That's how it works for my wife too! (She even wakes me up to adjust the radio when traveling)

I heard a lot of time they are actually practicing surveillance or simulated bombing runs!

So far the plug-in only electrics aren't very practical for a good amount of the population, that is, the apartment dwellers.

Being from the Detroit area... this commercial certainly struck an emotional chord. The rest of the people watching with me... not so much.

@AMGkiller: They've been in Iraq for quite a while. My friend was assigned to them as a translator, said they were a bad ass unit you didn't want to mess with!

How much do you want to bet that obnoxious looking little kid runs off into the jungle where she's not supposed to go every other episode?

@CrustyJoe: Hm... I guess that's just an enlarged Cooper, but a enlarged Cooper with 4 wheel drive!

Wow, the proportions on this look way off... cut out about five inches behind the font door and get rid of the stupid "hat" roofline they seem to love so much lately...

I am a happy MINI owner and have enjoy the perks from MINI events to the simple wave (which has faded in use over time). What are you going to do to keep the enthusiast base active and growing as your product line grows? Will your core focus always be on the Cooper?

@Lysol (No Homo): "Xmas" is a common abbreviation of the word "Christmas". It is sometimes pronounced /ˈɛksməs/, but it, and variants such as "Xtemass", originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation, /ˈkrɪsməs/. The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for "mass",[1] while the…

The one thing I've noticed is that with each new generation of car models, they have to say they are bigger, roomier. So of course, each model in the line gets bigger. Eventually this leaves room at the bottom for something smaller (ex. Honda Fit) to come in and fill the gap as a brand new model, while eventually…

Really? How idiotic. I'm solad I will have something else to go wrong on my car. Thanks.

I don't care if they touch my junk, just get me on the effin plane already. Anyways, you can take Greyhound if you don't wanna be prodded.

Bah. Jalopniks shouldn't be wearing monkey suits anyways.

Anyone know what's on the RenCen Jumbotrons?

@Tiberiuswise: A lot more than it needs too!

@hyperboarder: Door handles are for wussies.