Most gas stations which had pumps which didn’t go over $1 just entered the rate for 1/2$, then doubled the total. This was allowed for at least 3 years.

My mom had a friend during the war who owned a Crosley. She managed to stretch he A card to last nearly all month, with a little help from other people’s coupons she traded. Most other people just parked the car and took the streetcars...

The most likely answer is this: There are many thousands of people who wish places like this to be preserved in their NATURAL glory, rather than to see the results of your drunken weekend of hooliganism for the next several years....

You know those guys are fakes; just look at their shoes. Not a scuff on them!

My dad wasn’t much of a mechanic. Although he often talked about the time he removed the cylinder heads on his 1948 Ford flathead to de-carbonize them, changing light bulbs and wiper blades was about his limit. This was also about the only time I ever heard him swear, both in English as well as Yiddish...

Wow...so the military will train you to become a “carburetor mechanic”? Gee......that sounds like a booming field to get into! Sign me up!!!!

Actually, it is. You have to show that you can parallel-park any vehicle you are licensed to drive. That’s within 6" of the curb on all axles. I doubt half of the drivers on the road across the country can even do that...

You want to hear a good one? I once went into such a dealership only because they had a car model that I was looking for. I offered cash; they refused.

Wot, yer goin’ to an abbatwah? Cor.....

Like most thing French that the Brits adopt. “Fete” is a good example. I’d always wondered about the therm “parley”, until I found out it was a corruption of “palais”...

I’d prefer the Irish guy; even over a loud engine, you can understand every word. I’m sure even Samir would agree....

Have the rules changed? Back when I competed in SCCA/CASC professional rallies, they did not allow recce. As a result, co-drivers with extensive ‘local knowledge’ were in demand.

“I would have thought that by 1977 all major automakers would have been using maintenance-free batteries?”

So, this is roughly the motorcycle equivalent of buying regular for a car that takes premium, because......you are cheap? Sounds like there are more idiots riding motorcycles than I imagined....

Time to trade up?

So, is that “Corps Diplomatique” registration badge legit? 

Does it idle like a v-8 with 3 plugs disconnected?

A lot of cars back then had these pockets on the doors; they were called MAP POCKETS...

Can you pun an LS in it??

Circa 2000, there was one running around Rochester, NY. It had Belgian plates, and a University of Rochester parking sticker. That and a Mexican-registered Renault 19 (also with a UofR parking sticker) were the only 2 recent French cars on the roads here.