With the layers of technology and aids between the steering wheel and the tires, aren't all Priuses remote controlled?

I love how the go-to picture for Canada is Jean Chretien and two mounties. That made me smile.

This pleases me to no end.

This pleases me to no end.

Ah, okay. I've lived on either side of Quebec but never in it.

I'm Canadian, and I've never heard anyone use lacrosse as slang.

The Harbour Hopper drove around

That isn't the same article. This is an update. Ben even links to that article in this article.

If it was the firefighters' first time, there would have been water everywhere before they even got the hose out.

Anything.

I like to explore along my route and try to find a new route every day. When you commute in the city, there's always a different route in the grid you can take.

You crashed a burning Jag?

And yet nobody wants to have a conversation about guns.

A big reason why the Winter Olympics are smaller is because of money. There's also winter and proximity to mountains to factor in, but many of the winter sports are very expensive.

Lexus

Earlier in the season, McLaren did a double pitstop - Button and Hamilton right after eachother with maybe a 10 second gap. While this made for good tv, it seems like a big risk for not much apparent gain. Can anyone shed light on why they would double up like that?

I really like your junkyard paintings, especially the blue one.

While I found the rest of the article very interesting, I agree with you on the opening line. It's a bit like saying a Corvette is X inches long and its engine is capable of burning Y gallons of fuel. Those aren't exactly the go-to figures when talking about how fast a car is. Stats with more of a wow-factor would be…

When VW introduced the newest Beetle, there was a lot of effort put into making sure it didn't come off as too girlie and that it was more of a cool man's car. http://jalopnik.com/5792988/the-2012-volkswagen-beetle

They killed the Rocketman? Why? That would have been fantastic.