When I'm driving in an unfamiliar far-away city, I prefer driving a rental car instead of own car since the local license plates on the rental don't scream that I'm an outsider.
So it's a little obnoxious that my rental Focus—more on that later—happens to be fitted with license plates from stinking BLOUNT Tennessee.
Hi Dan,
I'm going to dodge the Blount Ford Focus tragedy and mention some other pressing issues:
1) With the recession in full effect and many unfortunate owners being forced into liquidation, it's worth asking whether now is the perfect time to pick up the collectible car of your dreams. I would think yes, but an empirical glance at Ebay motors says "no". This brings me to ...
2) Autos Articulated. Is this blog going to rise from the dead? I hope so. Right now there's lots of 404s which is a damn shame...
3) www.24hoursoflemons.com -- This seems like a pretty fun event, but you've never mentioned it on the blog. Is it because you frown at hicks? Or perhaps it's because you watched this video footage of a careening subcompact and were acutely reminded of bygone Los Alamos Nights?
Neal
Wow I'm way behind on comments.
1) Yes! Craigslist is better for variety, but eBay is king for truly weird automobiles.
2) Indeterminate. It took an awful lot of energy to keep things going.
3) 24 Hours of Lemons is totally awesome stuff. Of course, one guy was killed a while back in that event. Still, seems like a big load of fun—especially in the summer!
--D