These buses are part of my youth as well, and while I made many trips into "the city" I prefer the Subway. It is not NYC that makes these buses part of my youth, these buses are part of my youth because they are also the bus of choice for the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Every vacation I have taken there has included several rides per day on these buses, and during my far too brief employment in Disney's College program I rode these buses daily for the entire time I was there. Thanks for the memory. ... View more

Fluke, there is no substitute. ... View more

I would like to make a case for the humble sewing flexible measuring tape. These things are great for getting overall length of irregularly shaped things like brake lines or wire runs. Also when you need to position something like a luggage rack and you want it evenly positioned on both sides of the car at distance X from the windshield along a curve the flexible tape measure comes into its own. Worth every penny and you can measure yourself for new pants and a shirt, or do the Navy "rope and choke" body fat measurement as well.   https://www.amazon.com/Measure-Flexible-Measurement-Centimetre-60-inch%EF%BC%88White%EF%BC%89/dp/B07MT89MCW ... View more

Nitrogen is also heavier than Oxygen yet they mix quite nicely to form the air and pollution we breathe. Fact is that Thomas Midgley Jr. was the worst person in human history that you never heard of. ... View more

It looks alright, but the wheels should be deluxe wheel covers not those BBS looking things. I can't think of anything that didn't come with steel wheels and hub caps in the 70's. ... View more

Everything is a compromise. My classic is a 1993 Miata, it is not a chick magnet, it is not the fastest, it has a very narrow interest group, it isn't a long distance highway cruiser (in fact a long drive does a number on my right knee), it is most assuredly the most comfortable, it doesn't have a lot of luggage room, it is a car that outsider guys love making fun of because it is a "Chick's car", and at present it is terrifying to drive because the timing belt should be replaced.   It makes me smile, I have had it for over twenty years and I have enjoyed just about every single inch I have driven it and if I have to take a wrench to it or pay someone else to take a wrench to it I look at that as what has to be done so that the smile stays on my face.   At the end of the day if it makes you happy and it isn't making someone else miserable that is all that matters. Thanks for the reminder Kyle. I will say this, I would enjoy a weekend out of town driving the Miata if I could just get there in another car that was better on a road trip. Like I said, everything is a compromise. ... View more

One of the things I remember most about the Fox was that when the saying "I'm Audi like 5000" as a way of saying goodbye was kind of a thing among my pier group I would often counter with "I'm Audi like a Fox cuz I'm cheep". Ah the silly things we do. ... View more

I recall that Lincoln had one of those vertical speedometers that appeared to fill with mercury as you speed up. ... View more

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For the humble consideration of the judges I submit my 2005 Scion xA   I purchased this car new in September of 2005 and actually even with it being a technical leftover I ordered it because I wanted it in Blue. Being a late build car it has a few interior pieces from a 2006 xA and because all Scions came wired for sound but radio delete and the dealership had run out of 2005 radios I also got a 2006 radio that has a volume knob instead of pushbuttons. Because of the way Scions were sold there were very few factory options, the two I got were the color, and I got mine with a 5 speed manual. Everything besides color, transmission, and side curtain airbags on a Scion was a dealer installed option, I opted for fog lights, the XM radio add on, an arm rest, and "Scion Security" which is just an alarm system because that was the only way I could get keyless entry. I also got the roof rack but the dealers idea of installing that was to toss it into the back seat and tell me to install it myself, that was a $500 option. I also used the leftover parts counter bonus I got from Toyota to buy the spiffy floor mats with the Scion logo on them. For my own personal touch I added some blue cold cathode lights under the dash and seats and with some items from Radio Shack they light up when the doors are opened, or with the flick of a switch when the car is running. I also slapped on some "Racing" pedal covers, in blue of course, that add no power, a set of fuzzy dice that are no longer with the car, and recently a bluetooth to FM converter and phone mount so I can have fake Android Auto in the car.   This car has served me well for almost all of the over 222,000 miles it has on it with few breakdowns. The Scion xA has been on a few vacations, some trips out of state trips to the home center, been pressed into service to haul Girl Scout cookies and related cookie booth items, this resulted in the inside being covered in "Unicorn blood" AKA Glitter, it brought my youngest home from the hospital, but mostly this has been a lone driver commuter car and the lack of wear and tear on everything not in the driver area prove that. I wash it, vacuum it, do the maintenance, and fix the annoying broken stuff, that's it.   I believe that this car best exemplifies the "Soul-sucking Japanese Appliance Class" because it has functioned beyond quite well as an appliance way more than as a car. This car is not now, never has been, and never will be cool, it is a commuter box that can function as a car but that is all it is and all it will ever be until it is melted down and turned into something else. Unfortunately for this metal, it is presently functioning so well as a Scion xA that it will likely continue to be one for quite some time.   Thank you for your consideration.   ... View more

I drove a Fiero to the Navy Recruiters office, Every Duty Station I ever served at, College all the way to graduation, to get my Retired Military ID, took my wife on our first date in it, to the first home I ever owned, and I have Photos of it at what is now my second home back when it was Dad's place. That was all with ONE car! I really don't get the bad reputation that these cars have, I now own a Scion xA with 225,000 miles on it and until recently it was still the second most reliable car I ever owned, miles to repairs, behind the Fiero. If I hadn't been rear ended by a kid in a Festiva I would probably still be driving that Fiero. Of all the cars I have ever owned it is the only one that I have a framed photo of on the shelf with the Family photos, and it is alone in the photo. ... View more

