I think the more offensive quote from the Romania episode is when Clarkson said something along the lines of, "turning up in Romania with three flashy supercars is the equivalent of showing up in the Sudan with a suit made of food."

I remember renting a PT in Detroit one time when they were still somewhat popular. At a stoplight a girl broke away from her parents and held up traffic just to stand in front of my car, point at me and yell "THAT'S the car I HATE, mommy!" (I'm assuming they were having a discussion earlier but the girl couldn't…

I can't tell if you're joking or not about the usage of "ro-ro" within the industry.

So let's say I shell out X amount of dollars to cover all that development, and Pagani uses it to install manuals in future iterations of the Huayra (ie the roadster, or other models). Does that mean I receive a portion of those subsequent sales, a dividend of sorts from my investment? I can't imagine they would scrap…

I've always loved the solid light bar that runs across the rear. Let's you know it's a C4S from a mile away.

The abrasive tone that the video's commentary is written in makes me less sympathetic to truck drivers. And the diatribe at the end is just beating a dead horse.

Considerably more impressive than Trump's prosaic, black and gold 757.

Ajman's Sheikh Rashid Al Nuaimi (also known as RRR):

Civic Hybrid w/ Manual tranny. Not sure about total numbers but it was only produced from 03-05. With batteries starting to fail and owners being forced to choose between a $5k+ fix for a new hybrid battery or scrapping the car, its population is getting thin.

Did Jalopnik take down the article about how Ferrari is pressuring customers who preordered Speciales to either buy more options or risk having their orders bumped? I was referencing that piece to a friend just now and can't find it.

I love people's usage of the term "business write-off" as if that makes the purchase free. Given, say, a business tax rate of 30%, even if the company can claim it as a business expense that still means they're paying 70% of the $1,200, so well over $800. Not really a bargain.

What's up with that parking job in the top right corner or the shot?

After reading the article about the shady fake traffic stop on Jalopnik (wasn't that in Jersey, too?), I absolutely would not have stopped. It looks like someone went a little far with a bank heist disguise or is up to something.

I've noticed a lot of higher end hotels in the DC area (mainly St. Regis, Four Seasons, Ritz) have been switching their sedan fleets over to S400 Hybrids. I imagine that's more of an outlier though.

SCHN3LLBRZ if you were lost at "securing US freedoms" then you made it to the second to last sentence of a relatively long post. So not bad.

I used to get stuck with these as rental cars pretty frequently. The damn doors were so big they'd invariably swing open and hit the car parked next to it. So that's kind of interesting, I guess.

"XC70R All Terrain"

And he may have an A Lange & Sohne on but he's in a Hyundai, dammit.

Agreed. Black Equus in the DC area with diplomat tags always means there's a rich businessman from the Pacific Rim in the back being chauffeured around by the ambassador's staff.