There seems to be a constant, global mantra related to easing the burden on the rich - or at least not persecuting them like "Nazi concentration camp victims". While, at the same time, what George Carlin said seems to be increasingly true: "They don't give a shit about you!"

Future CEO, banker or even presidential material right there?

Would it be going too far to suggest the entire Acura brand? Once upon a time, when I'd take my owned-since-new '90 Integra to the dealership for service, it was fun to check out the showroom. Now? Various versions of boring and fugly in silver . . .

Subwoofer? Or is someone playing motorboat?

Brief glimpses of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Route 66 and the Chrysler 200. One of these American things is not like the others . . .

Is the Buick V-6 3800 in anyway related to the supercharged 3800 that was in 90's era Riviera's?

Laissez-FIRE!

30+ degrees Celsius. No AC.

I stand corrected. I was unclear as to how The Lone Star State defined one of its own. Thanks for outlining the criteria.

Texan? I thought he was from New Haven, Connecticut? Isn't that Bentley territory?

Are they charging for the TruCoat?

About thirty years ago I knew a guy who wouldn't have anything to do with cable TV or any other form of tech communication. He claimed "they" were going to use the stuff to watch us. Boy, was that guy NUTS!

A Christmas Carol, 1951, with Alastair Sim as Scrooge.

Clever. But I accomplish the same thing using just my ears and eyes. Works best in reduced speed zones; love it when guys with automatics blow by me and straight into radar.

Walled garden? Wasn't that sort of the AOL business model?

The Aztek was Swedish?

Wasn't it mounted down there because it was a DIRECT power switch? No relays. All the juice going to the headlights went right through it.

When I was there a couple of years ago I hired a guy and his '54 Bel Air to tour my wife and I around Havana. He was a friend of a friend. The body and interior were in great shape and pretty much stock. The powertrain, however, consisted mainly of parts salvaged from a diesel truck (Toyota?) and artfully massaged…

What good is a "hidden compartment" if it can found?

I've always felt that the white and maroon combination used on early '60's Rambler Ambassadors worked rather nicely.