@abgwin: That was my take as well. As noncommittal as they get.

That dashboard... Remember the day when the light switch actually said "LIGHTS" instead of using the stoopid international symbol for lights?

The video of the Lagonda's engine running did it for me; Aston Martin all the way. That thing sings some kinda sweet song... I could listen to it all day, or work on it all day to get it running like that again when it inevitably stops. Plus, I've been lusting after that car since they were first introduced. My wife…

Nucleon. Hands down.

411 ftw. Sweet little car. Reminds me of the '71 Datsun pickup I used to drive.

Does this mean that Google Maps is going to be updated a little bit? The images & maps for the area I live in are at least four years old.

Wait a sec; don't they race snowmobiles on a frozen lake for the Cannuk GP? Or was it dogsleds?

What? No shots of the engine compartment? There's gotta be a real reason to have a hood that long, like a V16 or some other marvel of engineering... Right? Right?

Very cool story; it'd be great to meet Daniel at some point in his trip. Here's to him!

@beercheck: Sorry man. I've got this thing at work where they keep interrupting my reading with stuff called Work. I open a page, read what's there, but my comment doesn't get completed until long after several other comments have been posted.

@smoke~: Bush? No way. It's Barack Obama's fault. His ascension to the leader of the Democrat Party was supposed to heal all ills such as this. He told us so on several occasions. What gives?

Actually, only a minute or so passed between the time the guy got hit and the time the cop showed up; I can't see anything bad about that. It at least proves that someone made a 911 call and there was a quick response. I doubt I'd get a uniform on the scene that quickly where I live.

@sos10: I was thinking the same. How nice they didn't add some heavy metal track to it.

My 8th grade art teacher (Oscar Ostrander - unforgettable old bastard) drove one of these. A bunch of us picked it up and turned it sideways in his parking spot one day. He turned about three shades of red when he saw it. Another time we picked it up and put it on the loading dock outside the gym; the gym teacher…

Strictly for wheelstands at the dragstrip.

I saw a '49 or '50 Traveler at a small-town show last year (Granite, IA Threshing Bee!), snapped a couple of photos of it, and posted a blurb about it on my blog. The feature on that one I liked best was the hood ornament — a huge chrome buffalo head. Don't know if I like that one better than the rocket-shaped one or…

@dohcspit: Funny; I voted for the Frenchie because the Merc was so ugly.

And you left the junkyard without it? And you have the temerity to call yourself a Jalop. Give your self 40 lashes with your whip of choice. Now.

I hate the sticker shock, so I tend to fill up when it's half empty. Much easier to take filling the tank twice at $45 than once at $90.

@brownie: The dog is my favorite part too. He's obviously been nailed a time or two and knows to be on the move when he hears the rumble. Good dog.