I can remember how long the road trips from my hometown into the big city seemed at the time, and how amazing it was to see all of these gleaming new cars and trucks arranged in the displays that littered the main exhibition floor of the Olympic Stadium.

This week I finally faced up to reality and put the Miata away for its first winter sleep in my care. While I know that many Miata-ites are comfortable strapping on a hard top and tackling the snow and ice without a second thought, I am not willing to deal with the eventual corrosion issues that Canadian winters would visit on my track car.

It’s currently fashionable – and certainly a lot of fun – to look back at some of the most egregious styling errors and questionable automotive fashion decisions made in the 1970’s and early 1980’s and wonder just what everyone was thinking at the time.