You can’t out run the police. Because: radios, helicopters, more police than you, Lo-Jack, airplanes, spike strips, news helicopters, FLIR, the govt., etc. If they want you, they get you.

I would definitely throw in a”HA-HA”, like the kid in ‘The Simpsons’ does.

After 40 years of being a professional driver in L.A. Cal, I realized what the colors of the traffic signals really mean: Yellow light—SPEED UP. Red light—REALLY STEP ON IT. Green light—STOP, AND LET EVERYBODY FINISH RUNNING THE RED LIGHT. If you don’t follow these simple rules, you’ll soon find out why there’s piles…

This isn’t a running on empty story, but worthy enough for retelling. Around 1971, I worked at a tire dealership in L.A. There was a Dodge dealer next door that used us to install tires. One day, they dropped off a new Dodge ‘Super Bee’ with a big motor (I think the 360) and the ‘6 pack’ carb. Hot rod all around. My…

You could easily superimpose a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost over this car. You’d have a perfect fit. Toyota should call this the “Sushi-Rolls”.

I saw a Datsun “Fairlady” at a used car dealership in the late 60's. That car was an early import, that later became the legendary Datsun 1600 sports car. That car spawned the Datsun 240 Z.

The best looking Bimmers were back in the 70's & 80's. The 2300CS, the original M1, 2002tii. Great looking cars. Form followed function. Now, BMW makes gaudy, overwrought bodies, with confused detail lines. I wouldn’t buy one based on it’s looks. Now Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc., those are stunning. Sweet, essential,…

“VW” used to mean: simple, cheap, dependable, easy to fix (back in the 60's). The Phaeton, and virtually all cars now, are are just the opposite. Most cars now ARE dependable, but not the other stuff. My ‘67 VW squareback (wagon) was like a friendly, cooperative mule. I bought it in ‘73, did a full rebuild in my…

“TIGER IN THEIR TANK”. Wow!!, super zinger.

I bought two boxes of togo pancakes and eggs at Waffle House 12 years ago. I was sick for 3 days after that. I shudder every time I drive past one. I now call it “Awful House”.

That should be ‘puddle’, not ‘paddle’. Darn spell check.

You want a brand of cars prone to self imolation. Try 1960's VW Beetles. Where the fuel line from the front mounted gas tank goes into the engine compartment, VW put a cheap, rubber and fabric hose. This hose would fail from the heat(from the exhaust manifold below), and shaking of the engine. The hose wasn’t long…

But wait there’s more about the Ford Cortina. The front suspension was McPherson struts. Okay, in England. In USA, parts are expensive and hard to get. When the struts stopped absorbing shocks, I couldn’t afford replacement (college student and grocery clerk). I could make the car bounce up and down by gassing and…

My regrettable car was a 1967 English Ford Cortina. It was a hand down from my older sister. I had the car in 1970. By the time I got it, the paint was faded, the vinyl dashboard was disintergrating, steering wheel cracked, carpeting fadded from black to tan, the headliner was flaking down like big dandruf, glove box…

My Alfa experience was in 1969, with a red 1958 Alfa Gulietta 1300cc. My car was pretty well used, but most everything worked. The previous owner had installed a cut out on the exhaust pipe just below the driver’s door, so I could slide open a metal cover and uncork the wonderful (to me) engine music. Did I race…