Let's head to university. Not childhood per se, but still formative. After swimming throughout my high school career, I thought I'd give some water polo a shot in university. Doubtless this would have worked better if I had a clue or had a coach with one, but I muddled along and had some fun, but was kept to the bench…

I'll start with a childhood baseball story, I suppose.

Yes and no. I mean, functionally it's identical. The window dressing has been changed. It's still an AWD wagon.

Say goodbye to another one of the rare AWD, stickshift wagons. Mini, hold strong!

Smoother power delivery for one, I'd guess, and probably cheaper. They've been making those H6 engines forever.

drag coefficients are just part of the story. You have to then multiply them by their frontal area to get the real drag. It's a useful number, but the size of hole a car has to punch through the air still matters. Just like coefficient of friction needs a contact surface area.

Wow! This AND a new Cruze? I'm not sure I can handle all of this excitement!

This is the first car review I've ever shared with my wife (car fan but too casual to read about them) and my sister (couldn't care less). Thus is the power of Puffalumps.

Really? That's the comment? A low paid cog in a soul sucking bureaucratic job is pulling a silly face while probably mulling her coworker's suggestion of where to buy lunch at the airport while wasting some ink scribbling on a boarding pass, and your insight touches on:

I'm still trying to get over the photo.

Mythbusters has taught me that the term you were looking for was 'flatus'.

So Porky is in the wrong then. Bastard!

So that's what Walter was doing wrong.

Well, the leapers have been spring loaded for a long time, but hey, if jacking your truck up 12 inches is okay, a hood ornament should be fine. It's aftermarket, go nuts.

THEN WHY IS SHE WEARING GLOVES?!

You know you can just buy stuff at the pharmacy to freeze warts right off?

Both the bike and the truck run on cocaine?

Hey, I've got no beef with Bob. He admired our exit-that's fine. Not my fault you overtanned bastards were trying to capture me on camera phone in a weak moment!

Yes, sorry, I can explain that. This is proper launch technique for the open diff XKR. Burnouts are embarassing-they're only with one wheel.