I wonder if I should start worrying about my rusty old Mustang II. I do get the occasional "Wow, you drive a Mustang" remark, which always makes me go, "I drive a Mustang *II*." Generally considered a very poor relation by the Mustang afficianados. I never lock the thing, because I don't have anything in the car worth stealing and I don't want to have to replace a window after potential thieves find that out for themselves.

I'm not positive, but I'd say you don't need to worry much. You're right about the Mustang II (essentially a sporty Pinto) not being very popular amongst the Mustang afficianados (although some do like them). The generation that came after (which was based on the Fox platform, shared by the Fairmont, Thunderbird, etc) is far more popular.

How dare they try to be profitable! Why that, that's un-American!

If I understand this correctly, what they are talking about is collusion amongst the major oil companies to aritficially limit supply to raise prices, which is illegal.

You know, I think I would love a pinto! I REALLY loved my 79 Dodge Omni and a friends' teal bobcat [link]

I just have to say that we were driving these cars in the 90's so they were very old and uncool.

How dare they try to be profitable! Why that, that's un-American!

Collusion in order to manipulate the market is a different matter.

Are Bobcats related to Gremlins?

A friend of our had what I think of as the classic gremlin, orange with the black stripe things.

That was an ugly car.

The best uncool retro car has to be either an AMC Gremlin or AMC Pacer.

Are Bobcats related to Gremlins?

Nope. Bobcats are Ford and Gremlins are AMC.

The best uncool retro car has to be either an AMC Gremlin or AMC Pacer.

They had a great Pacer TV ad where it was debuted down a runway lined with models. It was so wide it knocked all the models into the audience.

My uncle had an AMC Eagle station wagon that I thought was pretty damned ugly. But that thing was indestructable.

The Bobcat and Pinto are twins. There's almost no difference between them (the grill is the most noticeable thing) but because the Bobcat is much more rare it means a Bobcat is worth almost $1000 (IIRC) than an equivelent Pinto.

I thought Pacers were cool when they came out - they looked all futuristic and had an efficient use of interior space for a small car....