one that would do it for something like $10 an hour. It makes me wonder how qualified their maintenance personnel are.

Of course the polls—inside Russia—are going to say most Russians support Putin and the invasion. P. J. O’Rourke alluded to the reason best (from “Give War a Chance,” when he talked about pollsters in Nicaragua): “You can imagine the poll-taking process: ‘Hello, Mr. Peasant, I’m an inquisitive and frightening stranger.…

Mustang Mach E. The car itself is decent from all reports, but I still can’t get over the Mustang nameplate on an SUV

Well, there was this one, the Vega GT...

(I’m surprised nobody thought of this earlier.)

1982-84 Camaro and Firebird “Iron Duke” four. (Technically, they are hatchbacks, though not exactly hot.) 90 hp in a 3,000 pound car isn’t exactly the stuff of dreams.

My nomination is for the 1979-82 (?) Mustang TRX wheel, the ones incompatible with any other tire—especially when Michelin discontinued those tires (an aftermarket manufacturer eventually offered reproduction “vintage” tires). On top of that, the wheel had small holes, so seeing the brakes was difficult at best. (A…