Is that a car, or a spare?

 Smart Cars.  Tiny little things that look more like they should be in the trunk of my LTD than on their own.  But for some reason this one looked kind of cool to me.. Maybe it was having a stomach full of Olive Garden food that made me content enough to see the cuteness in it.  Maybe it was the combination of red, black trim and the fake wood paneling that struck an old Country Squire chord in my memory.  Or maybe it was the sense of humor the owner showed in their personalized license plate “HALFKAR”.

Who knows, but it’s the best one of these half-cars on the road.

Worse than no image.

I have a pet peeve about car ads with no picture of the car.  Digital cameras are everywhere, and like my favorite site, most online classifieds have no charge for images.

So, the question always begs “Why made you decide a picture was not a good idea?”  Whatever the answer, even when I am actually looking to buy a car, those ads I just skip.

So I’m on KSL.com checking out what’s new for sale there as I often do when I have some spare time, and I see an ad for a old 70’s Chevy truck, and the picture they chose to be the main picture is not of the truck.  Instead it’s a scantily clad woman in lace panties adorned with a gun and shotgun shells.  Classy.  Super classy. 

But, I have to admit, it does fit the persona of the type of person I remember driving Chevy trucks (and Camaro) back in my high school days.

Glad you didn’t let me down, bud.