I don’t usually post things that amount to little more than a link and some sort of “Oh ho ho, isn’t this funny!” comment. There are plenty of other car sites that do that sort of recycling.

But this craigslist ad for a 2000 Ford Taurus is an exception. Whoever this person might be, he has now come closer to making me consider buying a Taurus than anyone else:

THE WHIP for the P-I-M-P with kids! - $2700

If GIR from Invader Zim had a car disguise, he would definitely look like this Volkswagon I saw in Copenhagen:

We aren’t the sort that goes to auto shows, generally, but I found myself at the annual New England Auto Show tonight. It was your standard auto show fare: A lot of boring cars, boxy cars, ugly cars, and cars I’d never drive. Among the highlights, however, were the new STI and the Nissan GTR.

The production photos don’t lie: The STI certainly does look like a Mazda3. Yet there’s something about the squat hatchback body that I like. I don’t exactly prefer it to the previous generations, but in person the Mazda3 resemblance grew on me quickly. There’s wasn’t much of an opportunity to sit in the STI because it was on one of those ridiculous turntable altars, but the interior is typical WRX simplicity: clear gauges, positive shifter feel, well-bolstered seats.

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…and even I have to stop and drool.

Even in a paddock full of Elises, other Porsches, Shelby Cobras, and dedicated race cars of all types, this car stands out. Click here for more photos.

I know, it’s been done. Back to the Future, DeLorean’s financial issues and general failure, countless pictures. Still, it’s always nice to see a DeLorean, especially a 5-speed with a black interior.

Several years back I thought about getting one of these. I never got so far as to test-drive one, but I did research what aftermarket power upgrades were available (the DeLorean has a maximum speed of 113mph from the stock Renault/Volvo V6; for those young-uns reading, that as much as anything else is what makes the DeLorean time machine funny). I discovered a local and now defunct company close to me called the Turbo Manifold Company. It was originally one guy who developed and sold a turbo kit for DeLoreans. When I called to get price and availability, the guy’s wife answered. She explained that her husband had died and that she was simply selling off the last few remaining kits. Her understanding of the product was quite good, but I can’t remember any of it. Instead, I remember thinking that this was very befitting the DeLorean.

I told you there is a Moose Fetish running through the Boston underground:

I don’t understand wings like this. They don’t even look like they could be aerodynamic or make the car faster.

Failure.

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Everyone gets their seatbelt caught in the door from time to time. It happens, and there isn’t much we can do about it. But there is absolutely no excuse for this Prius which pulled up at the gas station:

Now remember, it pulled up like this, meaning it had been driving around all day dragging the seatbelt along the ground. Too bad it didn’t snag on anything. That would have made an interesting noise.

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I was trying to buy groceries this afternoon when I was accosted by this disgusting abortion of a Nissan Altima in the parking lot:

I understand that people want to rice their cars, though I myself have no desire whatsoever. But, I cannot understand why anyone would want to rice their car in a stupid way. The whole point of ricing a car is to make a car look better. The primary (and most obvious) failure is the wing on the trunk. I don’t know why, but lately I have been seeing more and more wings of this style. They don’t look “hot,” “tight,” or “badass,” they look like antlers, and this car looks like a moose.

The sorry attempt at air damming is also appalling. The side skirts are ornate, but do nothing to keep any air under the car as there is a good 5 inches of open space underneath them. The rear diffuser is laudable at best. That such a car could get anywhere near the speed where a rear diffuser would be of any use is, in itself, a good laugh, but not as good a laugh as actually thinking that this skirt would do a damn thing to manage any air flow.

But the best part is his rims. They are steelies. Even my beater has alloys for the summer. If the owner had not riced his car, and instead put the money towards a nice set of wheels and vicious tires, his car would at least have something going for it, instead of countless things against it.

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…he could have bought a car that was actually fast. As it is now, he has a huge front spoiler with a gigantic air intake and huge shiny wheels:

None of these things make this car fast. They don’t even make it look fast. They just make it look like a slow, cheap car with a body kit.

I must give this guy credit for one thing though. I like his placement of his front license plate. Yes, he does have a front license plate. Can you find it?

And some animals lay rubber. In our younger and…um…more formative years, we did our share of burnouts and laid our share of strips. But nothing I ever did was quite like these marks I found in a parking garage. The marks are darkest at the end furthest into the space, and they begin quite close to the wall. That means they were made by a RWD car. Ripping them up, the driver exited the parking space and slid sideways out into the lane. The best part–which you cannot see in the photo–is that the parking attendant’s office is directly across the lane from this space.