I spent a year in former East Germany right after the wall came down. These things were everywhere, and you could often find those big construction disposal bins where people had tried to “stuff” stripped Trabants into them. Before the wall came down, Trabants were taken very good care of, for the most part, because…

That story went very dark at the end.

This brings up a lot of strong emotions for me.

It’s called mount stupid.

I love the sheer spectrum of tales that always flood in when these lists are compiled, and tickled to death that a couple of my recent contributions were considered worthy. Now, if you guys think my automotive stories are entertaining. let me tell about the time I was a prison guard...

I thought you were trying to get him OUT of a Toyota truck!

It’s photoshopped on there. Common thing to do in modified car magazines during the early 2000's, and for neon owners because that’s the last time they were relevant.

I never give a five. I’m always holding out for trucks like this.

Well, this device is not for those with excessive camber because they only go about 20-30 MPH. I mean c’mon, any faster they may hit a tiny bump and crash. So really, police just have to follow these cars long enough until something breaks on them or the driver ends up crashing.

Your comment is the Kinja equivalent of an overwhelmingly chaotic future mega-city.

The name “slushbox” doesn’t apply to most automatics these days, but I still use that too. If it’s not a proper manual, it’s a slushbox to me, and some slushies have flappy paddles on them.

#TheFlappening

I flap; therefore I am.

But I flap the paddles.

Right. I don’t like excessive camber and think the cars should be destroyed. Because of that, all the problems in this country are because of me.

Came here for EK9 R love and this was more than I could have imagined.

I gotcha guys

Hmm, where’d my “front-drive” qualifier disappear to...

(it’s in there now, danke schoen)