Now I’m wondering if the Auburn roadster I saw the other day was one of these. (I also remember fiberglass replicas bolted onto VW chassis. Like, instead of a dune buggy, it looks like an MG, or an Italian sports car.) Who knows, maybe it was a real Auburn…?
In hindsight I should’ve kept my 1988 Accord coupe. I bought a new one in '99 and it used/leaked oil the whole time I had it (and still did after I had the engine replaced). Most maddening was the main relay randomly shutting the whole car off.
I’ve heard this about Subarus. Our old Forester would also leak gas (or, the fumes, anyway) if the weather got really, really cold. The newer ones don’t seem to have this problem.
Oh man, I had an '86 CRX that I would probably still be driving*, if I hadn’t got front-ended. That thing was a pocket rocket and got something close to 50mpg (and probably as good or better than the hybrid CRZ).
*And for the minor detail that it had no rear seats, in which to, for example, place children and/or their car seats.
