Scott Meyer
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🕑 Added 2025-07-28 07:00:05 +0000 UTCThe car was a 1978 Subaru DL Wagon. It was not, by the standards at the time, impressive. But it was a GREAT car. Dependable, economical, pr
The car was a 1978 Subaru DL Wagon. It was not, by the standards at the time, impressive. But it was a GREAT car. Dependable, economical, practical; none of the things an eighteen-year-old guy wants.
One of its interesting quirks was that the spare tire was stored on top of the engine. There was a mounting point that held the wheel and the jack secure and safe there, where it didn’t cost any storage space. I thought it was pretty slick, but more than one high school classmate service-station-parking-lot gawker thought I had just thrown the spare on top of the engine because I’m stupid.
That Subaru cemented a lifelong appreciation for tiny, practical cars. Don’t get me wrong, my head turns for Ferraris and Jaguars as well, but show me a beautifully maintained old Citroën or Fiat and I, as one of Seattle’s greatest men of letters once put it, “Get sprung.”
Recently, while walking down the street, Missy and I came across a beautifully restored old Isetta microcar. I stood there, mouth agape. Another grey-bearded goon stopped, and even though we did not speak the same language, we exchanged a look that clearly communicated the idea, “Is that not the coolest thing ever?!”
Missy laughed out loud at us, as did his wife. It seems male-dorkery transcends all language barriers.
Comments
Scott Meyer
Patreon is always changing . . . or as they would put it, "improving" things. I kid. Most of their changes are for the better.
Bjørn Larssen
The whole comic fits on the page again without me having to click to zoom in! I have no opinions about cars (living in Amsterdam, you don’t really need a driver’s licence unless you’re going to IKEA once per three years), but the final line is very true. Obviously, I was different, I really listened and took all the advice, but the youth of TODAY…
Scott Meyer
Thanks for the heads-up!
Trigon Manthree
Psst, I think you have an extra "that" in panel 4. Feel free to delete this comment. Thanks as always for the laughs. less than three
