Well, Tom Cruise very nearly rolled an almost brand new Reasonably Priced Car on the final turn. That would have been epic.

You can always buy it back when the price goes down. I see this as a pretty shrewd move. The President should always do this when the price of oil spikes; it's a net gain for the U.S. taxpayer, on whose behalf this oil was purchased and stored in the first place.

I mean, really. Even people who hate cars and hate driving should at least hate driving a clean car less than driving a filthy one.

Why? They're probably made in the same factory in China.

My wife is one of those people who consider her car to be a rather large extension of her purse. On the occasion where I have to drive (or ride in) her car, I tend to cringe as I go in there. Junk everywhere, especially on the back seat and in the trunk. If I didn't occasionally steal her car to have it washed, it…

Yeah, because we all need to go out and buy more bookshelves for more and more physical media. Heck, we need to hire somebody to build a climate-controlled shed in the back yard to put it all in before our houses look like something out of an episode of "Hoarders."

- When Q is being awesome, since he is the best recurring character (fact)

They finally delivered, just in time for you to celebrate your independence trying to track down that one episode of TNG where Tasha Yar wasn't incredibly annoying.

Aw, Nibbles is so cuuuuuuuuuuuute. Squeeeeeeeeeeee.

Well then, my wife is the ultimate rebel. She drives one of these. In base (cheap-ass) trim.

I'm surprised there isn't a New York Grand Prix. Wouldn't that be simply awesome?

The thing is, computers are really good at mental drudge-work, like, well, computing things. That's what makes them useful. They suck at the very thing we're really good at - thinking. Even we don't know exactly how we manage to do that, and we'll have to figure that out before we can even begin to design a…

A 100% stock Honda Civic could beat a 40-50 year old T-Bird. It's just the truth.

Like most things, it's a mixed bag. More gadgets means more stuff that can break, and piss you off because you paid a shitload of money for this thing. On the other hand, that new car you just bought handles better, gets better fuel economy and more power from less engine than was thought possible the last time you…

In 2013.

There is no reason why we can't have a car meet that standard. My Civic manages to squeeze 140 HP from 1.8 liters. A car that size in the 1980s, say a Dodge Aries, got by on 85 HP. It wouldn't be the fastest car on the road, but it would work. The engine would probably be around 1200CC or so. Light enough for two…

Yes, dedicated to cancelling small vehicles for the U.S. market...unless we can make them in Mexico, or China, or wherever we can have them made so they won't fall apart until the new owners get them home.

I wonder why they couldn't just run the car on, say, the Nurnbergring, with the cruise control set at a given speed, say, 100 KPH, for the 100 km required to get a reading. Totally uncomplicated. Yes, you'll use more gas if you use the AC. Yes, you'll use more gas if you exceed 100 KPH. So what? You have a test,…

Even better, it should be available on DVD and/or streaming at Netflix by Christmas.

I was thinking more along the lines of, say, Syracuse, or Rochester. Or Louisville , KY. Cities with many sprawling suburbs and nary a bus in sight.