Current car: 02 Mazda Protege 5 w/ studded snow tires. Colorway: Silver and Maine Rust. A friendly, sympathetic mechanic, who has overlooked much in the past when inspection time rolled around knowing I'd fix it, has just condemned it. Frame rot.

Looking for: early 00s cargo van or utility body cutaway for vandwelling/stealth urban camping.
Lust after: 50s BMW Isetta with newer oilhead boxer engine. Scion IQ. Asian-market Kei Microvan. Unimog. Mercedes TN/TN1 van. Sprinter. Moto Guzzi V7 Sport.

Can't stand: any car with a driver talking on a cell phone. Driver's who think 4WD/AWD means they can act like idiots on snow and ice.