A good friend had a Jack in the Box ball on the antenna of his ‘93 Civic.  When driving 35-40 mph, the ball would beat against the roof.  Slower than that, no contact.  Faster, and the ball stayed pinned to the car.  Took a long time to figure out what the hell was happening.  We thought it was something with the left… Read more

My kid is keeping this alive for the time being. They drive our 2017 Grand Caravan to get to school (which has the full-length antenna even with the long-expired satellite radio), and they have an assortment of antenna toppers they use. Read more

Irony is not lost on me that the last pic has a Polestar license plate surround. Read more

I’ve never seen an S60 Cross Country in person, but I’d nerd the fuck out if I did. Such an oddball.

first company to sandwich very thin radio antennas into the glass windshield

Yes, even saw a moron lower and rice a 99 sus.  Read more

In general, it’s good that those poky, easily bent or broken things are no longer sticking out of our cars, but I have fond memories of one of mine. I locked my keys in my car at the airport years ago, in the middle of a giant parking lot with no tools or coat hangers in sight. Harnessing my inner MacGyver, I noticed… Read more

Had a yellow smiley face one around 2000 that I took a brown marker to and drew on Mankind’s mask. Chances are I lost it in a carwash when I forgot to take it off. Read more

The ones i really remember is the Walmart smiley and the version with a cowboy hat, which i talked my mother into getting when i was a kid.

In Southern California in the ‘60's, the topper you would see everywhere was the Union 76 ball. 
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I remember the Jack in the Box ones but nothing else comes to mind. Read more

My antenna topper is a little model of my car. It has an antenna topper that’s a little model of my car. That has an antenna topper that’s a little model of my car. That has...
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You could still get creative with the current antennas. At the very least paint it a bright color for some uniqueness Read more

I am a sucker for nostalgia but these antennas sucked. 
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You used to get these with the WRX like 15 years ago

There was a Twilight Zone episode about these little bastards, of course.

Sometimes the chimp types out Hamlet successfully! Haha Read more

Were there any bowls of petunias plummeting alongside the rock? Perhaps a very confused whale? Several hundred million lightly fried eggs? Read more

Does this mean that the Heart of Gold happened to be in the area? Read more

This is the most exciting thing to happen in Prince Edward Island since Dennis King found that rock that was shaped a little like a heart! Read more