A sobering reminder of the reality of mortality. A passage in Hells Angells by Hunter S. Thompson comes to mind:

I’m almost certain I’ve never seen Mazda Protogé & Aston Martin in the same sentence before-even here. ( but, given the wide, weird, beautiful variety of Jolopnik readership, I’d bet that >someone<  here has owned the two concurrently 👍)

Driveshaft???

Highly underrated comment!

Because every viable one was pulled out of the weeds and put back on the road when gas hit $5 some years back, and all still running have 3-4 ‘here’s my # if you EVER want to sell this!’ cards in their glove compartment.

This fills me with joy

A tip of the hat to you, sir: that is truly living life right. I'm damn glad people are exercising & enjoying these machines as intended 

Not dissing your Flex, but I'm thinking truely grandiose aspirations: shoehorn an EcoBoost into a first-gen Festiva. That'll raise some eyebrows on Cruise Night!

You’re right, of course. Just idle musing based on the pronunciation of Nissan around here: “knee-sawn”

Uh....

Now, THATs husbanding! I've loved the XKE since the wild rides my crazy neighbor gave 8yo me. Not gonna lie; when I saw the Eagle on TG, I kinda wanted to go lick the TV screen. Those things are sex on wheels imo 

Oh, damn. Can't wait to see that in person 

I got nuthin’

I kinda approach them as I do Roger Corman flicks: disengage from reality with your poison of choice, and just allow yourself to laugh and ( hopefully) be entertained 

You know your comfort levels best, but I'd like to submit a Lotus Super7 or clone for consideration. Absolutely no creature comforts, but incredible visceral feel on-road. Lotta fun cheap, so room for something else, too

Right?

As an American with a history prof father, I know damn well the Revolutionary War wouldn’t have been won without French assistance. An important point for those who like to further the tired ‘cheese-eating surrender-monkey’ meme is that, going in to WW2, 1 in >8< French men were in the army. One in eight!

I’m thinking rip the top off, put 33s and bright green suspension & exoskeleton on it...

I dunno about him, but I try that most afternoons. Results are mixed, but the attempt sure makes me feel better

Many years ago my then-wife’s airhead friend called us at 11pm because she was broken down and we had TripleA ( we needed it because she had a ‘79 Mustang that ate transmissions. We paid for it by getting friends towed for, like, $15. They would tow (almost) any vehicle as long as a member was in ( driving?) it) , and…