You only need the battery to start the car...not to run the car... "quickly as possible" dose not apply...you have until the tank runs out.

Whoa there... lets not get smart about this or anything... :)

Exactly. Just like it wasn't dumb when Schumacher skiied all those times with a substandard helmet.

At that point, why not just swap out the battery?

If it's dumb and it works, then it ain't dumb.

Anyone who has ever put a shirt on both inside out and backwards should never attempt this.

Maybe he's a girl?

This car existed before industry standards. Heck, a lot of its draw was in that it could be easily converted to a tractor for farm use. It was being driven into town by kids under 12 because they were useless in the heavy farm labor, so they'd goget supplies.

Not trying to be tasteless, but I wanted to point out that Jalopnik does report about suicide bombings in other places than Israel. I bring this up because of the accusations made on this blog of unreporting of suicide bombings in other countries. Sadly, we have proof that Jalopnik is indeed a reporter of news from…

At least they were all good looking cars and you'd have a good 25 seconds or so to look at them?

He may be trying to figure out where he needs to stick his head inside of

Well, you knew somebunny would start a pun thread.

Another pun thread! I'm hopping with joy.

And where the hell is the Tortoise in all of this?

The funniest thing I've seen! I think the rally car is just a hare faster than the rabbit.

This one.

That's an engine fire, not a fire engine. You beat me to this joke!

Not exactly a fire truck, but it's still used by a fire department and it's still a Prius.

Fire trucks are meant to scream authority. They have to, they're going to what could be a matter of life and death. What truck do you not want to see show up to save you?

Maybe not exactly what you meant, but: