@Bullitt417: Ah well, you got to it first.

@KVHnik: Head gasket issues were mostly worked out in the mid 2003+ models on the EJ25 series engines. I had a head gasket go right before Christmas time on a god-forsaken stretch of interstate ('98 Subaru). Extended warranty FTW!

@stoke: True true, I was just wondering if the 08+ Imprezas did have the subframe locking kits.

@stoke: You could always toss in a subframe lockdown kit like in the previous model Imprezas, right? Costs all of 30 bucks for a set of bolts and collars...

Doing a 180 while driving a rented Kia Rio in heavy traffic along the Schuylkill Expressway. Buzzing along in the left lane at 50 or so mph, trying to figure out what exit I need to take, looking up, and slamming on the brakes. The car rotated on an underinflated right front tire, spun across 3 lanes of traffic, and…

I'm boggled at the need to 2/3 size the original. Maybe he couldn't source the original Allisons and had to cut weight on the plane?

@Anodized Screw Head #78: Woody Harrelson said it better: "Nut up or shut up!"

Toyota should put a swine-flu like campaign into place. Get a new accelerator pedal designed, find suppliers, and roll it out for retrofit. From the pictures I've seen, the pedal pad needs to be raised about a centimeter or two, and angled forward so the bottom of the pedal is 1-2 cm further from the firewall. Not a…

@FrankGrimes: Won't make you go faster in everyday driving, but tires FTW. Better cornering, better braking, better safety. Of course, tires do help you go faster in non-everyday driving (unless you need to take the Tail of the Dragon to work every day!) #qotd

@S-Money: I still don't get it. Again, where did that rock come from? I see some dark patch where the front wheels landed on, not kicked out from the back wheels... #ramping

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: Shrinking by the day as the populace flees Detroit! Perhaps the decline of the auto industry is not the only reason for the depopulation of Detroit *poke* #jalopnikvsgm

Jaguar just got word from their spies that the Stig will be hooked up remotely to the CTS-V to correct any flaws in Lutz's driving. Rumor has it they've been withholding the gruel from the Stiggy. #jalopnikvsgm

I was considering going with the Honda Z600, but I decided the Datsun 260Z would be a much better option. No replacement for displacement, even with rice-burners! #qotd

A car alarm would make a fine bear deterrent. Bear would take off like a scalded cat once the alarm was set off. Also keeps the vagrant meth addicts away. #bears

@mytdawg: Wow, what a bunch of stupid tourists. That bear is habituated to people, and the tourists are way too stupid to realize the danger. Good thing McDonald's is tastier than humans.

Too Obvious? #planelopnik

@Triborough: SNL? Saturday Night 'I got nothing better to do than watch tv tonight because I'm a' Loser?

I can just hear Toyota management now: "What a refreshing design, harkens back to earlier days! Too bad our research shows the American market only wants crossover vehicles and Camrys with automatic transmissions."

@FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway: Not when you are 6+ feet tall. But I see your point.

@ursa: Torque steer?