Do you know what some Brits in the auto industry have been known to call the car since the heavy hand of BMW launched the “MINI” some 15 years ago or so?

The Ger-mini.

What we need are the N.Y. union guys—whose job it is to climb down into the sewers to do our literal dirty work—to refuse to lift the manhole covers made under such harsh conditions.

The moment the shit backs up into the gilded washrooms at Goldman Sachs is the moment something happens.

You nailed it about Rossi. I am not sure why he decided to stir up the hornet’s nest with Marquez leading up to Sepang. After that trash talk, Marquez, the championship an impossibility for him, delivered exactly what Rossi was waiting for.

If Marquez truly had it out for Rossi, he would not have passed Lorenzo two…

Subaru Granola?

Don’t begrudge Simers his salary. It may seem exorbitant in a world where bloggers get $10 to $25 a post. I have no idea what The Denton Corporation pays, but I am guessing it’s more than $25 a post, but not quite the $1,500 per column Simers was getting.

I always thought “A German with a sense or humor = an Austrian.”

Sweet! Joy of Tech is always appropriate for modern life.

Since cops are explicitly allowed to lie when interviewing people, sure, why not?

Unfortunately, the private residences and the church and others in the community that were there first led to the current agreement. Now, I am guessing that Laura Linney was not there in 1959, but that’s another story.

You had me at ‘90 Golf GTI. Enough said. NP.

I came here to to post “I came here to post that, but you beat me to it,” but you beat me to it.

Police package version LTD (same car, essentially) got a 140 mph speedo. Not sure if the cop car had the tach or not, which was highly unusual in an American sedan.

Excellent point! The winners at LeMons are the teams that remain in the “go,” turning lap after lap. Fast is somewhat optional. Staying on the track is not, if you want to win.

My favorite moments at LeMons races (other than being in a stripped shitbox car going well faster than it should for far longer than it should)…

Hmm... I didn’t know I was being religious. Gotta’ love the subtlety of commenting on the Internet. Oh well, here goes....

Republicans have shown over and over and over again that they don’t give a shit about the planet, be it regulating CO2 or particulates or ensuring clean water or protecting endangered species. Take…

EPA mandates clean-air standards, including automobile emissions.

As as most discussions on Jalopnik. PSI low by 1.5 pounds due to using an analog gauge? FWP!

I should add that getting gas in Mexico, where Pemex has a monopoly and where every pump is also full serve, is a treat. People bust their ass to get you filled up. Sure, the cost of labor is nill, since those people rely on…

Do you not see the potential for gross hypocrisy that I see here?

Uh, isn’t the EPA some boogeyman that many Republicans want to do away with?

I am curious to see how Republican climate-change deniers will get all up in VW’s grill in Congress because they like grandstanding, as opposed to having an actual interest in preserving the planet.

Meh, I am fine with the illegal hooning and “record-breaking” speeds. Who here hasn’t broken the speed limit in every state he’s driven in? (Okay, some of us did not do months of planning to break said speed limits; we just did it.)

It’s the insufferable nature of his delivery in the videos that turn me off.