Cars

 So I was just in Washington on business.  But I managed to get in some fun, visiting the Auto Show on Saturday evening.  Very cool.  In one sign of the recession, they have put all of the spokesmodels in more clothes than is usual. 

Here's the car I want.

Here's the car I don't want, but would feel very patriotic to have.

Here's the car I really want, but can't possibly justify.  As in, its existence.  On any level.

And here's the car I really really want.  It even has a five-point safety belt and a racing roll bar, which I'm sure would make my wife much happier about spending $39,990 on a tricked-out death machine.

What I'm going to get, however, will probably be either a Mini Cooper Clubman S or the Honda Insight.  Unless I think of something better.  What car do you want?

Comments

[Peter]

Hasn't Honda discontinued the Insight?

[Noel Maurer]

http://automobiles.honda.com/insight-hybrid/

I really tried to like the Ford Fusion Hybrid. It drives well, or so I'm told. But it was boring, and seems overpriced.

But it's the car I want to want.

[Luke]

Feh. You know that when you're in Washington on business that I'm supposed to buy you beer.

[Andrew R.]

I would love a Volt just for the fact that even with gas, it will still get ridiculously good mileage. I would settle for a Vespa.

But then, both of those decisions depend on a search committee choosing to do the right thing and giving me the ability to restore liquidity to the banking sector. Otherwise, sessional purgatory is going to mean putting off a lot of fun purchases.

[Noel Maurer]

I need to digitize pictures of the cars I owned in college and grad school. Bailing wire. Literally. I held the front end of one of them together with bailing wire. Or some sort of wire.

Practiced soldering on the electrical system of a 1980 Plymouth Champ, a skill I'd learned on those little electrical kits as a kid and that I'd never thought would come in handy.

Do kids still play with those kits these days? And what about chemistry sets? Are there still chemistry sets?

[Will Baird]

Interesting taste there, Noel. Definite trend. :D

[Tari Ledsome]

Those are awesome four wheelers! I'm sure any one of those would turn heads when it goes down the road. I'm a self-confessed muscle car fanatic, and I find myself gawking whenever I see one. Well, have you bought your own ride? Can you post pictures of it?

[car show girl videos]

Hi there's nothing wrong with the Mini Cooper Clubman S! I actually love that car, though I have to admit the car in the first photo looks pretty awesome.

[forklift tires]

very nice wheels! And it looks very expensive.

[Hassan Ovski]

That Camaro looks amazing!

[Chris Rahimi]

Some great looking cars there! A shame you couldn't have taken it for a ride :P

[Jill]

thank you

[buy and sell cars]

What I would like two have is a hybrid version of the dark blue car on the first picture.

[www.cash-for-old-car.com.au]

I would love to buy cars like this.

[The Best Cars Release Date]

Nice cars, but 2017 is very much new cars with new design and features.