Let’s see, the newest of the other 4 I’ve had for 29 years, followed by 41, 45 and 58. So yes 43 years would be correct :-). I’m first owner on the newest one, the others have had previous owners.

I have 7 cars and 3 of them were bought in 2013 or later, yet the average length of time I’ve owned a car is 26 years :-). I wonder what that says about me? :-)

I’d be happy to help them by purchasing a new 124 Spider if that would help any :-).

For my money it’s the first-generation Mitsubishi Mighty Max/Dodge D50 with the 2.6 liter 4. Totally indestructible mechanically, a reasonably small size outside with a long bed and it’s also very good looking IMHO. Earlier it was sold as the Plymouth Arrow too but the Arrow never got the 2.6 and only had a…

Wow, am I the only one who got the Romancing the Stone reference here? Or is that name a total coincidence?

There are businesses in NYC that will bring you anything at any time. Why not do the same with gasoline? Even cooler, figure out a way to do it without the owner needing to actually be at the car when it’s filled and I think you’ll have a winner.

I had a ’68 850 Spider (in British Racing Green of all things) with those same headlights my senior year in college. I’ve been obsessed with the Miura since I was a little kid so it’s surprising I never noticed the headlight similarity. It should be noted that the US version had regular DOT-legal lights under the…

You’ve obviously never driven an old Mustang with a V-6 and an auto. I bought my son a ’94 and trust me with only 140 hp it doesn’t exactly drive like a rocket ship :-). Still if this Pulsar had been available then I would have given it a close look.

My mom has an original ’56 T-bird so I should hate this thing but somehow it all mostly works. I’d swap out the inside door panels for original T-bird units, change the steering wheel and the seats but outside, well it’s not too bad. I think the price is a tad high but with original birds in the $40k range not…

The one Brexit this week that I highly approve of...

“Honestly, there’s nothing Britian stands to lose”

I’m happy Mazda saw fit to equip my Miata with two large mechanical “headlight on” warning indicators. Maybe it’s time to go back to the 1990s? :-)

I think the person to replace Evens should be Philip Glenister of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes fame. First of all he’s a huge car nut and has a much more commanding on-screen personality. Secondly he doesn’t need to shout to be heard, his normal voice is quite commanding as any Life on Mars fan can tell you. Now of…

I still think that they can best improve the show by dumping Mr Shouty and replacing him with Harris. Oh and let’s get Sabine in the studio so it’s not just another “two blokes talking” show when they are in the studio.

Sometimes it’s hard to judge how deep the water is. Many years ago I drove through a section of submerged roadway in my ’90 Miata that I thought was a foot deep and was surprised when water started coming over the hood. Thankfully the Miata’s air intake is rather high up so I made it through but I’m never going to try…

My ’90 Miata has been stolen not once but twice. The first time was back in ’98 where it was gone for a week before the police caught the thief speeding. Of course he claimed he had “borrowed” the car from some “friend” he didn’t know the name of so he got no jail time at all (the Legislature finally closed that…

It was available with all wheel drive though and I’d certainly consider one of those as a winter beater!

I think this is where they need to take their inspriation from...

Even 30+ years later I still like the look of the Ford Barchetta. I was so disappointed that the end result of that was the Capri convertible. I ended up with a Miata so all was not lost but the Barchetta still looks good to me now. The hair, not so much...

My mother bought one of these new in 1979 with the Turbo-4 and the TRX wheels. I had an orange ’79 Turbo coupe at the time so she thought she’d buy one too. It didn’t take too long to discover that they really weren’t very good cars (or at least that the turbo-4 was half-baked). I switched to a Colt RS soon after and…