Pedestrian? I think it’s flat-out beautiful. Clean, restrained, sleek. Not a line on that car is wrong. Especially when you compare it to the hideous freaks they’re making today (except for the Mazdas).

The most desperate fix I’ve ever done, and the stupidest, was when the shoes wore out on the left rear drum brake on my 1980 Accord. The right rears were fine, I don’t remember why. I needed new shoes or my brake drum would get torn up, and I couldn’t afford spending anymore than I had to. Also, I needed to get to…