Choosing the fun car is always a good idea.

Okay, that’s just weird. Jeep is the model of irrational attachment, and it’s near the bottom? 

Grandparents in Florida. 

I was really expecting to see this video on the list. 76,000 pounds. I mean, it’s no 787 but... 

One of the all time great vans in pretty much the raddest condition it ever came in. Needs some cosmetics, sure, but... if I wanted to overland, this is a serious contender. 

That’s what I thought but I figured I’d ask.

I would like to point out that there was an In-N-Out in New York once. Not NYC, but New York. 

Serious question. It’s hot out, and we all know what that does to the inside of a sitting car. Would solar panels keep the nonpowered car cooler since the energy gets redirected to storage? Or do the panels heat up more efficiently than random metal and make the car hotter?

Well, Texas, so not a rust problem. If it runs, it’s probably an outlier vehicle and you just have wear issues rather than random Disco Explosions. NP.

Doing my best. I’ve got the tech...

Oh no, especially around the tulips.

That Mitsubishi J59 there is the base for ‘Hound’ from the Transformers.

That’s... not a good look for the front end, though. Looks like a ‘06 Camry, except with fake vents. No real Caddy signature at all. 

Part of what made yesterday’s Jeep a NP is because you can look at it and say, with perfect confidence, ‘whatever’s broke, it’s fixable, and it won’t be that hard.’ Jeeps do not have mysteries, they have things you fix.

Except without the guts and trunk.

But my Matrix XRS did all of that _and_ drove an Evo MR into the dirt.

I want a performance hybrid. One where the electric motor enhances acceleration rather than mpg. Let the gas engine handle long distances at steady RPM, the power of the electric is in torque off the line. Use it!

It’s very, very possible, and I’d like to not thank you for reminding me of the time I had that experience. It was a T-Bucket, and my dad was considering buying it, so he got in and floored it. Darn good thing it had wheelie bars in the back cause YEAH it did both at once and oh sweet lord that car did NOT turn. 

Steely eyed woman, thank you. Margret Hamilton discusses that exact incident in a recent interview.