Funny, I went the opposite, despite being basically a slut for most combinations of British & The ’60s. And I like the side profile on these, how the forward-leaning B-pillar worked well with the slantback to make the car look like it was in a hurry. But I always avoided all things Austin/MG, with the lone…

Car windows, for sure. But my first thot was: Who the hell brings a top-down convertible to the beach? I’ve lived in several SoCal beach towns and watched gulls tear up interiors looking for good, and leave some of the most terrible-smelling crap as a thank-you.

Tiny people is the only way you’re going to stuff six bodies in the Consul. The illustrator did the usual longer/leaner/sleeker fantasy version. Compare it to the actual stubby/squat realty of this 1957 Consul. Also: Left-hand drive? Was this add for the non-British world version?

Who’s surprised. It’s never about reality. It’s all about the marketing.

Nooooo! I object. The XV20 gen Camry is an indestructible beast. No exaggeration, but I see dozens of these a week driving around the DC metro area. Hell, there are two on my block. (Disclaimer: I owned a bought-new ’97 that was driven all over the U.S. and Europe that racked up well north of 100k miles and was still…

Not to mention the vast conspiracy theory diaspora who have woven the Ever Given story into the different hundreds of “but Hillary!” beliefs.

Pipe dream, yes. But it’s really more a wet dream to get investors to sploogie endless streams of money while fantasizing over the hype.

Jason, the coincidence gods are smiling. Contact this Michigan man who found 158 Brunswick balls buried under his porch. I’m sure he would donate a couple for you to bandsaw open.

Fiat 850 Spider ... under 50HP, buzzy, anemic with both seats occupied, and blew so much oil that you almost needed to have your own well. But damn, it was cute.

And push-button transmissions! I had a ’63 330 and a few years later also a ’63 Dart droptop. Both had them. The one thing I didn’t like about them was the slide bar to put it in Park. I was always a bit freaked that I would accidentally slide it while driving.

So for whatever reason (texting, sleeping, trying to find the tomato that slid off my Whopper) I don’t see the tree until too late. I know I can’t stop in time. But I know that’s a big-ass tree, which probably has some big-ass branches that could go through the windshield and mess me up. So I would at least try a…

He’s talking Korean, and my cubemate says probably North, judging by the clothing

Oompa Loompa woman! Thank you for the morning chuckle. And I agree with you. Very first thot when I saw the foto: Bennifer look upset that they have picture taken while walking past this random couple.

It’s all about the “Schwing!”

Merv just like looking at other big-headed people, is all.

Totally. I had one (followed by an X1/9). I was at my still young pre-shrinkage height of 6-1 at the time and the top of my head was level with the top of the windshield frame.

Four-day-old story and no comments? Is something broken?

Also: Maybe this will stop all the Why do they only focus on Teslas? complaints. ... Nah. 

I agree. It would be a sanctioned version of the old late-night Banzai Runner races that were happening when they were constructing the I-5 through the San Joaquin Valley in the early ’70s.

I have to admit my very first thot when I saw the news headlines was this exchange from Rush Hour, after Chris Tucker’s character blows stuff up:

I remember how appalled I was in the late ’80s when I saw and heard ads for the Ford Taurus SHO that proclaimed it the World’s Fastest Family Sedan! I didn’t spend much time looking, but google was able to track down this example to verify I wasn’t remembering something that never happened.