Dad: Well maybe if you let me wear a glove I wouldn't have made that mistake!

I know how you feel. We've got Whataburger's where I live in SW Oklahoma, but the Dairy Queen ads that keep popping up are torture. Especially considering that when I was a kid we had 3 DQs, and now we have none

What surprised me when I've visited the states (and talking to people on here) is how many people think they need a truck for stuff that my parents use their Skoda Superb for. Which has a 1.4 Turbo with only 125PS. Yes it's slow as sin when fully loaded, but considering that's a rarity there's no point in something…

Unfortunately most people don't give a damn about performance or handling, so if they can afford it they pick a large vehicle that's comfortable as hell, good in all weather, and can carry or tow shit when they need to once a year.

I feel exactly the same way. I've been looking at old early 90's Fords with a V8 and a 5 speed. I don't want to drop that much cash on a beater. 5 or 6 grand is my top end for a beater work truck.

I can see you are serious while I'm being sarcastic. So on a serious note - I think putting a massaging seat in a car is fine, just not the drivers seat, it's a recipe for falling asleep behind the wheel. As far as a new truck goes, all I want is a small pick up with decent gas mileage, a good stereo, a/c and power…

No argument with any of that, especially the note on work trucks doing actual work.

Yup. First one is a work truck. Second one is a codpiece of OPEC-lovers.

Hey, don't knock the ass massage!

Totally agreed, although even that square config would be fine for normal use, given how little towing usually gets done. Besides, if GM and Ford get serious, they will produce a series of turbo stroker 4s for truck use, simply due to the high volume of sales possible. Same with transmissions to handle the work.

This isn't any sort of surprise at all. Most pickup trucks do the work of a compact sedan, so even a V6 is overkill. Turbo 4 should be made standard sooner rather than later, with the V8 and V10 engines for the trucks that actually need the extra power and torque for cargo and towing.

He's probably thinking, "My God. The last car I ever drive is going to be a Geo fucking Metro."

Same with the fender badges on Mustangs, you pull them and its body work time, well at least on the S-197s.

what always irked me was when automakers didn't bother to use the same font for all the badges. You'd get, say, a Ford Edge with Edge in one for and Sport in so,e goofy nonmatching font. I can't find any pics off the top of my head but we all knowwhat I'm talking about. American cars were the worst for it.

Why'd you leave the big Ford badge?

Do you like luxury?

every time I saw that guys goatee I assumed it was pubic hairs glued to his chin.

Was the Jew larger or smaller than the Scout?

Henry Ford for the win.

Things got really crazy when the Loons and the TinCaps began accusing each other of conspiring to set the geyser off for reasons that made no sense to anyone else.