Brilliant.

Subris is a dangerous thing. We're still subject to the laws of physics.

Ah, this takes me back. I grew up in Cincy (which I thought was the regional capital of shi**y winter drivers until I moved to DC). In 1991, we moved to Ann Arbor, where I learned how to drive in the snow and on the Autobahn. (Seriously, riding around Germany wasn't half as scary after I-94.) Oddly enough, we didn't…

Sorry, but the Lexus commercial I love to hate has always been and will always be "December to Remember." ("How did you know I wanted a tub of warm wallpaper paste?!?")

Since every Subaru Forester review I've ever read regarded their satnavs as crapboxes. I never really entertained the idea of getting the factory one. $40-50 for my iPhone Garmin app and free updates + standard bluetooth = good enough to get me where I have to go.

Hee. One day I was in the office supply room and it was completely bereft of pens. So I said, "My kingdom for any fucking color pen!"

Abu Nazir would never be this sloppy.

This was the anthem to my 1994 study abroad. Still can't pass it up when it comes around on shuffle mode in the car.

Steamed pork dumplings ... and the weird thing is, I'm not even that much of a pork eater. (Shut up.)

+1 für München!

Word. I've discovered I can find it on the route from VA to KY so every trip to see my parents is now a cream soda holiday.

Damn, I miss Austria!

Add me to the "live in/around the city, don't have a place to hand-wash" crowd. When I bought my car, I had to compromise and take the black one because it was the only stick in all of DC in that trim level.

Me too, but because I ended up with a black one, I can only handle about a week's worth of dust or pollen before I give in and take it to the car wash.

Bingo. Exhibit B: The 2003 East Coast blackouts. (Disclaimer: I work in the media and I live in the DC metro area. The TV folks are the worst in this particular regard.)

Why VW/Audi didn't hold on to the dehumidifier idea from the Phaeton befuddled me. That was freaking brilliant.

This is tied into the maintenance item but don't be like Penny from 'The Big Bang Theory' and drive with your CEL on for months or years (or put a sticker over it). The issue could be as simple as a bad O2 sensor. About $100 to fix and almost immediately bumps your gas mileage back up. P.S. It amuses me greatly that…

After about the first 3-5 miles of my morning commute, I'm going against traffic and it's pretty decent as Metro DC commutes go. I even get to drive a nice twisty, tree-shaded road that inspires me to open up the roof all the way and enjoy my 5MT. Unfortunately, coming home, there are nights where it takes an hour…

Bingo. If an auto gets you interested enough to learn more, good for you. Maybe you didn't have access to a stick on which to learn. I won't mock you relentlessly — unless you show no interest or curiosity about learning how to drive a stick. Then you are fair game.

Speaking of Jezza, I was reading the current issue of 'Vanity Fair' last night and was about to give up on a Piers Morgan profile when I read that that buffoon still has a scar over his eyebrow from where Clarkson clocked him. This discovery made reading the time spent reading that story all worthwhile.