It's true. We Toyota drivers really can't be bothered. I, for one, hate car shopping. Hate it like getting a root canal. Toyota makes things easy by making satisfactory cars for a reasonable sum of money that just work.

Because these people are colossal douchebags, and it's more fun being a douchebag in London than it is in LA.

Except that you probably graduated in 1970, so it's understandable that you'd actually believe that. The thing is, most stuff you buy in stores is metric already. Even American-made cars. All metric. No SAE tools allowed.

Yes, we should be doing all of these things.

Well, you can already sort of do that via iTunes, but it costs a buck a show. Those bucks add up over the course of a month, and you still can't win.

But if you're breaking into my house, you're not using your shotgun for protection, are you? I bet I can grab my cellphone and dial 911 faster than you can find me and shoot me.

Amendments can be repealed. We've done it before. I wouldn't shed one tear or give one fuck if the 2nd Amendment were stricken from the Constitution tomorrow. You people defending the continued proliferation of firearms in this country should have your heads examined.

My wife also drives a 2009 Corolla, and I find performance to be the least bad part of the car. What I find particularly offensive is the general fit and finish. It was February, and the economy was swirling around the bowl, and nobody was buying these brand new Corollas Toyota just came out with, so they had $1500…

Not just for aircraft, either. The Army puts it in all their trucks now. It's supposed to be better than diesel.

Find me a set of bows and a canvas for the back, and it's a deal.

The best part of the car, from a comfort standpoint, is that the heaters are REALLY good. It can be -30F outside, and the heater will have the interior of the car warm enough to make you sweat. That's important in the Northeast. The A/C isn't bad, either.

Well, my wife drives a '09 Corolla. Want to see an appliance car? The Camry has nothing on the Corolla. Think the '12 Civic is full of cheap plastic? You haven't driven the Corolla. BUT - you can get the base car with automatic transmission, standard A/C and a decent stereo. Unless you absolutely MUST have power…

Painted bumpers. Why, in God's name, are we painting the part of the car that takes punishment so the rest of the car doesn't have to? To support the Bumper Bully industry? To pay for body mechanics' kids' braces? Now they get scratched up from people heaving too-heavy items into the trunk, the aforementioned…

Maybe I'll be like the rest of the rich douchebags and buy a member of Congress. Failing that, I'll buy a few local school board elections and drag them, kicking and screaming, into a consolidation plan. Economies of scale FTW!

I got a good deal on lunch. Plenty of leftovers in my fridge.

That's it. I quit. Henceforth, I am changing my species affiliation to F. Sylvestris Catus. Meow, muthafukas.

It makes me kind of ashamed to be a member of the same species, let alone a citizen of the same nation, as people like these.

I had a red Mitsubishi Mighty Max back in the days. The local dealer had about a thousand of them on the back lot and they were perpetually on sale. Really fun little truck. Our toddler was seriously attached to it. He'd climb in the cab, stand behind the wheel, and pretend he was driving. One day, though, I had…

That's about where I was in 1997 or so. Then the impeachment happened in spite of the GOP getting their asses handed to them at the polls - during a lame-duck session, no less. That was it for me. I'm not going back.

Damn, forgot about the Kadett D. None of us enlisted folks had those. I had a C, with 1.1 liters and forty-odd horses under the hood. Taking it past 110 kph was a goosebump-raising experience.