At this point I have to believe that Hagerty is just calling Chip in to draw cars so that people will post angry comments. Please consider this an angry comment about how there was nothing wrong with what is my favorite car of all time. If I had unlimited funds to purchase an automobile I would have a Dusenberg SJ Coupe Convertible and the only thing I would want to change about it would be that the it would use flexible brake lines instead of the system of ports that run through the suspension to provide hydraulic pressure. Again, let Chip finish out his contract as the janitor at your offices and stop letting him make people angry. ... View more

Are they going to draw a 6 foot radius circle exclusion zone at the point where the tailgating zones touch? Asking for a friend who is also a draftsman and noticed this glaring problem, not me. ... View more

I had a similar reaction, only I was thinking it's all fun and games until the stage rush happens. I have spent enough time on the barricade to know that eventually everyone can get to the front row if they really want to, but in the age of COVID I really wouldn't want to be packed in that tight with people. ... View more

I still have my Malibu License that i got in Orlando Florida, that was one of the best attractions on I drive! ... View more

You are right, I used to Autocross with some Neon guys that were amazing! Also I saw one die of electrical failure pulling into an event. My girlfriend drove her father's neon through college and it was the reason I always carried tools on my car, to this day it sits dead in the driveway where it was parked around the turn of the century. They were both wonderful and impossibly bad all at once. ... View more

Gumball rally and Grand Theft Auto were both full of great cars and any car from those movies probably should not be on the list just for that reason. I want to know how Herbie, the Bandit Trans Am, and the Ferrari from Ferris Buelers day off didn't make the List? ... View more

I have always wanted one of these cars but whenever I find one the timing is never right, some day. ... View more

Very nice, you should be proud. ... View more

I once went searching for the "First Owner" of my Miata only to find out that it had a dirty and checkered past where the original owner never actually registered the car and the "First Owner" was actually at least the second or maybe third owner, these shenanigans were pulled by a dealership not private parties. The person I bought the car from never actually registered it either and there may have been people between the "First owner" and him according to the owner I tracked down. All I know is that the "First Owner" could tell me where just about every scratch nick and imperfection that did not happen on my watch happened. I have a "Story Car" but lucky for me I have most of the story. So on paper I am the Second owner but the truth is much more clouded, I figure 150,000 of 190,000 miles makes it more mine anyway. With 40,000 on the clock when I bought it about the only thing that might have been missed are seven oil changes, it appears they done around when they should have been done.   On the up side I do own a 2005 Scion xA that has been treated like the people mover it is for all 220,000 of its original miles and I know that every bit of maintenance was done on time. I also know when every repair was made and what work needs to be done. That car will probably go to the junk yard as a "One Owner" car unless my Daughter wants it, she has so far declined interest in owning the car she came home from the hospital in even if it is a one owner car. ... View more

Points and condensers, when I was 16 I was shown how to change them and told that whenever I did a tuneup I should put the old working condenser in the glove box with a screw driver, nail file, a book of matches, and a rag. I knew how set points to get me home with those items but luckley never had to do it roadside. ... View more

I really liked the comment about every piece of dirt on the underside of your car coming off and heading straight for your eyes. I think that when working under a car anything within 20 feet tries to, and normally does, get onto your eyes even if you wear a SCUBA mask! ... View more

Stop it, just stop it this is getting out of hand, every time this guy redoes a car people just get angry. A pacer? Really did everyone run out of ideas? Whats next, A Reliant Robbin? ... View more

Back when I was in college I was doing road rallys in converted EVs. There was a guy from Canada that ran a Pontiac Firefly, it was the Canadian version of the Geo Metro convertible, strangely one of my favorite EV moments was when I got to drive that car in Portland Maine it was a fun car. ... View more

A 1985 2M4 Fiero carried me through from boot camp to retirement and college and to my first house. It was not what most people think of as a glamorous car, and it wasn't all that reliable, but it was my car and I enjoyed just about every foot I drove it. I remember those pace cars and even before that race I wanted a Fiero. Everyone has their dream car, mine is the Dusenberg SJ coupe convertible, after that is the Fiero at least I can say I owned one of my dream cars. ... View more

I like the pint idea, it will go well with my "never hang a part" policy of repair and assembly. Either install it or don't but don't just put it there to see if it fits then walk away, that will guarantee that you will forget to properly tighten it down. ... View more

I am really getting tired of Chip Foose drawing what he thinks a car should look like, and from the comments it looks like I am not alone. If there is a contract with Foose then let him finish working it as a janitor on the offices where he won't be making people angry by re imagining cars that there is nothing wrong with. Frank Zappa said " He begins to feel depressed now  He knows the end is near  He has realized at last, that imaginary guitar notes  And imaginary vocals  Exist only in the imagination of the imaginer!" Maybe someone can point out to Foose that this is not his audience, Joe figured it out on his own but Chip needs a lot more proding. ... View more

Oh Wayne, Wayne, Wayne here is a dose on irony for you, the nearest Cars and Coffee to me would have been yours so sadly the nearest one is now closed. For the last two years I have been hitting the Cruse nights around Waterbury, Naugatuck, and Bethlehem on weekend evenings but I would prefer a Saturday morning event. To be honest a Saturday morning event in a home center parking lot might be perfect because what goes better with a warm weekend than working on the house and yard and using your classic to make the supply run? I really want to see a Cars & Coffee event back in Connecticut, but for now that is going to have to wait. ... View more

This is about the only compelling anti EV argument I ever hear, it is really cool, but yeah it is expensive, but the price atg is falling. ... View more

I remember that argument when ranges were in the 60 mile zone and I was driving an EV from Waterbury CT to Portland ME, today with 200 to 300 miles being normal that argument is getting more tired than it was 30 years ago. With the EV Cannonball run record sitting at around 48 hours it's about time to give up on that argument all together. ... View more