Some cars do have an alarm of some kind if the engine is running and the fob leaves the car, such as my Kia Optima, for instance... Just like door chime sounds, this probably varies widely from one manufacturer to the next. Those that don’t have a chime of some sort really should. That’s all that’s needed, rather than…

2nd Gear: Change a couple of letters around and you can have the R Kelly edition, the P-Face. Country roads won’t be the only thing flowing!

I would buy that wagon. The rear seat headroom was probably the largest problem I had with the Fusion and what led me to keep shopping elsewhere. The roof line doesn’t slope off as dramatically in the wagon, leading me to think headroom would be much better. Also, it’s a wagon that looks sexy as hell!

This might be the best Traffic Jams post ever.

“Hey everybody, Chuck says he’s hungry!”

“No, I’m not huuungry, I’m HUUUUNNNNGGGGRRYYYYYY.”

Exactly! You can’t pay a shop less than what they’d charge for a cheap oil change and expect quality results. It just doesn’t work and isn’t sustainable.

Great, entertaining article as usual!

I live in Massachusetts and used to perform state inspections for about a year or two. Not only does it not pay, you’re truly in a situation where you can’t win.

You hit the nail on the head.

Superchargers I think they called them, right? I’d be surprised if I didn’t have them all too... I was both a Matchbox and Monster Truck nut when I was a kid (okay, still am...) so combining the two was like a religious experience. They made the giant pulling machines and sleds, too!

I remember when Hot Wheels…

Image got Kinja’d the first time, apparently...

Bigfoot, because it’s hard to beat the original. But one of my other all-time favorites is Crushstation, the “Monstah Lobstah” from Maine. The owner Greg is a super nice guy and always puts on a good show, too!

A DODGE Monster Van, no less... If I remember correctly, it was built on a fire truck chassis. One of my favorites when I was a kid... I still have one from Matchbox!

Thanks for the additional info! It may not be that useful at the moment, but that it exists at all still blows my mind. We are living in the future!

I remember seeing something similar to this on a show called Autoline many years ago. It didn't involve carbon fiber, but it did involve metal springs, different plastics, etc. and the application ideas were endless. They took a metal spring, stretched it out and twisted it up until it was definitely not a spring…

I disagree. Using the same reasons you stated, we should ban the sale of old Datsun 240Zs, too. Nissan sold that car here, but otherwise all of the other arguments are the same. They don't profit off of the parts, or the car itself, and they didn't immediately get to sell that same person a brand new car. The only…

You'd think automakers would benefit from this, not suffer. For instance: Someone imports an R34 Skyline. That someone takes very good care of that car, participates in car shows, etc. The car-show-going public then sees this very nice Nissan on display, and interest in Nissan is increased at zero actual cost to…

The next LFA will probably incorporate very advanced self-driving capabilities, allowing owners to let the car perform perfect hot lap after hot lap at their favorite race track without them having to worry about running out of talent.

I'm sure most any large, impersonal company call center is set up the same way. I had an experience with Crapital One once where I wanted to cancel a credit card with an absurdly low limit because I had two or three other cards that had more reasonable terms. In the call, they of course asked "Is there anything we can…

I wonder if the Optima, Sonata's corporate cousin, will have the same issue with the shift cable?

I'd love to have that gigantic AA plane that's under wraps in Greece!