It looks like it's smelling a really bad-smelling fart.

That's a shame. It's not like Swedish (or German in our case) film and TV companies are making lots of money providing programming to small pockets of expats scattered around the world. You'd think those rights would be available for pretty much pocket change.

If you're talking about air quality, you really can't beat the Northeast in winter. The air this time of year is about as pure as it gets. It's just cold.

Try upstate NY. Biting cold. Snow. Ice. Rain followed by snow. Wind. I won't get outside for exercise, other than clearing the snow from my driveway, until probably April. Meanwhile, thank God for iPods because that's the only way I stay on the elliptical machine long enough for it to do any good.

If Netflix were to go international (I bet there is a big market for streaming video in the EU, hint hint), I might be tempted to cancel the Dish. Right now, they offer the best German language package in the biz and that makes my better half happy.

You do realize Netflix keeps track of what you watch, and makes its recommendations accordingly. So if you watched and told them you liked the two or three Bollywood movies that were worth watching (to you), you'll get more of the same in your recommendations. It's like Amazon, only with movies and TV shows.

But they were just terrible cars.  Dad had one, and he had to pop the hood on a fairly regular basis and pop the stuck butterfly valve on the carb.  A real PITA when you're already late for work.

Actually, it's dark blue.

I have snow tires on my Civic. I'm pretty much good to go.

How dare you blame the UAW for the state of Detroit? Are there any GM executives in the UAW? Engineers? All the UAW ever wanted is for its members to not get fucked over by management. No UAW member designed the Ford Pinto, approved it for production (I believe the blame for both of those would fall on one Lee…

The first one was generic. No soul. The new one is much better, more befitting our first cool President.

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.

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…