@BrtStlnd: Either she's a gymnast or that brake pedal takes a lot of effort!

@$kaycog*5000*: Wow! Thanks! That is one gorgeous ensemble!

@DoctorNine: God, those were some stylish cars. Especially for 1993! Somewhere there's a video of Clarkson reviewing one.

@Straight6er: Who knew Tom Selleck and Sarah Palin teamed up to create a beer?

@Lotte: My 4-cyl slusher Camry has 11 years on the books (2 of them in my service), and I will be sorely disappointed if I don't get at least 5 more out of it. I'm hoping that vintage appliance collecting becomes a popular hobby in the future.

@worthless_cos: I can see knees! Was this some kind of early porn?

Thanks, everyone, for your congratulations, encouragement, and gifts. Many of you, I've been looking up to as commenters since I discovered Jalopnik several months ago. Others of you, I don't know who the hell you are, but I'm looking forward to getting to know you here on Jalopnik, one of those rare blogs/forums…

@BrtStlnd: Thanks!

@BrtStlnd: I looked up the plural of "Marquis." It can be "Marquises" or just "Marquis." Marquises was listed first so I went with it.

MIAMI. The streets of the state of Florida have come alive with the announcement of the discontinuation of Ford's Mercury brand, as millions of octogenarians flock to their nearest Lincoln/Mercury dealers to stock up on Grand Marquises.

@Alfisted: My dad tossed a log through the backlight of his truck once. Immediately, he turned to me and said, "Bet you're really glad it wasn't you!"

Greenpeace just had a "crisis."

Oh! The travesty!

I have never felt so uncomfortable watching a commercial.

@DoctorNine: As a medical student taking boards in two weeks, I was having some trouble with biostats. I will now forever remember that the power of a study is inversely proportional to its sample size. Thanks. Also, I agree with you.

"Some men develop a passion for driving that can verge on the obsessive. They consider cars to be an extension of themselves and they become extremely aggressive if they are honked at or cut off."

@GreenN_Gold: Me too, sir, me too.

@Bueller: Are you one of those guys who writes in to Car and Driver complaining about an SUV comparo because he "subscribes to CAR and Driver, not Vehicle and Driver?"

@Cpt. Morgan:

@arozzi: I think that could be it! And they're not particularly good-looking, either. I mean, kids aren't going to have posters of Predator drones or Nightwinds on their walls.