1989 Ford Splash and Pontiac Stinger concept car. So obscure, you probably never heard of them.

Any 90's GM Lumina / Monte Carlo “Special Edition”. The theory of “win on Sunday, sell on Monday” need not apply to these sticker-laden, poser, family car coupes, that are milking their weak NASCAR ties. The term all-show , no-go, fits these cars to a tee.

I had one of these with factory supported Comptech supercharger and exhaust. 320hp with factory warranty. It really woke the car up. I ended up selling it for a Boxster S. No regrets.

Don’t sell you’re first car. You’ll really want it back someday.

Paint Protection Flim as a factory option to cut down on delivery damage and to lower the cost to the customer. I’m sure an aftermarket $500 PPF bumper wrap could be a $200 option, or less, from the factory when mass produced and automated.

Building and tuning RC cars when I was 12.

Hands down the Mustang GT-R turbo rotary with pistons.

I don’t miss having to lock the hubs on 4x4 trucks. Typically, by time you realize you need to lock the hubs is when you don’t want to get out of the truck.

Snug cockpits are great for the driver, less so for the passenger. My friends hated riding my S2000, even more so with the top up. The passenger side was very tight and the 9K redline was not as enjoyable for the passenger as the driver.

Easy, the 3,000 mile oil change myth. That sounds logical unless you actually read the owners manual.

You said “best” right? The Rolls Royce Phantom is the obvious choice. It is the car bought by passengers, not drivers. Of all the cars on this list, it’s the one least driven by it’s owners. It’s a car you want to be seen riding in and not driving. No one calls shotgun in a Phantom.

The Corvette C8 for so many reasons. The interior, acceleration, and handling put this car in a whole new league. No wonder there’s a 6-12 month wait for these and used ones are selling for ~$10k over sticker. They totally reinvented the Corvette with the C8.

The Porsche Boxster.

Back in 2005 I was invited to drive a Ford GT and Dodge Viper around Europe with my good friend and automotive journalist Rich Truesdell. The goal of the trip was reunite the Ford GT with it’s European past. Highlights were hitting 180+ on the autobahn, laps around the Nurburgring, visit to Ferrari with the Ford GT,…

What a perfect getaway car!! There is not a cop out there that could name this car, you can hop curbs, and the 4x4 could come in handy. “Be on the look out for a, ummm, well,,,,, black SUV”

Is there any question?

OK, not really a “trim package” per say but the Gemballa Mercedes deserves to be on this list.

This guy could fix it.

Find a way to keep your first car. After 20-years, you’ll be glad you did!

same for the wheels