Hil, I'm sorry your mom has to stay in the hospital tonight.

{{{Shir}}} Ginger is, indeed, quite wise.

If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?

For a new car:

Aston Martin DB9

For a classic:

1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible

or a 1957 Porsche Speedster

I would also like to own a Porsche 911 at some point in my life.

If I were getting it totally for fun I'd probably would have looked more closely at the convertible model of the 335i or the M3.

I love my 335i convertible, ND. SO. MUCH. FUN. Because of course, I got it with a manual transmission, even though the salesguy gave me a funny look when I insisted that YES, dammit, I wanted the stick. Buy a car in the south when you're a woman has to be one of those special hells.

I am more than a little ashamed of the fact that I finally got my fast BMW and I got an automatic. I caved to the fact that I spend so much time in LA traffic. I really want to have a BMW with a six speed at some point.

I will say, it does has the most responsive automatic I've ever driven.

Yeah, I say that spending that much time in stop and go traffic earns you a pass on the automatic.

And the 335 I test drove was an automatic and it was nice, but i'd been hankering to get back to a manual for over fifteen years. I had a relative asking, "Now why do you need a six speed? Isn't it just huge ego stroking?"

And I looked him dead in the eye and said, "Yes."*

• brought to you the letters Bite and Me and the fact that I drove a minivan for seven years. I earned my fun car, dammit.

If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?

Easy. Tesla Roadster: [link] Fully electric, handles amazingly, and vrooooooooooom. My only beef if it's an automatic, but still. Electric vrooooom.

But really, since it's me, a 1930 Indian 101 Scout: [link]

Joe is also a candidate for the Mayflower Society.

And the Justice league!

I'm randomly clicking around YouTube. I think I started out at the Beach Boys, went through various sixties groups, and ended up at the Mamas and the Papas. Why is "Dream a Little Dream" making me cry?

I think I just needed to cry, and something eventually had to bring it out.

Speaking of classics, here's an interesting little story about the oldest known Pontiac: [link]

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My ultimate dream car would be a '27 Daimler 4-seater, mostly for literary reasons.