When you were born? Now I feel old. I bought an '82 Dodge Charger 024 brand new. That car was a blast to drive, mostly because it was so easy to toss around. But they are all gone now. You can't even find crappy ones on eBay these days.

I remember that issue too; it read like a Chevrolet commercial. Painful. I think GM paid them copious amounts of money to fudge on the tests.

I saw a Citation just a couple of weeks ago; almost took a photo because it had very little rust and was actually moving under its own power. A guy around the corner from my house had a Pontiac X-body until a short time ago. Saw a For Sale sign in the window one day and it was gone the next.

A guy I work with has an X1/9 in his garage that's in very nice shape. But yeah, they're all but gone.

Making fun of car names is one of my favorite pastimes while driving; most are so, so lame and pretentious. And that's one of the reasons I prefer the BMW & Mercedes marquees; the alpha-numeric names attempt to tell you something about the cars, not the owners.

So is this Dogopnik now? Sheesh.

Turn 10 says their vision for the new Forza is quality over quantity. And while they've included the incredible Mount Panorama from Australian V8 Supercars, they've left out Infineon Raceway (aka Sears Point), Japan's Suzuka Circuit, and, most surprisingly, the Nurburgring Nordschliefe. There are just 14 tracks…

If you want a bigger challenge and more class, go for the E21. I know I would.

Bah. I've seen worse.

Thanks for the laugh! I was expecting a slightly different ending, with some sudden severe turbulence resulting in the partially disrobed Mr. Vesuvius being catapulted over the privacy screen in full eruption... But the real story was bad enough for all involved.

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What a shitty place to park a car.

I have this sinking feeling...

It's not just CA. A few weeks back I was sitting at the front of a line at a stoplight (in an '84 BMW 528); when the left turn arrow turned green, the cars on my left started moving, and the dipstick behind the wheel of a ridonkulously large Chevy pickup thought that meant go for him to, so he stepped on it.…

I recall a near miss I had several years back with a GM A-body I was driving when just out of college. The water pump was weeping and its bearing was starting to squeal, so I stopped at the shop I usually went to (as did my dad and many in my family) and they said, "Oh, that's a big job; 4 or 5 hours..." at their…

Looks like classic pack behavior; a biker on his own is usually no threat, but get a number of them together and look out.

And the reason we pay any attention to this dumb blonde is because...

Tires are totally overrated.

I think your Genesis is fooked, sir. Sorry.

Of course if your immediate answer to that quandary is drop it on a Chevy S10 frame, give it a 350 V8 for power, and make it look like the patina patrol has pissed all over it, give yourself a gold star.