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Members of a secret society of Isuzu fanatics were touring the East Coast and wanted me to meet them for dinner in middle-of-nowhere West Virginia. Sure, why not? I admit to having some trepidations. Would they sneer at my Lincoln Town Car? Would they treat me with suspicion? I was an outsider, after all.

No, not a bit of it. Isuzuphiles, while eccentric, are a friendly bunch. They willingly embrace other points of view and imbibe beer and eat Mexican food with strangers — even those who drive Lincolns. Among their number was well-known motoring journalist John Voelcker. After the last

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