I have never seen one of these in person—I would've forgotten too if Motor Trend hadn't had one for a long-term tester (and loved it, apparently).

It's how you can tell I listen to waaay too much NPR.

"My brother had a speed alarm in his old Fiat, too!"

The class douchebag drove one of these, which I find really ironic, but then again, his dad was a German immigrant. It was yellow, and beat-to-hell, but I still wanted it. Otherwise, there was another douche with a really nice looking 20-year-old Volvo 240, but practically everyone else in the class (myself…

1. 93 Camry: My dad picked it up as a surprise and my parents and I split the cost. ($2800 in 2003 = less than it was worth) Went through four transmissions in one summer, and replaced 3 separate power window mechanisms, the switches, and most of the door wiring, not to mention a couple mirrors. Totaled after five…

The road car looked too much like an early 1990's concept. This, on the other hand, is pure sex.

The Lotus-designed LT5 in the original Corvette ZR-1 was built by Mercury Marine. Perhaps that's what you're thinking of? GM didn't have the facilities to handle the special production techniques and extra workload required. (Weird, right?)

The whole thing is a Merc—it is quite literally a re-bodied 1st-gen SLK!

Tough break/ big mistake for Risi.

She's getting lass-prints all over his car!

I think I'm going to be sick.

I think I'm going to be sick.

It sounded like Hans Zimmer's lesser known cousin, Hand Simmer, the little known composer of scores for films like "Roman Fighter," "Grey Falcon Up," the second and third films of the "Buccaneers of Royal Caribbean" series, and, of course, "The Simpsons Movie".

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any pictures of Finnish Turks.

@Snabb-SAAB: I had the same thought yesterday when I logged on in the AM. Then I read pauljones's comment on one of the quake articles (part of which wound up becoming COTD). I thought the whole thing was great, but it is ridiculously long, so I'll just post the part that I found especially eye-opening.

P-40 Kittyhawk III, flown by No. 112 Squadron, RAF, in Tunisia—apparently this squadron was the first to use the famous "shark's mouth" when they got their P-40s in summer 1941.

Hey! Jalops! Over here! We have a time traveler from ten years ago!

OMFG, I just saw the girl off Boris Becker's left shoulder.

Some of those powerful, trumpet-style horns almost remind me of an organ stop, like the State Trumpet at St. John the Divine, heard during the first 1:30 or so of this video. I especially enjoy the reaction when the first note is played, and the part where the cameraman apparently fights with his mother.