Well Tom, I gotta say that while I enjoyed looking at them, those are a little dated... My favorite, up until now (I am definitely going to try to steal some more), is at
http://www.theResearchSource.net/columns/. And I would offer some pics of my car elsewhere on that same site also.
FYI, I remember my car shopping days in LA well. And I used to live in Santa Monica. No surprise, but there seem to be a number of folks around LA on this forum. If I lived there and was looking for a Pagoda I think I'd try and hunt one of you guys down!