The "Cabriolet hovercraft" referred to is an X-34. Ever since the XP-38 came out, they just aren't in demand anymore.

Pig tested, spider approved.

There's a secondary factor as well: the larger the wheel, the slower it turns to achieve a given rate of speed. Therefore, if one is cruising at low speed, there is a visual quality of "glide" imparted by a stupidly oversize wheel. That combined with the type of car that is usually donked, and it's the "size matters"…

My personal theory is that it's a natural extension of the more chrome=more expensive wheels = flashy status symbol that started with "spinners" and chrome wheels on things that didn't have them originally, before wheels started upsizing and getting really out of hand. That. and the extent to which it makes a car look…

It's a mouse-over thing now, which probably doesn't work in some browsers.

Of course, importing one to the Americas, in terms of what people say you can do...

The Russians certainly don't believe buses have to stay on-road, at least microbuses. Pictured is an early version of the UAZ 451/452 series, which (under a different numbering system) is still being produced today in 4wd. It's affectionately nicknamed the Буханка, or "loaf". The current UAZ 2206 microbus version…

Hello, this is OnStar!

Science is Syrious Business.

I like big huts and I cannot lie. You other tribesmen can't deny, when a building gets set with an itty-bitty frame and a lion jumps on your face, you get munched.

They see me rollin' they hatin'.

But there was one who said she saw something falling out of the sky and drove into a post office lobby to get out of the way.

Alternately, Syria is filled with a mix of murderously incompetent people, incompetent murderers, and semi-murderous semi-competents.

As neat as a Vixen is, the 455 doesn't so much fix the unspeakable power-lack problem as re-institute the problem the anemic powertrain was trying to avoid. That would be fine if it were a little cheaper, as one would then have a motorhome as sprightly as a minivan for short excursions. At that price, though?

The rear light on my Benz has a chunk out of the amber. That hole is filled with copper-added gasket silicone in a matrix of glass fiber. It's almost the same color, and is legal.

No lie. Standard of legality can be as simple as "is sealed from the elements". Which these are. For freshness. Like a boss.

Remember, always use spoilers for offensive content. OR conduct.

I'm pretty sure I need on oil change on my Benz diesel, but the odometer broke so I'm going to have to do some miles counting. Other than the wiper blade change, not a whole lot else going on. However, Benz should put on their 350,000 mile service, "Check alarm system off-switches in doors. Bitches be setting off…

I'm currently fighting the urge to write a parody of Boris the Spider.

Speaking of 90's one-hit wonders, here are The La's. Proof that you can have a really good sound, but if you're too OCD about the results, it crushes any possibility of long-term success.