If memory serves, didn’t VW forcibly acquire enough Porsche debt to take over after they caught Porsche trying to buy up VW stock? Then they fired PorcheGuy and installed a VWGuy, and now VW’s PorscheGuy is in charge of VW, making him Porsche’sVW’sPorscheGuy.

CAR TIME!

You’re pretty serious about GM products.

As someone who can barely afford to get by because of my wife’s student loans (currently paying about $1200 a month, but banks are trying to push it up to almost $2k) in the Seattle metro area, I say fuck that noise. Its already a pain in the ass to commute (I take the bus to work, but my wife has to drive about 30…

This will not kick major ass off-road. My $1500 geo tracker will kick it’s ass off road. It might be not bad, but it’s not going to kick ass.

You’re the true winner..

I’m in the bay area and willing to help work on this thing (will shoot you an email) on one condition:

Never have kids.

ARE THE TWO DEAD BODIES OK?

Some

Access. If you flat on a trail, a rock or outcropping or just the depth of the wheel ruts can make it very difficult to get the spare out from underneath.

I think the plastic is smart, if it scrapes on a rock it won’t scratch any paint. If a car backs into it, it won’t damage the paint. I had some on my 03 Vibe and miss un-painted plastic sides. Sure it was as faded as sorority girls at a bar on a friday night, but it was damn durable.

jabba has two b’s dammit!!!

Thats the most OCD Jalop comment of the day.

Rolls Royce used to call such things a ‘Pullman Limousine’; I can’t see what’s different now.

Sorry, but I’m of that camp that if y’all are going to insist that you have every right to share, or even take a full lane, as a cyclist...you get to follow all traffic laws in the process. (And oddly, the law says that too.)

I also think you should be required to be tested & licensed to prove that you know the laws of…

Sure–

Racing ain’t exactly rocket science. All you’re doing is constantly controlling the loads imparted on a 1-ton mass moving at 200 mph, with inertial transfer against the frame defined in three axes through spring rate and shock dampeners, all to ensure that transient G-loading on the tire carcasses do not adversely…

My favorite response was left out:

First off, Smoke didn’t kill anyone in the Mobil Coca-Cola Bass Pro Shops Jimmy John’s Chevy so get that right out of your head and stop blaspheming. It was a sprint car so it doesn't count.