I'm actually laughing at this. How could I have missed that?! In my vision of the Mayan world they use G-Wagens to construct their temples. And then do sacrifices on those things. I mean it's still a mystery how they even built them. Maybe the answer is G-Wagens.

847 AD: The Mayans are hanging out on the shore, creating calendars and sacrificing animals to the Gods, when a diesel G-Wagen washes up after a nine-week journey from Europe, where it had accidentally fallen in the ocean. It starts on the first try. Unsure of what to think about the boxy, utilitarian vehicle, the…

Never said I knew, just what I believe. The impression that I get, if you will. Maybe this whole "fracas" will prove me wrong, but it just seems more likely that this is some garbage from The Mirror than a real story.

I have a very hard time believing this. Clarkson can be an ass, but he's hardly a diva.

3. 2015 WRX, owned by same pal (who also makes Kartboy parts for Subaru, talented engineer) tuned for E85. Is already kind of a POS but cheap enough not to care. Wife semi-disappointed. Boys into it.

Oh one is never enough. Cars are like potato chips. And tattoos. You can never get just one.

I can relate to that. My other post to this was about not realizing I was a car guy until college when someone pointed it out to me. I don't know how I wasn't aware of it myself, but that's the point that I really owned it and it became part of who I am. It's weird.

You know what else though? Non-car-people just don't get it. This is so much more than something that I'm interested in, you know? Cars are part of my identity at this point. I know that almost sounds crazy, but I know that any true Jalop could relate. There's just something about cars that I love, and there's an…

See this is the great mystery for me. My dad is a car guy, so I'm sure I got it from him. Also I liked cars in high school, but I didn't consider myself a car guy. I wasn't wrenching on my car or driving stick or anything like that, but I definitely thought they were neat. Then sometime in college one of my friends…

I'm pretty positive the Prius has an engine. That's why it makes that engine noise when you step on the go pedal.

I have had a number of 'offs' ranging from minor cosmetic crunches to vehicle-totaling kapows. I have hit fence posts, bushes, trees, hillsides, and other (parked) cars. I have managed to never injure anyone with a car, myself included. I would not not consider myself an expert in crashing cars, but I certainly have a…

I NEED THIS HOUSE.

I think it's easy to criticize you for not being more adamant about getting it fixed, but you had no idea this would happen! Same thing would've happened to me, I can just about guarantee it.

Two words: hourly pay.

It makes sense that someone not accustomed to the car would make it spin out too. Not that he couldn't screw up in his own car, it's just even more likely with someone who wasn't used to the way it behaves.

I died laughing in the library when I read this. Hats off to you.

My two greatest fears in life are my jack stands failing while I'm under the car and going bald.

This 1997 BMW 540i is looking pretty good to me. I'd swap out those ugly black wheels for the M5 wheels. You could throw in some additional Dinan parts for that price too, or maybe upgrade the headlights to the angel eyes they had on the LCI for the E39. But a stick shift and a 4L V8 combined with that rigid body? …

M6 GC has been getting a lot of love, but I prefer its cousin, and the originator of the platform. The F10 M5, in my opinion, is the best looking 5 series BMW has made. Even better than the E39. It may be the most beautiful car they've ever designed. Actually no I think it's second to the i8. Then the F10. And then…

I should clarify. I agree with you one hundred percent! I was just wishing that their reasoning was "This is archaic and demeaning to women! We should stop this." Rather than "This is sexually immoral! We should stop this." The former empowers women, whereas it seems to me that the latter, at least to some extent,…