Run, Herbie! RUN!!

A man who claims to have had sex with 1,000 cars has defended his "romantic" feelings towards vehicles:

Edward Smith, who lives with his current "girlfriend" – a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla, insisted that he was not "sick" and had no desire to change his ways.

"I appreciate beauty and I go a little bit beyond appreciating the beauty of a car only to the point of what I feel is an expression of love," he said.

"Maybe I'm a little bit off the wall but when I see movies like Herbie and Knight Rider, where cars become loveable, huggable characters it's just wonderful.

Read more about this "auto-eroctica" here. No word yet on whether or not he's ever burned his mouth on a tail pipe. . .