@OA 5599: I'll be honest here...I rented that movie since I like Hal Holbrook. I had no clue I'd be treated to a younger, stiffer Sam Waterston, a James Brolin who didn't quite seem in his element, and...well, let's just say I don't know how The Juice ever got on screen.

How I do wish engine compartments looked like that still. So spacious...so easy to get to everything...so...simple!

@Stoatmaster is Hedy Lamarr: Is it possible to give an author a COTD award?

Awesome story, and it makes me wonder even more why I didn't venture out to LeMons when it was here in the Carolinas...

I can't take credit for this and it's slightly off-topic, but...

@FormerlyPreferredCustomer: I must be doing something wrong...every car I've owned (two Buicks and a Cadillac) has had a bench seat and the closest I've gotten to any mobile action was in a rented Ford Mustang convertible.

@Buster Brew: Along with growing blue hair and staying in the left hand lane, I suppose?

@stephdumas: Who loves ya, baby?

@$kaycog: Nice C-pillar. No blind spots on that car...

@parkave231: Wow - facepalm on my part. Sorry, guys, for the double post (at least I hope it's just a double).

You gotta Accentuate the positive,

Been down so long, gettin' up didn't cross my mind.

Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind.

Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind,

Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind,

I guess those boots are made for walking.

Son of a Beech! OshKosh B'gosh!

I sure as hell hope this news comes true. I'd also like to see it still built in St. Paul. Wonder which has a greater chance of happening...

Yugo. If that name were to make a comeback and be a good performing, reliable car...then there go 74% of the world's auto jokes.

@parkrndl: Before I moved to the side of Charlotte where I am now, I caught the bus in a shopping center on the south side, and someone in that parking lot was still driving one of these. (Presumably an employee of one of the stores, since it wasn't where all the bus riders parked.) I always thought the Salons were…