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?
Hasn't Honda discontinued the Insight?
Posted by: Peter | February 09, 2009 at 10:02 PM
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.
Posted by: Noel Maurer | February 09, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Feh. You know that when you're in Washington on business that I'm supposed to buy you beer.
Posted by: Luke | February 10, 2009 at 02:02 AM
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.
Posted by: Andrew R. | February 10, 2009 at 11:37 AM
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?
Posted by: Noel Maurer | February 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Interesting taste there, Noel. Definite trend. :D
Posted by: Will Baird | February 10, 2009 at 06:31 PM
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?
Posted by: Tari Ledsome | January 05, 2012 at 10:48 AM
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.
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very nice wheels! And it looks very expensive.
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That Camaro looks amazing!
Posted by: Hassan Ovski | October 23, 2014 at 12:38 AM
Some great looking cars there! A shame you couldn't have taken it for a ride :P
Posted by: Chris Rahimi | November 27, 2014 at 03:55 PM
thank you
Posted by: Jill | April 12, 2015 at 04:34 AM
What I would like two have is a hybrid version of the dark blue car on the first picture.
Posted by: buy and sell cars | December 20, 2015 at 10:19 PM
I would love to buy cars like this.
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