Something I saw while walking the dog: I have seen this Ford Pinto parked at the Lake Murray parking lot dozens of times over the 10+ years that I’ve been walking there. I finally saw it drive in, and a woman got out from behind the steering wheel, so I had an opportunity to talk with her and find out more about the car.
She and her husband have owned the car for 50 years. They bought it new in March 1974, and she says it is very easy to maintain.
I found it surprisingly easy to resist temptation to make the obvious Ford Pinto joke.
She also volunteered that she would never buy an electric car. The batteries need replacing after five years and are exorbitantly expensive, she said.