Anybody remember the James Bond movie "Goldfinger?"

Q issued Bond a rather neat automobile, an Aston Martin DB5 with some very useful accessories. Among other things, at the touch of a button, a couple of vents would open on the rear of the car and spray either an oil slick or a rain of caltrops (little gizmos with spikes that would do a number on the tires of any car following—first designed centuries ago to injure the hooves of horses ridden by charging knights—nasty!).

It also had two .30 cal. machine guns, mounted under the front fenders.

Several nice things that would come in handy when the traffic gets a bit to hectic.

The car became a movie star in its own right. It appeared in several of the James Bond movies, even outlasting Sean Connery.

Don Firth