I’ve been to the amazing Arts et Métiers museum in Paris and seen the enormous steamer in the picture. It makes every shitty 90's hatchback look like the future.

Flex:

Toyota Prius V. It’s incredibly roomy, reliable and cost-effective to own. It would do almost everything I ever ask a car to do. But it’s also homely and slow and seemingly without a soul.

“ a lot of the seating is just weathered wood benches on a hill under some trees.”  Umm, this is a glorious plus to the tens of thousands of RA fans that populate those verdant hills!

This may be the rarest car that $21,900 can buy (there’s exactly one on Autotrader). But as we say here rare doesn’t equal “I want it”. ND

What happens when you modify a Harley exhaust? Is it then too quiet?

Must have left it in his other trousers on the Cayman Islands..

How recently did you travel to Germany? I am heading there in 2 weeks to see my son for the first time in more than a year. Any tips?

You, my friend, need a 1957 VW Beetle!

I’m feeling just a bit of Sir William Lyons last Jag, the XJ-6 Coupe:

My Daily Driver: Too expensive when new and couldn’t compete with the Mini on performance or the GTI on practicality. Volvo’s C30 was just late to the party.

Audi A2 is wonderful- a friend who lives in a country that isn’t the USA (where we aren’t allowed nice things)has one of these and it is all that you say.

Ford F 150. Not all of them, mind you. You asked “what’s the most overrated car?” I would venture all the $50k F150s in my neighborhood that are used as cars.

Mobility vans (they’re always vans) are stupid expensive and yes, lots of folks use them. This 1) isn’t a van and 2) isn’t too much $$

“a persistent engine ticking noise (it was just a loose spark plug).”

“it’s only three-quarters of a car, and is powered by a lawn tractor engine.”

Even some of the sports cars we revere had parts borrowed from the corporate bin. Since 2-seaters have always been niche offerings, manufacturers will find ways to economize in order to justify making them. 

This is very helpful!

I’m with you here. Attended a couple of drag races and thought the same...

My dad came back from the second world war and never got one of these. But he would talk about them with reverence. Behold, the Packard: