The duct-tape-the-back-window pic has GOT to be a vehicle from Virginia (I can't make out the plate, tho). Honestly, I've never seen so much duct-tape repair as I have since I moved here in '99. Most any reasonable person would cut a piece of something out to replace the window and use tape along the edges to hold it in place, but not here! People just tape the hell out of anything....
plus, my count of cars I've seen without hoods on them driving down the road has recently gone into double-digits. Unbelievable.
Jeff