re: #355 dog philosopher

i remember noticing back in the mid 1960s that 2/3ds of the cars on the road were either fords or chevys

Yes, I had a ‘68 Ford Falcon, little beauty and the only compact car I could afford. Even though it was a 6 cyl It was considered a “gas saver”. I couldn’t afford Volkswagen, which I really wanted, or anything else foreign. I did find a used Opel Kadette after my 15 yr old wrecked the Falcon in ‘74. It was manual, of course, and I haven’t driven an automatic since.