Guessing Game

Okay you Subaru experts "Name that tune" - I mean car.

Looking at the Subaru R1

The Subaru R1 is a sweet street machine for the econo set. We like the look and it's
micro mill pushes it past the gasoline stations for miles before stopping. We want 1

Isetta Autocross

There are so many jokes made about microcar performance that it's great to see what one of these little cars can do in an Autocross.
There's no dialogue -- other than a nervous laugh when the Isetta lifts a wheel.

We'd love to see more videos like this one, showing that it isn't all about horsepower -- that maneuverability is an advantage these cars have over many other vehicles.

How to make a 3-wheel Messerschmitt into a 2-wheel Messerschmitt

I couldn't believe this when I saw it -- and it sounds like the announcer couldn't believe it either. (I wish I could understand what he was saying.)

Maybe one of the Messerschmitt mavens in the club can explain how this is done.

B M Double U

Look for a "HOT" Isetta on the internetta.

FIAT gone GREEN

Recently we've had a decorative car in the front yard. Today we have one
in the side yard. This funny little Fiat seems to be a planter too.

"Cash for Clunkers" rearing its head again

While we understand that the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association has some real economic motivation to oppose the "Cash for Clunkers" legislation, their arguments make a lot of sense.

BETHESDA, Md., March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) supports efforts by the Obama administration to help stabilize U.S.-based vehicle manufacturers, the association cautions that the "Cash for Clunkers" proposal will harm the environment, negatively impact car owners, waste billions of taxpayer dollars and hurt the hundreds of thousands of vehicle service and repair businesses in America.

AAIA strongly opposes the use of Cash for Clunkers programs, which threaten jobs in the independent aftermarket industry by removing repair opportunities for vehicles and raising the cost of used cars and parts.

"It seems arrogant to destroy perfectly good vehicles with many more years of useful life just to entice consumers to purchase a car that they might not be able to afford," said Kathleen Schmatz, AAIA president and CEO. "This is hauntingly reminiscent to the home mortgage debacle when consumers purchased homes they could not afford."

Cash for Clunkers would prematurely destroy vehicles and their valuable parts and components, denying more affordable used vehicles and parts to millions of low and middle income families who cannot afford to purchase a new car even with a $3,000 to $5,000 government voucher.

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Keep in mind...almost all of the micro and minicars on the road today would probably be considered "clunkers" by this legislation. And, more importantly, late model used cars -- the cars that, if allowed to survive, will become the classic cars of the future -- may be taken out of the market and destroyed by this legislation. Effectively removing the source of classics and classic car parts.

Think about it...