Jalop special right here. Some of us may be crazy enough to pay another $2k for this. (Some of us...not all of us, guys)

I think we should give credit where credit is due: This bad boy came from AMC, and had barely any changes from the acquisition all the way until it was finally dropped from the Wrangler.

Can't tell you how many times I've seen a Freightliner or Peterbilt towing an International. Really makes you think...

East side of the lake is the same. Traverse City's airport is officially "Cherry Capital Airport."

Not as much cheese and much more wine than one would expect. I came away disappointed.

The way they set it up, the tank is sized to be depleted around the same time as an oil change (~5000 miles or so)

Does anyone know how VW manages to get by with EGR-only on the Golf and Jetta? (Passat uses SCR) Though they may actually meet emissions, I'm thinking they be using carbon credits, as they have had plenty of time to accumulate them with their legacy engines. This is a luxury that Mazda doesn't have.

And arguably a better movie. Not just because of the Twins, but also because of the conversation about being behind Batman in the drive-thru, and trying to do math before playing the scary Mariners to decide the playoffs.

5th Gear: What other cars were considered in this? Only alludes to the Fit and the Armada, but I sincerely hope CR did the due-diligence of comparing some diesel engines in the mix. A powertrain nearly guaranteed to go 200-300k without major maintenance with real-world highway fuel economy in the 50+, I would think…

It is based off of the new VF Commodore, which is a model ahead of the one the VE that the G8 was based off of. Mostly cosmetic changes on the outside (still the same Zeta platform) but they did change up the interior quite a bit compared to the G8/VE.

Volvo V50. This is the kind you settle down with. Safe, great looking, not too big. Can look the part at both Home Depot or out at the local fine arts activity. Probably will still look good in 30 years, too.

My main memory:

Chevy Celebrity. Pretty sure most (all) celebrities steer clear of this one.

Because it probably was. Or at least compromised by different committees.

Sugar cane won't work as well here because we don't have an abundance of good environment for it, and the corn lobby is huge. From what I've heard, algae can be bred to create both (different strains of course) at much higher yields than either crop, all the while not impacting feed crops. But of course, algae doesn't…

Sugar cane is definitely make for a better fuel crop. It's about fermentable sugars for ethanol, and the concentration of sugar in corn is a lot lower than sugar cane. Not sure about the soy, as that is more of an oil crop, and lends itself more towards a biodiesel.

I'm going with a little school beating a big school. Bemidji State is tiny and far, and rarely gets any respect (like how their men's team finally got the call up to the WCHA, only to have the marquee schools of that conference bolt for greener pastures) Beating a big name school with a big name athletic program does…

It is still an operating facility, now run by Bosch. http://www.bosch.us/automotive/en/…

Aside from the fact that Toyotas, in fact, make one lame, they also try and make a Roadmaster seem lame. In reality, that Roadmaster would be burning out of the pickup lane like a badass.

I flew in and out of Huntsville once for work and I got through security in about 30 seconds, which was nice, because I arrived there 10 minutes before my flight. The expense was only justified, though, because I could avoid a hotel stay and a rental car, as opposed to the standard operating procedure of flying to…