Maybe there shouldn’t be fuel economy laws. Maybe fuel should be $10/gallon. Probably would have the same effect.

To be honest, I don’t have strong feelings about this either way. So here’s a dog balancing on a chain.

I hope your friend got rid of this thing like I did. The damn transmission Chrysler used was useless. I nearly got into a head-on collision because the car decided when it wanted to respond to gas peddle presses. At the time it was my first new car was well, and worth it. Then it’s flaws really started to show.

What would he have gotten if he lost - a colonoscopy?

Unfortunately the point of nine forward gears is to score well on the EPA fuel economy test, which is run indoors on a dynamometer where there is not so much wind resistance. It’s almost like Dieselgate but with legitimate cheating.

Boeing’s answer to Airline Pilots:

I drive a Volt of this vintage, and use my Imbecile Horn frequently. I also call it the "Get off your phone, the light is green" Horn. Works beautifully.

And that Obama feller was born in Korea or sumthin. Reach for the stars, folks!

I just ran 11.55 @ 119.45mph this weekend on a heat soaked Golf R that was pulling timing for the first three gears.

I dunno, the Regal looks pretty good. Especially the GS. Don’t hate on it just because it doesn’t have a gaping maw like everything else on the road. That Lacrosse looks like a Taurus from the front.

Was the captain named Kinja?

Everything involved is huge and either slow or stationary.

COTD?

My car cannot be better than my clients

<crocodile dundee accent>

Watch for the BOGO offer next month, where they also throw in a free Jetta.

You hit the nail on the head. Not everyone can or wants multiple vehicles. A truck is a great all-arounder. And while you may get better milage in a volt, when you are trying to compare a truck to a sportscar, then that argument goes away.