Opel Kapitan... and did you read the article?

Opel Kapitan P2, 1959-1963. But as the OP says, cars may have been added after the original bunch.

My F-100 has a textured rubber floor mat over painted steel, so you can brush the floor mat off, then lift it up and brush it off the paint. Since the door sill is lower than the floor, it falls right out with little effort. It works fairly well and I do recommend it if you have a similar sill design (doesn’t look…

It would also be great to improve public transit so they don’t have to own a car. Many communities have neighborhood shuttles that take people to the grocery store, or even on-call rides to hospital appointments.

So what allows the bugs to get through? Tall tires? Rally cars usually run special dirt tires, but they often have snow tires around too for winter events. Maybe another set of wheels/tires wouldn’t be a big deal, but I guess the lift kit would be.

Awesome. I have Andy Thompson’s Cars of Eastern Europe book, but haven’t seen the price on his Russian car book go down so haven’t gotten to peruse Moskvitch history much. Unfortunately it appears that the restored pedal cars are $1000-1500 on Ebay!

Don’t forget take your Cobra down to the track hitched to the back of a Cadillac!

Being a Volvo guy, I assume you had an unhealthy connection to the cardboard box the pedal car came in? hehe

And shit, they were probably easier to get a hold of than an actual Moskvitch! Where are they for sale these days?!

Taking it one step further, who’s to say they even existed? Maybe they were more of an idea than an option.

Thanks for the coverage suggestions! Now, a question. I’ve never been to a ‘desert race’ but the bug video makes the road look pretty tame. Obviously, the level of preparation for most competitors’ vehicles (including Caswell’s former- rally-spec E30) is far more extreme than most stage rally cars in the US, but…

You do realize that many rednecks proudly self-identify as such, right? In case you missed 2003, Jeff Foxworthy made a name for himself off of a comedy routine called, “You might be a redneck if...” as a part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour also featuring Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White. “Redneck” is acceptible when…

Gosh yes, white men have it so hard in life and should not be allowed to be “racist” toward each other! WAIT, WHAT? This makes no sense.

Good point about test drives. I never thought about that! Yes, most people walk in and pick something off the lot.

I disagree.

Stop trolling. Those vehicles are not even remotely comparable.

Do they not do this for economy cars, or are people just unwilling to wait a couple months for a Spark/Fiesta/Mirage with the right options ticked?

Ok, point taken. Maybe it’s just that nobody is willing to wait for delivery. Maybe it’s different with economy cars, though? If I were going to buy a commuter car I’d probably mark off the list like:

Go knock on their door, lol!